Cavalcade of America
Overview
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.
Cast
Rhys Williams
William Armstrong
Willis Bouchey
Tom Carver / Judge
Booth Colman
Edgar Buchanan
Horace Greeley / Doc Mathew
Carl Benton Reid
Manning / Cmdr. Ingraham
James Seay
Lt. Wells / Mr. Watson / Theodore Dreiser / William Joslin
Lamont Johnson
Paul Shearer / Lt. Matt Maury / Lt. Col. Coleman
Ross Elliott
James Otis / Ralph Kerchum / Theodore Judah / Zack Garson
Hayden Rorke
John Wengraf
German Colonel / Von Schwarz
John Hoyt
Hessian officer / Com. Smedley
Richard Eyer
Tony Lucas / Tim Kendall / Brian Beck
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Lee Van Cleef
1st Mate Hawl Finch
Hugh Beaumont
Lewis Graham / Coach Jack Cody / Father Werr
Robert Warwick
Harper / Alexander Majors
Gloria Talbott
Mary / Nancy Merki / Mary Scott
Marjorie Lord
Lee Powell Coleman / Mrs. Field
Louis Jean Heydt
James Madison
James Best
Slate Morley / Harry
Ann Doran
Mrs. Honeyman / Caroline
Gary Gray
Jackie Jensen (age 16) / John Sargent / Apple Knocker
Paul Harvey
Mayor
Dabbs Greer
John Adams / Johann
Dayton Lummis
Lee
Russell Simpson
Judge Grant / Quatermaster
John Ericson
Joe Loring / Leon Patterson
Henry Morgan
Stacy Keach Sr.
Warren Andrews
Eduard Franz
Samuel Morse
Cecil Kellaway
Sam Mulford
John Hamilton
Porter / Colonel Norton
Dan O'Herlihy
Benedict Arnold / Nathaniel Hawthorne
Robin Hughes
Lt. Col. Carleton
Charles McGraw
Wilkie Bowman
Harry Shannon
Samuel Morse
Harry Cheshire
Lyle Talbot
James Griffith
Abraham Lincoln / Clay Doggett
James Flavin
Pierre Watkin
Allan Pinkerton
Edward Platt
Dr. Banner
John McIntire
Newspaper editor / John Chapman aka Johnny Appleseed
Ward Bond
Harvey Kendall / M / Sgt. Lou Diamond
Paul Picerni
James Ohio Pattie / Principal John Norton
Barbara Woodell
Miss Bronson
Lon Chaney Jr.
Zeke Wells / Old Jeff Harris
Byron Palmer
Ferdinand Durang / Joseph Howard
Harry Lauter
Harry Grant / Ray Marshall
Reginald Denny
Gen. Prescott / Col. Patterson
Stanley Andrews
Arthur Franz
Casimir Pulaski / Dr. William Gorgas
Russell Johnson
Dan Marshall / Karl Nader
Sheila Bromley
Mrs. Watson
Barbara Billingsley
Harriet Kohler / Dorothea Meadows
Robert Easton
George Merchant
Patrick O'Neal
James King
Walter Reed
Capt. Marsh
Trevor Bardette
Senator Gwinn
Richard Loo
Ho Chung
Virginia Gregg
Aunt Agnes / Mrs. Sherman
George Nader
Eliphalet Remington II
Frank Ferguson
Dr. Green
Leo Britt
Lord Cornwallis
Paula Raymond
Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell / Polly Key
John Patrick
Walter Kingsford
General Carleton
Betty Lynn
Beth Shearer
Robert Osterloh
Simpson / Sam Houghton
Brad Morrow
Jerry
Dan White
Stan
Linda Stirling
Teru Shimada
Kotaro Suto
Keye Luke
John Craven
Mr. Hathaway
Russ Conway
Coach O'Brien
Ruth Warrick
Lydia Darragh
Richard Denning
Col. Patterson
Helen Parrish
Kirby Grant
Reed Hadley
Herb Vigran
Bernie
Tom Tully
John Honeyman
Robert Paige
O.Z. Whitehead
Jack Kelly
James E. West
Frank Lovejoy
Inspector Ed McCook
Hillary Brooke
John Fraser
Tom Giddings
Fay Wray
Howard Wendell
Ludwig Stössel
Evelyn Ankers
Leo G. Carroll
William Penn
Charles Meredith
Chuck Connors
Harry
William Forrest
Dr. Sam Halleck
John Banner
Ruth Donnelly
Ma Dolan
Beverly Washburn
Elizabeth
Otto Graham
Self
Maureen O'Sullivan
Sister Mary Benedict
Edward Arnold
Bruce Bennett
Abe Lincoln
Richard Beymer
Cynthia Stone
Pat Connors
Robert Horton
Ranger Norm Keller
Dean Jagger
DeForest Kelley
Murvyn Vye
Ruiz
Minerva Urecal
Dan Tobin
Graffan
Liam Sullivan
George Washington
William Campbell
Officer Clyde Bannon
Noel Toy
Mrs. Nomura
Ferris Taylor
Henry Kulky
Ernie
Christopher Dark
Richard West
Maidie Norman
Aunt Nellie
Steve Brodie
Ron Randell
Charles Bronson
John Stanizewski
Howard St. John
Benjamin Franklin
Gordon Jones
Lt. Treusch
Ron Hagerthy
Billy Brandon (as a man)
Nestor Paiva
Senor Alverez
Ed Kemmer
Maj. S. V. Bingham, Jr.
Perry Lopez
Pete Salavedo
Kathryn Card
Robert J. Wilke
Melinda Casey
Vi as a teenager
Madge Blake
Mrs. Morrissey
Jane Darwell
Minna
Skip Homeier
Brian Aherne
John Kirk
Ann Harding
Mrs. Milgrim
Oskar Homolka
Jeno Reinitz
Herbert Rudley
Lt. Folson
Lew Ayres
Matt Needham
Robert Sterling
Charles Jerrold
Joe Quinn
Policeman
Lorna Thayer
Miss Holmes
Alan Napier
John Stephenson
Esther Dale
Aunt Tabitha
Lloyd Corrigan
Bowling Green
Jonathan Hale
John Lupton
Rembrandt Peale
Robert Rockwell
Gertrude Michael
Major Pauline Cushman
John Litel
Dr. Silkworth
James Gleason
Noah Larkin
Richard Wyler
Kenneth Tobey
Amanda Blake
Nancy Hart
Ian Wolfe
Will Wright
George's Father
Susan Seaforth Hayes
Sarah
Henry Rowland
Francis L. Sullivan
Mabel Paige
Forrest Taylor
Mark Hopkins
Ben Johnson
Cal Bennett
William Talman
Wes Hardin
Harry Bartell
Ben Davis
Gregg Palmer
Gregory Walcott
Regis Toomey
Kam Tong
Jeff Morrow
Chief Justice John Marshall
Robert Karnes
Pilot
Phyllis Coates
Barbara Leland
George Marshall
Paul Brinegar
Strother Martin
Wilkins
Harry Morgan
Homer Byington
Johnny Crawford
Billy Brandon (as a boy)
Peter Graves
Maj. Tom Howie
Michael Fox
George Wooley
Susan Kohner
Don Taylor
Bob Lawrence
Mary Murphy
Rowena
Fred Clark
Ollendorf
Frances Bavier
Mrs. Hayes
Rachel Ames
Carol
Steven Geray
Bela Hovarth
Percy Helton
Mr. Fuller
Paul Fix
Mr. Barton
Anne Jeffreys
Lucinda Teffy
Vladimir Sokoloff
Jake Bartosh
Roy Thinnes
Mickey Hubbard
Scott Forbes
Agent Gorson Willis
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Couche
Chick Chandler
Mrs. Couche
Stafford Repp
Thompson
Doris Lloyd
Lady Montagu
Henry Brandon
Philip Van Zandt
Mario
Grandon Rhodes
Sean McClory
Andrew Johnson
Jeff Donnell
Ann Rutledge
Malcolm Atterbury
Conductor
Onslow Stevens
Sam Houston
Burt Mustin
Ben Wright
Barry Kelley
Reporter
Richard Benedict
William Phipps
Joi Lansing
Florence
Ray Teal
Howard
Robert Strauss
Baron Henry William Von Stiegel
Peter Hansen
Mark Dana
William Haade
Frances Rafferty
Anna Judah
Kathleen Crowley
Abigail Paddock
Paul Langton
Captain Joshua Patten
Robert Middleton
William Harper
Edgar Dearing
Fitz
Eugenia Paul
Stephen Wootton
Anthony Eustrel
Cochrane
Constance Ford
Mrs. Bannon
Alex Gerry
Tyler McVey
Hans Conried
General Francis Marion
James Daly
Bill
John Bryant
Fred
George Chandler
Proprietor
Nick Dennis
Sgt. Chiaco
John Beradino
Julio Gonzales
Dick Foran
Raymond Bailey
Dr. Scott
Francis McDonald
Calaveras Kid
Kevin McCarthy
Frank O'Keefe
Don Kennedy
Jack Jouett
Douglas Kennedy
Myrna Fahey
Ray Collins
Daniel Webster
Tom Brown
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles Nolte
John Abbott
Col. Barton
Kenny Delmar
Howard Freeman
William M. 'Boss' Tweed
Lurene Tuttle
Betsy Peale
Richard Reeves
Kasey Rogers
Margaret Field
Mrs. King
Nelson Leigh
Jesse White
Rita Moreno
Joseph V. Perry
William Dircks
Norma Varden
Hal Baylor
Lumberjack
Aline Towne
Marion Minot
Tommy Ivo
Jim Davis
J.L. Armstrong
Roy Barcroft
Herbert Wheelock
Stuart Whitman
Capt. W. H. Puntenney
Rebecca Welles
Joan
Walter Brennan
Link Morley
Dan Duryea
Joe Kohler
Robert Clarke
Jackie Jensen
Jackie Jensen
Fiona Hale
Mrs. Betty Jackson
Eugene Iglesias
Steve Pendleton
Beecher
Paul Newlan
Virginia Christine
Mrs. Sargent
Richard Garrick
Benjamin Franklin
Harlan Warde
Douglass Dumbrille
Lord Rawdon
Richard Erdman
Harry Jordan
Guy Williams
Player
Elena Verdugo
Bonnie Franklin
Milton Frome
Mr. Reynolds
Hal Stalmaster
Bob - age 14
Lisa Montell
Frederica McLane
Dee Carroll
Myrtle Jones
Jeanette Nolan
Mrs. Corbett
Mort Mills
Frank
Fred Sherman
Repairman
Scotty Morrow
Johnny
James Parnell
- Rating source
- TMDB
- Keywords
- #anthology
