Cast and Crew of The Sixties

The Sixties

The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In collaboration with Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman and Mark Herzog, CNN explores perhaps the most transformative decade of the modern era in a 10-part documentary series and brings new insights into how those events shaped today.

Full Cast of The Sixties

Walter Cronkite

as Self (10 episodes)

Tom Hanks

as Self (10 episodes)

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic ...

David Brinkley

as Self (10 episodes)

Dan Rather

as Self (10 episodes)

Dan Rather was born on October 31, 1931 and is currently 93 years old.

Chet Huntley

as Self - NBC News (archive footage) (10 episodes)

Lyndon B. Johnson

as Self (archive footage) (10 episodes)

John Heilemann

as Self - Editor, New York Magazine (10 episodes)

Robert Dallek

as Self - Author (10 episodes)

Frank McGee

as Self - NBC News (archive footage) (10 episodes)

Harry Reasoner

as Self - CBS News (archive footage) (10 episodes)

Shirley Chisholm

as Self (10 episodes)

John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage) (1 episode) , Self (as President John F. Kennedy) (archive footage) (10 episodes)

Neil Sheehan

as Self (1 episode)

Tim O'Brien

as Self (1 episode)

Jack Ruby

as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

Ngô Đình Diệm

as Self - President of South Vietnam (archive footage) (1 episode)

Crew of The Sixties

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