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Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio (1992) Full Cast & Crew

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Cast

J
Jason Robards
as Narrator (voice)
R
Red Barber
as Self - Radio Announcer
E
Erik Barnouw
as Self - Historian
K
Ken Bilby
as Self - Biographer of David Sarnoff
N
Norman Corwin
as Self - Writer
S
Susan Douglas
as Self - Historian
F
Frank Günther
as Self - Engineer
J
Jeanne Hammond
as Self - Niece of Edwin H. Armstrong
L
Loren Jones
as Self - Engineer
G
Garrison Keillor
as Self - Writer
H
Helen Kelley
as Self - Radio Broadcaster
R
Robert Morris
as Self - Engineer
D
Dana Raymond
as Self - Friend of Edwin H. Armstrong
G
Gertrude Tyne
as Self - Engineer
F
Fred Allen
as Self - Predicts Demise of Radio (archive footage)
G
Gene Autry
as Self - Sings (archive sound)
J
John Barrymore
as Hamlet (archive sound)
W
Winston Churchill
as Self - Finest Hour Speech (archive sound)
C
Charles J. Correll
as Self - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (archive footage)
L
Lee De Forest
as Self - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (archive footage)
R
Ralph Edwards
as Self - Host of 'This Is Your Life' (archive footage)
D
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self - Announces Landing in Normandy (archive footage)
E
Eugenia Farrar
as Self (with Lee De Forest) (archive footage)
F
Freeman F. Gosden
as Self - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (archive footage)
G
Guglielmo Marconi
as Self - Visits Sarnoff at RCA (archive footage)
M
Marie Mosquini
as Self - with Lee De Forest (archive footage)
N
Nelson Rockefeller
as Self - Eulogizes Sarnoff (archive footage)
F
Franklin D. Roosevelt
as Self - Makes Broadcast About Banking Reform (archive footage)
D
David Sarnoff
as Self - with Marconi at RCA (archive footage)
F
Frank Sinatra
as Self - Serenades Sarnoff (archive footage)
A
Arturo Toscanini
as Self - Conducts NBC Symphony (archive footage)
H
Harry S. Truman
as Self - Announces Bombing of Hiroshima (archive sound)
B
Bob Warren
as Self - This is Your Life Announcer (archive footage)
O
Orson Welles
as Self - Professor in War of the Worlds Broadcast (archive sound)

Crew

T
Tom Lewis
Producer
K
Ken Burns
Director
M
Morgan Wesson
Producer
K
Ken Burns
Producer
G
Geoffrey C. Ward
Writer
Y
Yaffa Lerea
Associate Editor
C
Camilla Rockwell
Associate Producer
M
Morgan Wesson
Sound
Y
Yaffa Lerea
Sound Editor
L
Lee Dichter
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
T
Tom Lewis
Author
M
Morgan Wesson
Archival Footage Research
K
Ken Burns
Music Director
P
Paul Barnes
Editor
A
Alan Barker
Sound
S
Susanna Steisel
Associate Producer
P
Paul Barnes
Sound Editor
K
Ken Burns
Executive Producer
D
Dalton Delan
Executive In Charge Of Production
A
Allen Moore
Director of Photography
B
Buddy Squires
Director of Photography
K
Ken Burns
Director of Photography