Television (TV Series)
The Race for Television (1988)
Full Cast & Crew
Directed by
| Jack Sameth | ||
Writing Credits
| Michael Winship | ... | (written by) |
Cast (in credits order)
| Edwin Newman | ... | Narrator | |
| Donald Flamm | ... | Self | |
| William Fox | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Sergei Novokovsky | ... | Self (as Prof. Sergei Novokovsky) | |
| Kurt Wagenführ | ... | Self (as Dr. Kurt Wagenfuhr) | |
| Arthur Hungerford | ... | Self | |
| Kengiro Takayangi | ... | Self | |
| Victor Mills | ... | Self | |
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Yakov Riftin | ... | Self |
| Elma Farnsworth | ... | Self | |
| Irma Kroman | ... | Self | |
| Bernard Greenhead | ... | Self | |
| Alexander Stepanov | ... | Self | |
| Victor Lukacher | ... | Self | |
| Milton Berle | ... | Self | |
| Gerhart Goebel | ... | Self | |
| Ursula Beutel-Patschke | ... | Self | |
| Hugh Greene | ... | Self (as Sir Hugh Greene) | |
| Cecil Madden | ... | Self | |
| Tony Bridgewater | ... | Self | |
| A. Burke Crotty | ... | Self (as Burke Crotty) | |
| Royston Morley | ... | Self | |
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I. Orr-Ewing | ... | Self (as Ian Orr-Ewing) |
| Kurt Hinzmann | ... | Self | |
| Fran Allison | ... | Self | |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Bud Abbott | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| John Logie Baird | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Sid Caesar | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Eddie Cantor | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Johnny Carson | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Renzo Cesana | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Fred Clark | ... | (archive footage) | |
| Lou Costello | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Elizabeth Cowell | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jimmy Durante | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Philo T. Farnsworth | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Emile Franchel | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jackie Gleason | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Ben Grauer | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Bob Hope | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Henry Hull | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Helen McKay | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Korla Pandit | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| David Sarnoff | ... | Self (voice) (archive footage) | |
| Fulton J. Sheen | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
| Harry S. Truman | ... | Self (archive footage) | |
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Bill Walker | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Bill Walker and His Musical Saw) |
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Vladimir K. Zworykin | ... | Self (archive footage) (as Dr. Vladimir Zworykin) |
| Adele Dixon | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
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Hyam Greenbaum | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Ed Wynn | ... | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
Produced by
| Susan Kim | ... | producer |
| Ann Leifeste | ... | associate producer |
| Jack Sameth | ... | executive producer |
| Michael Winship | ... | producer |
Music by
| Bob Christianson | ||
Editing by
| David Pentecost | ||
Sound Department
| Ken Hahn | ... | sound mixer |
Additional Crew
| Beth Harrison | ... | production manager |
| Susan McLaughlin | ... | production assistant |
| Andrea Sheen | ... | series consultant |