Teddy the Rough Rider

Synopsis

This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.

Main Cast

Sidney Blackmer

Theodore Roosevelt

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Douglas Wood

President William McKinley

Age : N/A | Popularity : 14%

Selmer Jackson

John W. Riggs

Age : 82 | Popularity : 21%

Theodore von Eltz

William Loeb

Age : 70 | Popularity : 19%

Arthur Loft

Big Jim Rafferty

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

John Ridgely

Reporter

Age : N/A | Popularity : 20%

Glenn Strange

Jim Rawlins

Age : 74 | Popularity : 70%

Robert Warwick

Capt. Leonard Wood

Age : 85 | Popularity : 40%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Charles L. Tedford
Directing	Director	Ray Enright
Production	Producer	Gordon Hollingshead
Department	Role	Name

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