The Fifties Characters

Characters played by Edward Herrmann

• Narrator

Characters played by David Halberstam

• Self

• Self - Author

Characters played by John Chancellor

• Self

• Self - Journalist

Characters played by B.B. King

• Self

• Self - Musician

Characters played by Jane Stern

• Self - Author

Characters played by Jack Anderson

• Self - Journalist

Characters played by Kathleen Brindley

• Self

Characters played by Steve Buczak

• Self

Characters played by Bernice Burnett

• Self

Characters played by Eugene Burnett

• Self

Characters played by Jules Feiffer

• Self - Cartoonist

Characters played by Frank Gibney

• Self - Journalist

Characters played by Allen Ginsberg

• Self

Characters played by Pete Hamill

• Self - Writer

Characters played by Kensinger Jones

• Self

Characters played by Edward McCabe

• Self - Korean War Vet

Characters played by Philip Morris

• Self

Characters played by Sophie Morris

• Self

Characters played by Sam Phillips

• Self - Record Producer

Characters played by George Reedy

• Self - Journalist

Characters played by Richard Rhodes

• Self

Characters played by Carlos Rodriguez

• Self - Korean War Vet

Characters played by Stuart Samuels

• Self - Filmmaker

Characters played by Robert Serber

• Self - Nuclear Physicist

Characters played by John Service

• Self - US Foreign Service

• Persecuted by McCarthy

Characters played by Mickey Spillane

• Self - Author

Characters played by Edward Teller

• Self - Scientist

Characters played by Jess Uzwy

• Self

Characters played by Dan Wakefield

• Self - Journalist

Characters played by Cynthia Dale

• Grace Metalious

Characters played by John Kenneth Galbraith

• Self

Characters played by Alfred Leslie

• Self (painter

• filmmaker)

Characters played by Dinah Shore

• Self - Blows Kiss

Characters played by Fisher Stevens

• Jack Kerouac (Readings from On The Road)

Characters played by Tracey Ullman

• Self

Characters played by Guy Williams

• (archive footage)

Characters played by Sloan Wilson

• Self (author)

Characters played by Gene Autry

• Self (at the microphone)

Characters played by Lauren Bacall

• Self (concerned about HUAC)

Characters played by Francis Biddle

• Self (sees Truman take oath

• 1945)

Characters played by Humphrey Bogart

• Self (concerned about HUAC)

Characters played by John H. Bradley

• Self (raises flag on Iwo Jima)

Characters played by Fidel Castro

• Self

Characters played by Joyce Davidson

• Self (interviews Grace Metalious)

Characters played by Fats Domino

• Self

Characters played by Elizabeth Eckford

• Self (attends Little Rock school under guard)

Characters played by Duke Ellington

• Self

Characters played by Frank Gifford

• Self (in razor ad)

Characters played by Dizzy Gillespie

• Self (with his band

• 1949)

Characters played by George Harrison

• Self (leaves plane)

Characters played by Rita Hayworth

• Sadie Thompson

Characters played by Hugh Hefner

• Self

Characters played by Harold L. Ickes

• Self (sees Truman take oath

• 1945)

Characters played by Danny Kaye

• Self (concerned about HUAC)

Characters played by Grace Kelly

• Self (weds Rainier)

Characters played by Jack Kerouac

• Self

Characters played by Alfred Kinsey

• Self

Characters played by John Howard Lawson

• Self (testifies before HUAC)

Characters played by William D. Leahy

• Self (sees Truman take oath

• 1945)

Characters played by John Lennon

• Self

Characters played by Frankie Lymon

• Self (with the Teenagers)

Characters played by Joseph W. Martin Jr.

• Self (sees Truman take oath

• 1945)

Characters played by Elaine May

• Self (in Nichols & May sketch)

Characters played by Paul McCartney

• Self (leaves plane)

Characters played by Grace Metalious

• Self (interviewed by Joyce Davidson)

Characters played by Prince Rainier of Monaco

• Self (weds Grace)

Characters played by Thelonious Monk

• Self (plays)

Characters played by Marilyn Monroe

• Self (with GIs in Korea)

Characters played by Mohammed Mossadegh

• Self (in military uniform

• wears glasses)

Characters played by Mike Nichols

• Self (in Nichols & May sketch)

Characters played by Richard Nixon

• Self (HUAC

• with Thomas)

Characters played by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

• Misidentification (of Mohammed Mossadegh)

Characters played by Charlie Parker

• Self (plays with Dizzy)

Characters played by Alice Pearce

• Self (in girdle ad)

Characters played by Gregory Pincus

• Self (at the microscope)

Characters played by Jackson Pollock

• Self (dribbles paint)

Characters played by Elvis Presley

• Self

Characters played by Sam Rayburn

• Self (sees Truman take oath

• 1945

• behind Judge Stone)

Characters played by Carl Reiner

• Self (in RCA TV ad)

Characters played by Syngman Rhee

• Self (with MacArthur)

Characters played by Margaret Sanger

• Self (interviewed by Mike Wallace)

Characters played by Franklin Sousley

• Self (raises flag on Iwo Jima)

Characters played by Ringo Starr

• Self (leaves plane)

Characters played by Edward R. Stettinius Jr.

• Self (sees Truman take oath

• 1945)

Characters played by Harlan F. Stone

• Self (administers oath to Truman

• 1945)

Characters played by Elizabeth Taylor

• Self (marries)

Characters played by J. Parnell Thomas

• Self (HUAC)

Characters played by Bess Truman

• Self (sees Truman take oath

• 1945)

Characters played by Margaret Truman

• Self (sees Truman take oath

• 1945)

Characters played by Fred M. Vinson

• Self (sees Truman take oath

• 1945)

Characters played by Hank Williams

• Self (sings Hey Good Lookin')