The American President

“The American President” is a series that aired on PBS in 2000 profiling 41 U.S. chief executives, using exclusive interviews with Presidents Clinton, Bush, Ford, and Carter. Well known figures lend their voice to presidents of the past who lived before sound recordings, including: Colin Powell, Bob Dole, Walter Cronkite, Ben Bradlee, John Glenn, James Carville, Andrew Young, and the Rev. Billy Graham. Narrated by Hugh Sidey.

• James A. EdgarDirector

• Walter CronkiteGeorge Washington
• Morley SaferJohn Adams
• Andrew YoungThomas Jefferson
• Dale BumpersJames Madison
• Robert MacNeilJames Monroe
• George WillJohn Quincy Adams
• James CarvilleAndrew Jackson
• Mario CuomoMartin Van Buren
• Lloyd BentsenWilliam H. Harrison
• Charlie RoseJohn Tyler
• Howard BakerJames K. Polk
• Tim RussertMillard Filmore