Fields of Gold
02023-08-18
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A. E. Staley went from growing up barefoot on a farm in North Carolina, to building a billion dollar agribusiness giant. He was the original owner of the football team that eventually became the Chicago Bears.
Cast
Peter Coyote
Narrator
Ben Harl
Chauffeur
Ryan D Tebrugge
Train Passenger
Diane Dietz
Emma Staley
Earl L. Ijames
Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History
Lana Wildman
Train Passenger
Lucas Staley
young Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley
Squire Prince
Train Passenger
Alex Staley
young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley
Ken Mesnard
Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young
Mike D. Deetz
G.E. Chamberlain (voice)
James Slade
Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union
Jason Aikens
Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Joyce Sternaman Howe
Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman
John Sciutto
Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum
John Lee
Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL
Jack Garner
Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley
Becky Damptz
Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library
George McCaskey
Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears
Rexlyn Nicole
Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees
John F. Paris
A.P. Titus (voice)
Jon Kendle
Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Daniel K. Wright
Train Passenger
Lawrence Weaver
Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral
Debra Bogle
Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois
Jacob Deetz
G.E. Chamberlain
Richard E. McCoy
Walter Franklin (voice)
Charles A. McCue
A.E. Staley (voice)
Morris Birkhead
Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
Nancy Cole
Emma Staley (voice)
Christian McWhirter
Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
Laura Jahr
Self - Director of The Staley Museum
Lisa Peters
Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players
Randy Garner
Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley
Natalie Beck
Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia
Jerry Johnson
C.D. Lyon (voice)
Devin Leming
Wabash Railroad Conductor
Lesley Nicholson
Housekeeper
Michelle Tebrugge
Train Passenger
William Deetz
Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain
Erik Strohl
Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame
Warren Dixon
Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum
Claire Wright
Train Passenger
Richard Lindberg
Self - Author & Historian
Justin Conn
Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review
Michael Pittman
Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals
Mark Staley
A.E. Staley
Michael Krcil
Wabash Railroad Secretary
Duane Noland
Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative
Patrick A. Foster
Ed Scheiter (voice)
Sean Streaty
Self - News Anchor WAND-TV
James Groome
Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church
Shelley Wooters
Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
Mary Jo Brace
Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
Mark Sorenson
Self - Historian
Dennis Rendleman
Adolph Mueller (voice)
Julie Moore-Wolfe
Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL
Stephen Potter
Staley Rail Engineer
Thomas W. Hanks
Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Robert Staley
Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley