Animated Hero Classics: Thomas Edison (1993)
Thomas Edison opens up the laboratory of America’s most celebrated inventor and invites you to explore its secrets. Sprinkled with humor and packed with little-known details about the search for a working electric light bulb, this story will help you see for yourself why Edison quipped, “Genius is about one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
Director: Richard Rich
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Joe Hilsee as Thomas Edison (voice) |
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Barry Kraft as Charles Batchelor / Jenkins (voice) |
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Victor Humphries as John Kreusi / J.P. Morgan (voice) |
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Paul O'Connor as Francis Upton (voice) |
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Sandy McCallum as Grosvenor Lowery (voice) |
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Dennis Reese as Lipton / Reporter #1 (voice) |
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Jamie Newcomb as Warwick (voice) (as Jaime Newcomb) |
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Ray Porter as Reporter #2 / Ludwig Boehm / Narrator (voice) |
| Directing | Richard Rich | Director |
| Production | Richard Rich | Producer |
| Editing | James Koford | Editor |
| Writing | Brian Nissen | Writer |
| Editing | Randy Paton | Editor |
| Sound | Lex de Azevedo | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Armetta Jackson-Hamlett | Editor |