About Tail Gunner Joe
Senator Joseph McCarthy from Wisconsin accuses prominent people of Communist sympathies in order to give him a national power base when he later planned to run for President.
Full Cast of Tail Gunner Joe
Peter Boyle
plays Joseph McCarthy
Peter Lawrence Boyle, Jr. (October 18, 1935 – December 12, 2006) was an American actor, best known for his role as Fr...
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plays Paul Cunningham
Burgess Meredith
plays Joseph Welch
Patricia Neal
plays Margaret Chase Smith
Jean Stapleton
plays Mrs. DeCamp
Ned Beatty
plays Sylvester
Philip Abbott
plays Scott Lucas
Wallace Rooney
plays Speaker
Heather Menzies
plays Logan
Wesley Addy
plays Middleton
Karen Carlson
plays Jean Kerr
John Carradine
plays Wisconsin Farmer
Charles Cioffi
plays Logan's Boss
Diana Douglas
plays Sarah
Andrew Duggan
plays Dwight Eisenhower
Henry Jones
plays Armitage
Murray Matheson
plays Publisher
Tim O'Connor
plays Librarian
Alan Oppenheimer
plays Eisenhower Publicist
Addison Powell
plays General George C. Marshall
Andrew Prine
plays Peter Parker McNair Gates
John Randolph
plays Gen. Lampkin
Allan Rich
plays Ray Jenkins
William Schallert
plays Gen. Zwicker
Simon Scott
plays Robert Ten Broeck Stevens
Robert F. Simon
plays Drew Pearson
George Wyner
plays Roy Cohn
A native of Boston and graduate of Syracuse University, George has worked extensively in TV and film since 1972. Nota...
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plays Sen. Stuart Symington
Kelly Jean Peters
plays Mrs. Sarah Gates
Robert Symonds
plays President Harry Truman
Charles Siebert
plays James Juliana
Sam Chew Jr.
plays Robert F. Kennedy
John Chappell
plays Sen. Karl Mundt
Herb Voland
plays Sen. Raymond Baldwin
Edward Anhalt
plays Sen. Herbert Lehman
Alan Hewitt
plays Dean Acheson
Howard Hesseman
plays Lt. Ted Cantwell
Jack Bannon
plays Eisenhower Aide
Charles Macaulay
plays Wm. Roberts
Richard M. Dixon
plays Sen. Richard M. Nixon
Morgan Upton
plays Clucas
Morgan Upton was born on August 11, 1930 and passed away 32 years ago at the age of 61 on December 22, 1991.
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plays Marie
George Petrie
plays Chas. Kraus
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