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American Experience

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American Experience

6.6

Yr 1988

Rt 55m

Status Returning Series

Documentary

Series Brief

Overview

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.

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Featured Players

Cast 75

as Narrator (voice)

5 episodes

Joe Morton

as Narrator (voice)

8 episodes

Stacy Keach

as Narrator (voice)

4 episodes

Peter Krause

as Narrator

2 episodes

Kathy Bates

as Narrator

2 episodes

F. Murray Abraham

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1 episode

as Narrator (voice)

8 episodes

Linda Hunt

as Self - Narrator (voice)

12 episodes

as Narrator (voice)

7 episodes

as Narrator (voice)

1 episode

Peter Coyote

as Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

as Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

Dion Graham

as Self - Narrator (voice)

3 episodes

René Auberjonois

as Woodrow Wilson (voice)

3 episodes

Randy Quaid

as Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

Blair Brown

as Narrator (voice)

7 episodes

Héctor Elizondo

as Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

as Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

Scott Glenn

as Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

Laura Linney

as Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

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Irv Drasnin

as Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

James Avery

as Charles Hamilton Houston (voice)

2 episodes

as Narrator (voice)

3 episodes

as Narrator (voice)

4 episodes

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2 episodes

David McCullough

as Narrator (voice)

18 episodes

Richard Ben Cramer

as Narrator (voice)

3 episodes

as Narrator (voice)

5 episodes

Oliver Platt

as Narrator (voice)

12 episodes

Martin Luther King Jr.

as Himself (archive footage)

2 episodes

David Ogden Stiers

as Narrator (voice)

31 episodes

Kate Burton

as Narrator

2 episodes

as Narrator (voice)

14 episodes

Julian Bond

as Narrator (voice)

8 episodes

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

Donald Regan

as Self

2 episodes

Dina Titus

as Self

2 episodes

Lois Smith

as (voice)

2 episodes

George Plimpton

as (voice)

5 episodes

Frances Sternhagen

as (voice)

6 episodes

David Margulies

as (voice)

3 episodes

Morley Safer

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

Walter Cronkite

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

J. Edgar Hoover

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

as Self

2 episodes

Franklin D. Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

3 episodes

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self (archive footage)

4 episodes

as Narrator (voice)

3 episodes

Wes Studi

as Major Ridge

2 episodes

as Self

4 episodes

as Self

2 episodes

Lady Bird Johnson

as Self

2 episodes

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

Corey Stoll

as Narrator (voice)

3 episodes

Harry S. Truman

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

Eleanor Roosevelt

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

Winston Churchill

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

Holly Hunter

as Mary Lincoln (voice)

3 episodes

David Morse

as Abraham Lincoln

3 episodes

Gore Vidal

as Self

2 episodes

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

Tim Naftali

as Self

2 episodes

Robert Caro

as Self - Writer

2 episodes

Robert J. Thompson

as Self

3 episodes

Walt Disney

as Self (archive footage)

2 episodes

Don Hahn

as Self

2 episodes

Richard Schickel

as Self

2 episodes

Don Lusk

as Self

2 episodes

as Self

2 episodes

Tom Sito

as Self

2 episodes

Neal Gabler

as Self

2 episodes

Steven Watts

as Self

2 episodes

Eric Smoodin

as Self

2 episodes

Ron Suskind

as Self

2 episodes

Production Board

Crew

Director

Mark Davis Li-Shin Yu Rob Rapley Michelle Ferrari Irv Drasnin Barak Goodman Gene Tempest Jamila Ephron Susan Bellows Annie Mumgaard Ric Burns Connie Field Stephen Ives Orlando Bagwell Anna Lee Strachan Yoruba Richen Chana Gazit Randall MacLowry Marty Ostrow Diane Garey Sarah Colt Chris Eyre Nancy Porter David Heilbroner

Director of Photography

Tom Bergmann Jason Longo John Baynard

Thanks

Tim Kaine

Assistant Camera

Lisa Vidal

Art Direction

Michael Shaw

Signal Match

Cast Similarity

6 shared cast members

Shared Campbell Scott, F. Murray Abraham, Peter Coyote +3 more

The American Revolution

5 shared cast members

Shared Peter Coyote, Morgan Freeman, Liev Schreiber +2 more

5 shared cast members

Shared Oliver Platt, David Ogden Stiers, Liev Schreiber +2 more

Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War

3 shared cast members

Shared Harry S. Truman, Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt

3 shared cast members

Shared David McCullough, Richard Nixon, Morley Safer

Golden Globe Awards

3 shared cast members

Shared Kathy Bates, Susan Sarandon, Morgan Freeman

3 shared cast members

Shared James Avery, Frances Sternhagen, Mary McDonnell

3 shared cast members

Shared Holly Hunter, Susan Sarandon, Morgan Freeman

The U.S. and the Holocaust

2 shared cast members

Shared Peter Coyote, Joe Morton

Independent Lens

2 shared cast members

Shared Susan Sarandon, Peter Coyote

Signal Match

Crew Similarity

2 shared crew members

Shared Lisa Vidal, Jason Longo

Roles: Assistant Camera, Director of Photography

Independent Lens

2 shared crew members

Shared Connie Field, Sam Pollard

Roles: Director, Producer

1 shared crew member

Shared Lisa Vidal

Roles: Assistant Camera

1 shared crew member

Shared Michael Shaw

Roles: Production Design

Daredevil: Born Again

1 shared crew member

Shared Michael Shaw

Roles: Production Design

Orange Is the New Black

1 shared crew member

Shared Michael Shaw

Roles: Production Design

Trust Me: The False Prophet

1 shared crew member

Shared Jamila Ephron

Roles: Producer

Topic Overlay

Topic Keyword Similarity

The Law According to Lidia Poët

1 shared keyword

Topics biography

Darío Gómez: El rey del despecho

1 shared keyword

Topics biography

Chespirito: Not Really on Purpose

1 shared keyword

Topics biography

1 shared keyword

Topics biography

1 shared keyword

Topics biography

White House Plumbers

1 shared keyword

Topics biography

1 shared keyword

Topics biography

Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields

1 shared keyword

Topics biography

1 shared keyword

Topics biography

1 shared keyword

Topics current affairs

Keyword Cloud

Keywords

biography usa history current affairs

Technical Sheet

Details

First Aired: October 04, 1988
Status: Returning Series
Episode Runtime: 55 minutes
Origin: US
TMDB Votes: 47