Won't You Be My Neighbor?
8.006
95 minutes
6/29/2018
Overview
For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.
Cast List
Margaret Whitmer
as Self - TV Producer
Tom Junod
as Self - Journalist and Fred's Friend
Joanne Rogers
as Self - Fred's Wife
Jim Rogers
as Self - Fred's Son
Max King
as Self - Fred's Biographer
Hedda Sharapan
as Self - Child Development Advisor
Betty Seamans
as Self - Actress / Mrs. McFeely
Junlei Li
as Self - Fred Rogers Center Co-director
Joe Negri
as Self - Actor / Handyman Negri
David Newell
as Self - Actor / Mr. McFeely
Bill Isler
as Self - Fred's Colleague and Friend
John Rogers
as Self - Fred's Son
Elaine Crozier
as Self - Fred's Sister
George Wirth
as Self - Pastor and Fred's Friend
David Bianculli
as Self - Television Critic
Yo-Yo Ma
as Self - Musician and Fred's Friend
François Clemmons
as Self - Actor / Officer Clemmons
Nick Tallo
as Self - Floor Manager
Susan Stamberg
as Self - Journalist
Howard Erlanger
as Self - Jeff Erlanger's Father
Pam Erlanger
as Self - Jeff Erlanger's Mother
Meara Malmberg
as Child
Major Hawbaker Manask
as Child
Arielle Jae Rudd
as Child
Deisy Garcia
as Child
Eleanor Way
as Child
Lynden Liu
as Child
Mason Gloria
as Child
Lincoln Howell
as Child
Ayden Soria
as Child
McColm Cephas Jr.
as Child
Sophie Seifert
as Child
Fred Rogers
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Josie Carey
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Margaret McFarland
as Self - Child Psychologist (archive footage)
Ralph Ellison
as Self - Writer (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
John O. Pastore
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Betty Aberlin
as Self - Lady Aberlin (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
as Self - Politician (archive footage)
Lorin Hollander
as Self - Musician (archive footage)
Christa McAuliffe
as Self - Teacher and Astronaut (archive footage)
Eddie Murphy
as Self - Mr. Robinson (archive footage)
David Letterman
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Johnny Carson
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Tom Snyder
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)
Jeff Erlanger
as Self (archive footage)
Koko
as Self (archive footage)
Brian Kilmeade
as Self - TV Host (archive footage)