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  • The Century: America's Time (1999– )
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    TV Mini-series | 750 min | Documentary
The Century: America's Time (1999– )
Not Rated
TV Mini-series | 750 min | Documentary

This comprehensive 15-part retrospective, anchored by Peter Jennings, takes an era-by-era look at America's evolution during the turbulent 20th century.
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Updated Apr 12, 1999

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Apr 12, 1999 (United States)

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143 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Peter Jennings
Self - Host-Narrator Self - Host-Narrator   See fewer
15
Neil Simon
Self / Self - Playwright / Self - Playwrite Self / Self - Playwright / Self - Playwrite   See fewer
4
John Updike
Self - Author / Self Self - Author / Self   See fewer
4
Stephen Ambrose
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
3
Henry Metelmann
Self / Self - Former Hitler Youth Self / Self - Former Hitler Youth   See fewer
3
Dennis Hopper
Self / Self - Actor Self / Self - Actor   See fewer
2
2
2
Mickey Spillane
Self / Self - Author Self / Self - Author   See fewer
2
David McCullough
Self - Historian / Self - historian Self - Historian / Self - historian   See fewer
2
Charles Champlin
Self / Self - Critic Self / Self - Critic   See fewer
2
2
Marty Glickman
Self / Self - U.S. Olympic Athlete Self / Self - U.S. Olympic Athlete   See fewer
2
Paul Fussell
Self - Historian / Self - WWII Veteran Self - Historian / Self - WWII Veteran   See fewer
2
2
2
Martin Scorsese
Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee   See fewer
1
Oliver Stone
Self - Vietnam Vet Self - Vietnam Vet   See fewer
1
Robert Mitchum
Self - Interviewee Self - Interviewee   See fewer
1
Lee Grant
Self - Actress Self - Actress   See fewer
1
Carl Reiner
Self - TV Writer Self - TV Writer   See fewer
1
1
Dick Clark
Self - American Bandstand Host Self - American Bandstand Host   See fewer
1
Robert Towne
Self - Screenwriter Self - Screenwriter   See fewer
1
Hugh Hefner
Self - Publisher Self - Publisher   See fewer
1
George Stevens Jr.
Self - Film Director Self - Film Director   See fewer
1
Buzz Aldrin
Self - Astronaut Self - Astronaut   See fewer
1
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
1
John Glenn
Self - Astronaut Self - Astronaut   See fewer
1
Bunny Klein Gibson
Self - American Bandstand Dancer Self - American Bandstand Dancer   See fewer
1
1
Pat Buchanan
Self - Presidential Speech Writer Self - Presidential Speech Writer   See fewer
1
Julian Bond
Self - Civil Rights Activist Self - Civil Rights Activist   See fewer
1
Sam Phillips
Self - Music Executive Self - Music Executive   See fewer
1
1
Lloyd Price
Self - Musician Self - Musician   See fewer
1
1
1
Jeff Greenfield
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
1
Ernest Green
Self - one of the Little Rock Nine Self - one of the Little Rock Nine   See fewer
1
1
Phil Caputo
Self - Vietnam Vet Self - Vietnam Vet   See fewer
1
Egon Hanfstaengl
Self - Son Hitler Press Chief Self - Son Hitler Press Chief   See fewer
1
Christopher Browning
Self - Historian Self - Historian   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Ted Francis
Interviewee Interviewee   See fewer
1
1
1
Steve McCormick
Self - Radio Announcer Self - Radio Announcer   See fewer
1
1
1
Tom Wicker
Self - Journalist Self - Journalist   See fewer
1
Thomas Burns
Self - AFL-CIO Self - AFL-CIO   See fewer
1
Karla Stept
Self - Austrian Jew Self - Austrian Jew   See fewer
1
1
Melba Beals
Self - one of the Little Rock Nine Self - one of the Little Rock Nine   See fewer
1
Violet Vrooman
Self - Boeing Factory Worker Self - Boeing Factory Worker   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Fred Reif
Self - German Jew Self - German Jew   See fewer
1
Dave Moore
Self - Auto Worker Self - Auto Worker   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ella Johnson
Self - WWII Welder Self - WWII Welder   See fewer
1
1
1
Robert McIntosh
Self - WWII Veteran Self - WWII Veteran   See fewer
1
Loomis Irish
Self - Television Executive Self - Television Executive   See fewer
1
1
1
Hans J. Fabian
Self - German Jew Self - German Jew   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Nguyen Hung
Self - North Vietnam Soldier Self - North Vietnam Soldier   See fewer
1
Neal Shine
Self - Newspaper Publisher Self - Newspaper Publisher   See fewer
1
Joachim Von Elbe
Self - German Civilian Self - German Civilian   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Steve Schwartz
Self - Anti-War Archivist Self - Anti-War Archivist   See fewer
1
Bob Jones
Self - Former Vietnam P.O.W. Self - Former Vietnam P.O.W.   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Dennis Mannion
Self - Vietnam Vet Self - Vietnam Vet   See fewer
1
1
1
Carl Mydans
Self - WPA Photographer Self - WPA Photographer   See fewer
1
Inge Deutschkron
Self - German Jew Self - German Jew   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ray Moskow
Self - Former IBM Salesman Self - Former IBM Salesman   See fewer
1
Margaret MacLaury
Self - WWII Worker Self - WWII Worker   See fewer
1
David Ginsburg
Self - assistant to FDR Self - assistant to FDR   See fewer
1
1
Truman Springer
Self - Vietnam Vet Self - Vietnam Vet   See fewer
1
1
1
Babe Ruth
Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage) Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage)   See fewer
Duke Ellington
Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage) Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage)   See fewer
George Gershwin
Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage) Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage)   See fewer
Kate Smith
Self ("Over the Edge, 1936-1941") (archive footage) Self ("Over the Edge, 1936-1941") (archive footage)   See fewer
Hermann Göring
Self - at the nuremberg trials (archive footage) Self - at the nuremberg trials (archive footage)   See fewer
Theodore Roosevelt
Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage) Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage)   See fewer
Edward R. Murrow
Self ("Civilians at War, 1941-1945") (archive footage) Self ("Civilians at War, 1941-1945") (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage) Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage)   See fewer
Vladimir Lenin
Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage) Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage)   See fewer
Rudolf Hess
Self - at the nuremberg trials (archive footage) Self - at the nuremberg trials (archive footage)   See fewer
Hirohito
Self - atop his horse (archive footage) Self - atop his horse (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles A. Lindbergh
Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage) Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage)   See fewer
William McKinley
Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage) Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Neville Chamberlain
Self ("Over the Edge, 1936-1941") (archive footage) Self ("Over the Edge, 1936-1941") (archive footage)   See fewer
Bessie Smith
Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage) Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage)   See fewer
Woodrow Wilson
Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage) Self ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") (archive footage)   See fewer
Herbert Hoover
Self ("Boom to Bust" - 1920-1929 and "Stormy Weather", 1930-1935) (archive footage) Self ("Boom to Bust" - 1920-1929 and "Stormy Weather", 1930-1935) (archive footage)   See fewer
William Jennings Bryan
Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage) Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage)   See fewer
Clarence Darrow
Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage) Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage)   See fewer
John Thomas Scopes
Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage) Self ("Boom to Bust - 1920-1929") (archive footage)   See fewer
Ted Francis
Interviewee ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919") Interviewee ("Shell Shock, 1914-1919")   See fewer
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