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The Civil War (1990)  Back to main

Cast 33

  1. David McCullough

    Narrator (voice)

  2. Sam Waterston

    Abraham Lincoln (voice)

  3. Julie Harris

    Mary Chestnut (voice)

  4. Jason Robards

    Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

  5. Morgan Freeman

    Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

  6. Paul Roebling

    Joshua Chamberlain (voice)

  7. Garrison Keillor

    Walt Whitman (voice)

  8. George Black

    Robert E. Lee (voice)

  9. Arthur Miller

    William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)

  10. Christopher Murney

    Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)

  11. Charles McDowell

    Samuel R. Watkins (voice)

  12. Horton Foote

    Jefferson Davis (voice)

  13. George Plimpton

    George Templeton Strong (voice)

  14. Philip Bosco

    Horace Greeley (voice)

  15. Terry Courier

    George B. McClellan (voice)

  16. Jody Powell

    Stonewall Jackson / Various (voice)

  17. Studs Terkel

    Benjamin Butler / Various

  18. Hoyt Axton

    Various (voice)

  19. John Hartford

    Various (voice)

  20. Colleen Dewhurst

    Various (voice)

  21. Shelby Foote

    Various (voice)

  22. Ronnie Gilbert

    Various (voice)

  23. Jeremy Irons

    Various (voice)

  24. Gene Jones

    Various (voice)

  25. Derek Jacobi

    William Russell / Various (voice)

  26. Kurt Vonnegut

    Various (voice)

  27. Laurence Fishburne

    Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)

  28. Pamela Reed

    Various (voice)

  29. M. Emmet Walsh

    Various (voice)

  30. Barbara Fields

    Various (voice)

  31. Abraham Lincoln

    Self (archive footage)

  32. Robert E. Lee

    Self (archive footage)

  33. Frederick Douglass

    Self (archive footage)

Crew 12

  1. Ken Burns

    Director of Photography

  2. Ken Burns

    Director

  5. Stephen Ives

    Producer

  6. Ric Burns

    Producer

  7. Ken Burns

    Executive Producer

  9. Mike Hill

    Producer

  10. Jay Ungar

    Original Music Composer

  12. Ken Burns

    Writer