The Fifties - Production & Contact Info

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91 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
Edward Herrmann Narrator Narrator See fewer	7	Overboard (1987)
David Halberstam Self / Self - Author Self / Self - Author See fewer	5	Rowing Through (1996)
B.B. King Self / Self - Musician Self / Self - Musician See fewer	2	Blues Brothers 2000 (1998)
John Chancellor Self / Self - Journalist Self / Self - Journalist See fewer	2	Baseball (1994)
Jane Stern Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	2	Roadfood (2021)
Mickey Spillane Self - Author Self - Author See fewer	1	The Girl Hunters (1963)
Edward Teller Self - Scientist Self - Scientist See fewer	1	Day at Night (1973)
Allen Ginsberg Self Self See fewer	1	Beginners (2010)
Pete Hamill Self - Writer Self - Writer See fewer	1	King of New York (1990)
Jules Feiffer Self - Cartoonist Self - Cartoonist See fewer	1	Popeye (1980)
Dan Wakefield Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	1	Quiz Show (1994)
Robert Serber Self - Nuclear Physicist Self - Nuclear Physicist See fewer	1	The Day After Trinity (1981)
Richard Rhodes Self Self See fewer	1	Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern (1995)
Stuart Samuels Self - Filmmaker Self - Filmmaker See fewer	1	Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream (2005)
Sam Phillips Self - Record Producer Self - Record Producer See fewer	1	Boss Level (2020)
Jack Anderson Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	1	Encounter with the Unknown (1972)
Carlos Rodriguez Self - Korean War Vet Self - Korean War Vet See fewer	1	The Fifties (1997)
Edward McCabe Self - Korean War Vet Self - Korean War Vet See fewer	1	Surrogates (2009)
Sophie Morris Self Self See fewer	1	The King's Daughters (2000)
Kathleen Brindley Self Self See fewer	1	The Fifties (1997)
Bernice Burnett Self Self See fewer	1	Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003)
Frank Gibney Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	1	Taxi to the Dark Side (2007)
John Service Self - US Foreign Service, Persecuted by McCarthy Self - US Foreign Service, Persecuted by McCarthy See fewer	1	The Road to War (1989)
Eugene Burnett Self Self See fewer	1	Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003)
Philip Morris Self Self See fewer	1	The Fifties (1997)
Kensinger Jones Self Self See fewer	1	Always on Call (1955)
George Reedy Self - Journalist Self - Journalist See fewer	1	Savage Harbor (1987)
Jess Uzwy Self Self See fewer	1	The Fifties (1997)
Steve Buczak Self Self See fewer	1	The Fifties (1997)
Cynthia Dale Grace Metalious Grace Metalious See fewer		My Bloody Valentine (1981)
Fisher Stevens Jack Kerouac (Readings from On The Road) Jack Kerouac (Readings from On The Road) See fewer		Short Circuit (1986)
Tracey Ullman Self Self See fewer		The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)
Guy Williams Actor (archive footage) Actor (archive footage) See fewer		Lost in Space (1965)
Dinah Shore Self - Blows Kiss (archive footage) Self - Blows Kiss (archive footage) See fewer		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Sloan Wilson Self (author) Self (author) See fewer		A Sense of Values
John Kenneth Galbraith Self Self See fewer		Festival (1960)
Alfred Leslie Self (painter, filmmaker) Self (painter, filmmaker) See fewer		The Cedar Bar (2002)
Elizabeth Taylor Self (marries) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (marries) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Marilyn Monroe Self (with GIs in Korea) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (with GIs in Korea) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Some Like It Hot (1959)
Grace Kelly Self (weds Rainier) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (weds Rainier) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Dial M for Murder (1954)
Humphrey Bogart Self (concerned about HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (concerned about HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Casablanca (1942)
Lauren Bacall Self (concerned about HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (concerned about HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		To Have and Have Not (1944)
Elvis Presley Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
Rita Hayworth Sadie Thompson (archive footage) (uncredited) Sadie Thompson (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Gilda (1946)
Carl Reiner Self (in RCA TV ad) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (in RCA TV ad) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
Mike Nichols Self (in Nichols & May sketch) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (in Nichols & May sketch) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		The Graduate (1967)
Elaine May Self (in Nichols & May sketch) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (in Nichols & May sketch) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Small Time Crooks (2000)
Danny Kaye Self (concerned about HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (concerned about HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		The Danny Kaye Show (1963)
Paul McCartney Self (leaves plane) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (leaves plane) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Ringo Starr Self (leaves plane) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (leaves plane) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		A Hard Day's Night (1964)
John Lennon Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		A Hard Day's Night (1964)
George Harrison Self (leaves plane) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (leaves plane) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		A Hard Day's Night (1964)
Hugh Hefner Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Miss March (2009)
Alice Pearce Self (in girdle ad) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (in girdle ad) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Bewitched (1964)
Gene Autry Self (at the microphone) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (at the microphone) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		The Gene Autry Show (1950)
Prince Rainier of Monaco Self (weds Grace) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (weds Grace) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Rebecca (1997)
Frank Gifford Self (in razor ad) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (in razor ad) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Jerry Maguire (1996)
Fidel Castro Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Richard Nixon Self (HUAC, with Thomas) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (HUAC, with Thomas) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Frost/Nixon (2008)
Duke Ellington Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
Hank Williams Self (sings Hey Good Lookin') (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sings Hey Good Lookin') (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		The Last Picture Show (1971)
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi Misidentification (of Mohammed Mossadegh) (archive footage) (uncredited) Misidentification (of Mohammed Mossadegh) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Sandali
Jack Kerouac Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		On the Road (2012)
Jackson Pollock Self (dribbles paint) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (dribbles paint) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		American Gothic (2016)
Fats Domino Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		The Blues Brothers (1980)
Dizzy Gillespie Self (with his band, 1949) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (with his band, 1949) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
Thelonious Monk Self (plays) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (plays) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		The Omega Man (1971)
Frankie Lymon Self (with the Teenagers) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (with the Teenagers) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		American Graffiti (1973)
Charlie Parker Self (plays with Dizzy) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (plays with Dizzy) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Se7en (1995)
Elizabeth Eckford Self (attends Little Rock school under guard) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (attends Little Rock school under guard) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Journey to Little Rock: The Untold Story of Minnijean Brown Trickey (2001)
Margaret Truman Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Margaret Truman's Capital Crimes
Grace Metalious Self (interviewed by Joyce Davidson) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (interviewed by Joyce Davidson) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Peyton Place (1957)
John Howard Lawson Self (testifies before HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (testifies before HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Blockade (1938)
Bess Truman Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Person to Person (1953)
Sam Rayburn Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945, behind Judge Stone) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945, behind Judge Stone) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		See It Now (1951)
Harold L. Ickes Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		World Leaders on Peace and Democracy (1939)
Alfred Kinsey Self (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Mohammed Mossadegh Self (in military uniform, wears glasses) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (in military uniform, wears glasses) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Tehran Has No More Pomegrenates! (2007)
Margaret Sanger Self (interviewed by Mike Wallace) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (interviewed by Mike Wallace) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Birth Control (1917)
John H. Bradley Self (raises flag on Iwo Jima) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (raises flag on Iwo Jima) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
Syngman Rhee Self (with MacArthur) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (with MacArthur) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		See It Now (1951)
J. Parnell Thomas Self (HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (HUAC) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Joyce Davidson Self (interviews Grace Metalious) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (interviews Grace Metalious) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Hotline (1964)
William D. Leahy Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Krymskaya konferentsiya (1945)
Francis Biddle Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		The Magnificent Yankee (1950)
Gregory Pincus Self (at the microscope) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (at the microscope) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Fred M. Vinson Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer
Harlan F. Stone Self (administers oath to Truman, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (administers oath to Truman, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		Universal Newsreel (VI) (1945)
Franklin Sousley Self (raises flag on Iwo Jima) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (raises flag on Iwo Jima) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		To the Shores of Iwo Jima (1945)
Joseph W. Martin Jr. Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		See It Now (1951)
Edward R. Stettinius Jr. Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) Self (sees Truman take oath, 1945) (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer		One Inch from Victory (1944)