Animated Hero Classics

Animated Hero Classics is an educational Animated television series of programs co-produced by Nest Family Entertainment, Living History Productions, Warner-Nest Animation and Crest Animation Productions. The series, geared toward elementary school aged children, includes twenty biographies of both female and male scientists, inventors, explorers, and social champions from around Europe, North America and the Middle East, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Florence Nightingale, Maccabees, Wright brothers, Galileo Galilei, Marco Polo, William Bradford (Plymouth Colony governor), Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Ludwig van Beethoven, Harriet Tubman, Joan of Arc, Benjamin Franklin, Helen Keller, Marco Polo, Marie Curie, Louis Pasteur and Pocahontas.

The Children's Television Act of 1990 required terrestrial television networks to devote time to Educational and Informative programming for children. Even though cable networks were not directly affected by these requirements, these programs were debuted on their HBO network's Saturday morning children's block as a show of good faith that the network was committed to quality educational programming for children. The dramatic biographies were meticulously researched by the producers and written to engage both children and adults, providing an entertaining and accessible way to learn about the positive impact that these women and men have had on our world.

In 1996, Nest Entertainment joined Warner Bros. Animation to formed the Warner-Nest Animation, and in the same year, Living History Productions was folded into Nest Entertainment.

After Animated Hero Classics videos from Christopher Columbus to Maccabees were re-released by Nest Entertainment and Warner/Nest Animation in 1996, and Animated Hero Classics videos from Alexander Graham Bell to Marie Curie were released by Nest Entertainment and Warner/Nest Animation from 1996 to 1997, the company Warner/Nest Animation was shutdown in 1997.

In 2004, the Animated Hero Classics video Beethoven was released by Nest Entertainment, and the series is complete.

After the initial limited cable television debut, the programs were released on VHS and DVD. Over the years supplementary learning materials have been added to the series designed to help develop core curriculum knowledge and skills, while building positive character traits. They are used in over 60,000 public schools and libraries, and by countless home educators as they research the heroes of history covered by the series. The series currently airs every Saturday on BYUtv.

Individual programs within the series have earned multiple awards and endorsements including the family approved seal from the Dove Foundation, The School Library Journal, The Parent's Choice Foundation award and the National Educational Media Association award, the "Award of Excellence" from the Film Advisory Board, the Director's Choice Award from Early Childhood News, KIDS FIRST!, and the highest rating from the Practical Homeschooling Magazine.

The series was directed by Richard Rich, the ex-Disney director who also directed The Swan Princess trilogy, and three faith-based animated educational series for the church, library and home educator market: Animated Stories from the Bible, Animated Stories from the New Testament and K10C: Kids' Ten Commandments.

Cast

Matthew Davis as Christopher Columbus
Joe Lynch as Talavera, Miles Standish, Von Steuben, Gates, Howe, Parker
Gregory Snegoff as Pinzon
Patrick Page as Bosco
Remi Sandri as Gaspar
Gregg Coffin as Lope
Sheryl Taub as Queen Isabella, Martha Washington
Ray Porter as King Ferdinand, King John, Captain, George Washington, Stanton, Narrator, Reporter #2, Ludwig Boehm, William Russell, Jean, Cauchon
Lisa Michelson as Rodrigo
Don Burroughs as Bartholomew Columbus, Willard
Paul O'Connor as Giovanni, Domineco Columbus, Sumner, Francis Upton, Tomakin, Japazaws
Joshua Hunter as Young Christopher Columbus
Jeff Kramer as Spanish Sailor
Jonathon Toppo as Young William Bradford, Officer, Powhatan, Minister of Agriculture
James March as William Bradford
Victor Humphries as John Carver, John Kreusi, J.P. Morgan, Doctor Sutherland, Louis Pasteur
John Pribyl as Goodman Cooke
Mark Schwahn as Dutch Captain
Michael Altobello as Squanto, Sailor
Michael Howard as Samoset
Hugh Dignon as Baker, Charles Lee, Wells, Governor Dale
Owen Davis as Magistrate
Brian Nissen as Glover, Santos-Dumont, King Charles
Dion Luther as Martin, English Captain
Dennis Edwards as Laurens
Herbert Newcomb as Conway, Fitzpatrick
David Kelly as Hamilton, Seward, Newspaperman, MacKenzie, Nelson, Le Beque
Ben Livingston as British Officer, Soldier, Knox
Mark Dawson as Servant
Alan Nash as Ben Franklin
Margaret Crowell as Deborah
Bryan Gardner as Dr. Spencer
Christopher P. Angelos as William
Dale Zabriskie as John
John Nicolaysen as Hill
Eric Jensen as Mr. Miller
Jared Pauls as Governor Keith
Anthony De Fonte as Abraham Lincoln
Dennis Reese as Hay, Reporter #1, Lipton
Jillian Crane as Mary
Jonathan Best as Willie, Teenage Joseph
Matthew Best as Tad, Young Joseph
Phil Hubbard as Chase, Ridley
Doc Ballard as Frederick Douglass
Lasondra Zarif as Solomon
Kirt Bernhardt as Policeman
Jack Whitaker as Camera Man
Kevin Fabian as Angry Man, Patoomie
Joe Hilsee as Thomas Edison
Barry Kraft as Charles Batchelor, Jenkins, Father Nightingale, Dr. Goldstone
Sandy McCallum as Grosvenor Lowery, Doctor
Jamie Newcomb as Warwick
Lisa Hart as Florence Nightingale
Anne Delue as Mary, Mother Nightingale
Kurt Bernhardt as Stephens, Pouchet
Jonathan Hogan as John Hall, John Smith
Jamie Newcomb as Doctor Fox
Mimi Carr as Nurse Clive, Marie
Joey McColum as Lord Canning
Debra Funkhouser as Pocahontas
Kevin Farrell as Captain Argall, Emile
Remi Sandri as John Rolfe
Lorenzo Gonzalez as Opecanow
Alo Billingslea as Dillard
John Pribyl as Chairman of Medicine
Andrew Marshall as Adult Joseph
Mark Hunt as Alexander Graham Bell, Chanute, Anagnos, Duke of Milan, Monk, Jacques
Kevin Quinn as Thomas Watson, Guard, Milanese Painter
Marion Calvert as Mrs. Fuller
Gar Campbell as Gardiner Hubbard, Doctor
Jake Williamson as Drake, Wilbur Wright, Parisian Husband, French Reporter, Verrochio, Duke of Florence, Peasant, Durand
Eric Gray as Moses Farmer
Marilyn Fox as Maid
Steve Williams as Mime
Nicholas Petrie as Deaf Child 1
Giovanni Miglia as Deaf Child 2
Wendy Merritt as Deaf Child 3
William Dennis Hunt as Bishop Wright, Talbot
Billy Mayo
Neil Vipond
Virginia Watson as Harriet Tubman
Robert Cottrel as Orville Wright, Michelangelo, La Hire
Bernie Van De Yacht as Reporter, Student, St. Michael
Gregory Daven as Dan Tate
Tim Fitzgerald as Farman
Art Manke as Voisin
Kristie Transeau as Parisian Wife
Thom Marks as Telegrapher
Elizabeth Daily as Helen Keller
Mary Louise Gemmill as Anne Sullivan, St. Margaret
Ed Parlson as Arthur Keller
Bridget Connors as Kate Keller, Joan of Arc
Sandy Beth as Salai
Victor Mills as Leonardo da Vinci
Deborah Cummings as Duchess of Milan, St. Catherine
Bill Lane as Painter 1, Tailor
Thom Marks as Painter 2
Michael Altobello as Toothless Man, Messenger, Milan Incidental 1
Henry Scarfo as Artist
Corrado Giovannoni as Prior, Crony, Milan Incidental 2
Jennifer Joyce as Milan Incidental 3
Chris Van Fleet as French Captain
Jeff Simmons as Count Donois
Bum Merrill
Al Michaels
Neil Vipond
Jim Bullock
Apollo Dukakis
Elena Kravets
Christy Lane
Catherine Lavin
Quin Marino
John Smith
Sean Wright

Episodes

Season 1 (1991–95)

Christopher Columbus (1991)
William Bradford: The First Thanksgiving (1992)
General George Washington (1992)
Benjamin Franklin: Scientist and Inventor (1993)
President Abraham Lincoln (1993)
Thomas Edison and the Electric Light (1993)
Florence Nightingale (1993)
Pocahontas (1994)
Louis Pasteur (1995)

Season 2 (1995–97)

(10) Alexander Graham Bell (1995)
(11) Maccabees: The Story of Hanukkah (1995)
(12) Harriet Tubman (1996)
(13) The Wright Brothers (1996)
(14) Helen Keller (1996)
(15) Leonardo da Vinci (1996)
(16) Joan of Arc (1996)
(17) Marco Polo (1997)
(18) Galileo (1997)
(19) Marie Curie (1997)

Final Episode (2004)

(20) Beethoven (2004)

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