The Men Who Built America (also known as The Innovators: The Men Who Built America in some international markets) is a six-hour, four-part miniseries docudrama which was originally broadcast on the History Channel in the Fall of 2012, and on the History Channel UK in Spring of 2013. The series focuses on the lives of Cornelius Vanderbilt, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, J. P. Morgan and Henry Ford and how their industrial innovations and business empires revolutionized modern society. The series is directed by Patrick Reams and Ruán Magan and is narrated by Campbell Scott. It averaged 2.6 million total viewers (1.2 million adults 25-54 and 1 million adults 18-49) across 4 nights.
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Cast
In alphabetical order:
- William Jennings Bryan - James Kidd THREATENED TO DISSOLVE MONOPOLIES IN AMERICA
- Andrew Carnegie - (The Elder) - Adam Jonas Segaller BONDS
- Andrew Carnegie - (The Younger) - AJ Achinger PITTSBURG U. S.STEEL
- Thomas Edison - Justin Morck CURRENT ELECTRIC LIGHT
- Jim Fisk - Kenneth Cavett ALSO KNOWN AS DIAMOND JIM RIVALRY WITH C. VANDERBILT WITH THE ERIE RAILROAD
- Henry Ford - Cary Donaldson AUTO
- Henry Frick - John C. Bailey PARTNERS WITH ANDREW CARNEGIE JOHNSTOWN FLOOD AND BLOODY 1892 STRIKE AT HOMESTEAD
- Jay Gould - Cameron McNary UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD
- President William McKinley - Dan Odell ASSASSINATED
- J.P. Morgan - (The Elder) - Ray Reynolds
- J.P. Morgan - (The Younger) - Eric Rolland FINANCE
- Junius Morgan - Daniel Berkey BANKER
- John D. Rockefeller - Tim Getman STANDARD OIL
- Theodore Roosevelt - Joseph Wiegand VICE PRESIDENT BECOMES PRESIDENT AFTER MCKINLEY IS KILLED AND DISSOLVED THE MONOPOLIES IN AMERICA
- Charles M. Schwab - John Keabler BETHLEHEM STEEL
- Thomas Scott - Don Meehan
- Nikola Tesla - Alex Falberg ALTERNATING CURRENT
- Cornelius Vanderbilt - David Donahoe SHIPPING AND RAILROADS AND BUILT GRAND CENTRAL STATION IN NEW YORK CITY UP UNTIL 1877 HE WAS THE WEALTHIEST MAN IN AMERICA
- William Henry Vanderbilt - Michael Chmiel CORNILIUS VANDERBILT THE ONLY SON LEFT ALL HIS FORTUNE TOO AND BUILT THE GILDED-AGE MANSION
- George Westinghouse - Einar Gunn ALTERNATING CURRENT
- Shayne Workman - A Homestead Steel Worker
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Episodes
Note: The series consists of eight one-hour episodes; for TV they were combined into four two-hour episodes.
Home media release
The miniseries has been released by The History Channel on January 22, 2013, in a three-disc set in both DVD and Blu-ray Disc formats.
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