Cast and credits of Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio

Ken Burns

Jason Robards
Narrator (voice)

Red Barber
Himself - Radio Announcer

Norman Corwin
Himself - Writer

Garrison Keillor
Himself - Writer

Fred Allen
Himself - Predicts Demise of Radio (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Gene Autry
Himself - Sings (uncredited) (archiveSound)

John Barrymore
Hamlet (uncredited) (archiveSound)

Winston Churchill
Himself - Finest Hour Speech (uncredited) (archiveSound)

Charles J. Correll
Himself - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Lee De Forest
Himself - Objects to Quality of Radio Programming (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Ralph Edwards
Himself - Host of 'This Is Your Life' (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Himself - Announces Landing in Normandy (uncredited) (archiveSound)

Freeman F. Gosden
Himself - Prepares for Amos 'n' Andy Broadcast (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Guglielmo Marconi
Himself - Visits Sarnoff at RCA (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Marie Mosquini
Herself - with Lee De Forest (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Himself - Makes Broadcast About Banking Reform (uncredited) (archiveFootage)

Ken Burns
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