About Sports on the Silver Screen
- Released on March 16, 1997
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
Full Cast of Sports on the Silver Screen
Liev Schreiber plays Self - Narrator (voice)
Marv Albert plays Self (archive footage)
John G. Avildsen plays Self (archive footage)
Lauren Bacall plays Self (archive footage)
Humphrey Bogart plays Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chaplin plays Self (archive footage)
Robert Chartoff plays Self (archive footage)
Jackie Cooper plays Self (archive footage)
Billy Crystal plays Self (archive footage)
Tony Danza plays Self (archive footage)
Ruby Dee plays Self (archive footage)
Jack Dempsey plays Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney plays Self (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower plays Self (archive footage)
Peter Gent plays Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg plays Self (archive footage)
Herb Goldman plays Self (archive footage)
Harold 'Red' Grange plays Self (archive footage)
Gene Hackman plays Self (archive footage)
Jean Harlow plays Self (archive footage)
Ed Herlihy plays Self (archive footage)
James Earl Jones plays Self (archive footage)
Danny Kaye plays Self (archive footage)
Barry Levinson plays Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis plays Self (archive footage)
Jeffrey Lyons plays Self (archive footage)
Pat Morita plays Self (archive footage)
Bobby Murcer plays Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon plays Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Piersall plays Self (archive footage)
Sam Rayburn plays Self (archive footage)
Ronald Reagan plays Self (archive footage)
Knute Rockne plays Self (archive footage)
Babe Ruth plays Self (archive footage)
Steve Sabol plays Self (archive footage)
Gale Sayers plays Self (archive footage)
Budd Schulberg plays Self (archive footage)
Tom Selleck plays Self (archive footage)
Norma Shearer plays Self (archive footage)
Ron Shelton plays Self (archive footage)
Joel Siegel plays Self (archive footage)
J. Parnell Thomas plays Self (archive footage)
Gene Tunney plays Self (archive footage)
Irwin Winkler plays Self (archive footage)
Robert Wuhl plays Self (archive footage)
Crew of Sports on the Silver Screen
- Liev Schreiber
- Marv Albert
- John G. Avildsen
- Lauren Bacall
- Humphrey Bogart
- Charlie Chaplin
- Robert Chartoff
- Jackie Cooper
- Billy Crystal
- Tony Danza
- Ruby Dee
- Jack Dempsey
- Walt Disney
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Peter Gent
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Herb Goldman
- Harold 'Red' Grange
- Gene Hackman
- Jean Harlow
- Ed Herlihy
- James Earl Jones
- Danny Kaye
- Barry Levinson
- Jerry Lewis
- Jeffrey Lyons
- Pat Morita
- Bobby Murcer
- Richard Nixon
- Jimmy Piersall
- Sam Rayburn
- Ronald Reagan
- Knute Rockne
- Babe Ruth
- Steve Sabol
- Gale Sayers
- Budd Schulberg
- Tom Selleck
- Norma Shearer
- Ron Shelton
- Joel Siegel
- J. Parnell Thomas
- Gene Tunney
- Irwin Winkler
- Robert Wuhl