--- title: "The Civil War: cast and crew" canonical: "https://film.one/tv/the-civil-war/cast-and-crew" title_page: "https://film.one/tv/the-civil-war" cast: 33 crew: 12 licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # The Civil War (1990): cast and crew 33 cast and 12 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order. ## Cast - [David McCullough](https://film.one/person/david-mccullough-37332.md) as Narrator (voice) (9 episodes) - [Sam Waterston](https://film.one/person/sam-waterston.md) as Abraham Lincoln (voice) (9 episodes) - [Julie Harris](https://film.one/person/julie-harris-2750.md) as Mary Chestnut (voice) (9 episodes) - [Jason Robards](https://film.one/person/jason-robards.md) as Ulysses S. Grant (voice) (9 episodes) - [Morgan Freeman](https://film.one/person/morgan-freeman.md) as Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice) (9 episodes) - [Paul Roebling](https://film.one/person/paul-roebling.md) as Joshua Chamberlain (voice) (9 episodes) - [Garrison Keillor](https://film.one/person/garrison-keillor.md) as Walt Whitman (voice) (9 episodes) - [George Black](https://film.one/person/george-black-203036.md) as Robert E. Lee (voice) (9 episodes) - [Arthur Miller](https://film.one/person/arthur-miller.md) as William Tecumseh Sherman (voice) (9 episodes) - [Christopher Murney](https://film.one/person/christopher-murney.md) as Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice) (9 episodes) - [Charles McDowell](https://film.one/person/charles-mcdowell.md) as Samuel R. Watkins (voice) (9 episodes) - [Horton Foote](https://film.one/person/horton-foote.md) as Jefferson Davis (voice) (9 episodes) - [George Plimpton](https://film.one/person/george-plimpton.md) as George Templeton Strong (voice) (9 episodes) - [Philip Bosco](https://film.one/person/philip-bosco.md) as Horace Greeley (voice) (9 episodes) - Terry Courier as George B. McClellan (voice) (9 episodes) - Jody Powell as Stonewall Jackson / Various (voice) (9 episodes) - Studs Terkel as Benjamin Butler / Various (9 episodes) - [Hoyt Axton](https://film.one/person/hoyt-axton.md) as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - John Hartford as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - [Colleen Dewhurst](https://film.one/person/colleen-dewhurst.md) as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - Shelby Foote as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - Ronnie Gilbert as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - [Jeremy Irons](https://film.one/person/jeremy-irons.md) as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - Gene Jones as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - [Derek Jacobi](https://film.one/person/derek-jacobi.md) as William Russell / Various (voice) (9 episodes) - Kurt Vonnegut as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - [Laurence Fishburne](https://film.one/person/laurence-fishburne.md) as Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice) (9 episodes) - [Pamela Reed](https://film.one/person/pamela-reed.md) as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - [M. Emmet Walsh](https://film.one/person/m-emmet-walsh.md) as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - Barbara Fields as Various (voice) (9 episodes) - Abraham Lincoln as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes) - Robert E. Lee as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes) - Frederick Douglass as Self (archive footage) (2 episodes) ## Directing - [Ken Burns](https://film.one/person/ken-burns.md): Director (9 episodes) ## Writing - [Ken Burns](https://film.one/person/ken-burns.md): Writer (9 episodes) - [Geoffrey C. Ward](https://film.one/person/geoffrey-c-ward.md): Writer (9 episodes) ## Production - [Julie A. Dunfey](https://film.one/person/julie-a-dunfey.md): Producer (9 episodes) - [Ken Burns](https://film.one/person/ken-burns.md): Executive Producer (9 episodes) - [Ric Burns](https://film.one/person/ric-burns.md): Producer (9 episodes) - [Stephen Ives](https://film.one/person/stephen-ives.md): Producer (9 episodes) - Mike Hill: Producer (9 episodes) - Catherine Yang Eisele: Producer (9 episodes) ## Camera - [Ken Burns](https://film.one/person/ken-burns.md): Director of Photography (9 episodes) ## Editing - [Paul Barnes](https://film.one/person/paul-barnes-1096254.md): Editor (9 episodes) ## Sound and music - [Jay Ungar](https://film.one/person/jay-ungar.md): Original Music Composer (9 episodes) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Our review: https://film.one/tv/the-civil-war.md