The Torch Has Passed (January 1961 - December 1961) - Production & Contact Info

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48 cast members

Name	Known for
John F. Kennedy Self - President of the United States 1961 - 1963 (archive footage) Self - President of the United States 1961 - 1963 (archive footage) See fewer	Profiles in Courage (1964)
Conan O'Brien Self - Long-Time Board Member, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation Self - Long-Time Board Member, John F. Kennedy Library Foundation See fewer	The Lego Batman Movie (2017)
Chris Matthews Self - Author, 'Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero' Self - Author, 'Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero' See fewer	The Campaign (2012)
Charles K. Ross Self - Chair, African American Studies, University of Mississippi Self - Chair, African American Studies, University of Mississippi See fewer	Reel South (2016)
Thurston Clarke Self - Author, 'JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President' Self - Author, 'JFK's Last Hundred Days: The Transformation of a Man and the Emergence of a Great President' See fewer	Wallenberg: A Hero's Story (1985)
Julian Zelizer Self - CNN Political Analyst Self - CNN Political Analyst See fewer	The Switch A Documentary
Hope M. Harrison Self - Author, 'After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present' Self - Author, 'After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany, 1989 to the Present' See fewer	The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022)
Jeff Shesol Self - Author, 'Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War' Self - Author, 'Mercury Rising: John Glenn, John Kennedy, and the New Battleground of the Cold War' See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
David M. Kennedy Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian See fewer	The Great War: 1914-1918 (1996)
Jim Rasenberger Self - Author, 'The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs' Self - Author, 'The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs' See fewer	Men at Lunch (2012)
Johnny López de la Cruz Self - Cuban Exile / Veteran, Bay of Pigs Invasion Self - Cuban Exile / Veteran, Bay of Pigs Invasion See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Lawrence Haas Self - Author, 'The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire' (as Lawrence J. Haas) Self - Author, 'The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby, and Ted Remade America's Empire' (as Lawrence J. Haas) See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Carlos León Acosta Self - Veteran, Bay of Pigs Invasion Self - Veteran, Bay of Pigs Invasion See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Aldon Morris Self - Author, 'The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: Black Communities Organizing for Change' (as Aldon D. Morris) Self - Author, 'The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement: Black Communities Organizing for Change' (as Aldon D. Morris) See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Jakobi Williams Self - Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University Self - Chair, Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Catherine Burks-Brooks Self - Freedom Rider (1961) Self - Freedom Rider (1961) See fewer	Freedom Riders (2010)
Steven F. Lawson Self - Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers University (as Steven Lawson) Self - Professor Emeritus of History, Rutgers University (as Steven Lawson) See fewer	Eyes on the Prize (1987)
Raymond Arsenault Self - Author, 'Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice' Self - Author, 'Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice' See fewer	American Experience (1988)
Larry Sabato Self - Author, 'The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy' (as Larry J. Sabato) Self - Author, 'The Kennedy Half Century: The Presidency, Assassination, and Lasting Legacy of John F. Kennedy' (as Larry J. Sabato) See fewer	Common Grounds? (2021)
Serhii Plokhy Self - Author, 'Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis' Self - Author, 'Nuclear Folly: A History of the Cuban Missile Crisis' See fewer	Turning Point: The Bomb and the Cold War (2024)
Tim Naftali Self - CNN Presidential Historian, Co-Author, 'One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964' (as Timothy Naftali) Self - CNN Presidential Historian, Co-Author, 'One Hell of a Gamble: Khrushchev, Castro, and Kennedy, 1958-1964' (as Timothy Naftali) See fewer	Designated Survivor (2016)
Jeffrey Engel Self - Director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University (as Jeffrey A. Engel) Self - Director of the Center for Presidential History, Southern Methodist University (as Jeffrey A. Engel) See fewer	Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team (2020)
Frederick Kempe Self Author, 'Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth' Self Author, 'Berlin 1961: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth' See fewer	JFK: A President Betrayed (2013)
Steven Watts Self - Author, 'JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier' Self - Author, 'JFK and the Masculine Mystique: Sex and Power on the New Frontier' See fewer	American Dynasty (2022)
Andrew Cohen Self - Author, 'Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History' Self - Author, 'Two Days in June: John F. Kennedy and the 48 Hours That Made History' See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Eileen McNamara Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian Self - Pulitzer Prize-Winning Historian See fewer	WGN Morning News (1994)
Gillian Sorenson Self - Wife of John F. Kennedy Speechwriter Ted Sorensen Self - Wife of John F. Kennedy Speechwriter Ted Sorensen See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Thomas J. Carty Self - Author, 'A Catholic in the White House?: Religion, Politics, and John F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign' Self - Author, 'A Catholic in the White House?: Religion, Politics, and John F. Kennedy's Presidential Campaign' See fewer	Kennedy (2023)
Peter Coyote Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Bitter Moon (1992)
Fidel Castro Self - Leader of Cuba 1959 - 2008 (archive footage) Self - Leader of Cuba 1959 - 2008 (archive footage) See fewer	Araaayyyyy!!! (1986)
Allen Dulles Self - Director of Central Intelligence: 1953-1961 (archive footage) Self - Director of Central Intelligence: 1953-1961 (archive footage) See fewer	Issues and Answers (1960)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self - President of the United State s 1953 - 1961 (archive footage) Self - President of the United State s 1953 - 1961 (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
James Farmer Self - Congress of Racial Equality Leader (archive footage) Self - Congress of Racial Equality Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Adam Clayton Powell (1989)
Yuri Gagarin Self - First Man in Space (archive footage) Self - First Man in Space (archive footage) See fewer	Novogodniy kalendar (1965)
Lyndon B. Johnson Self - Vice President of the United States (archive footage) Self - Vice President of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	Spartamerika
John Kennedy Jr. Self - John F. Kennedy's Son (archive footage) Self - John F. Kennedy's Son (archive footage) See fewer	A Matter of Degrees (1990)
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Self - John F. Kennedy's Father (archive footage) Self - John F. Kennedy's Father (archive footage) See fewer	JFK: The Life and Legacy (2013)
Caroline Kennedy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Poetry in America with Elisa New (2018)
Jacqueline Kennedy Self - John F. Kennedy's Wife (archive footage) Self - John F. Kennedy's Wife (archive footage) See fewer	A Tour of the White House (1962)
Robert F. Kennedy Self - John F. Kennedy's Brother (archive footage) Self - John F. Kennedy's Brother (archive footage) See fewer	The Missiles of October (1974)
Nikita Khrushchev Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1953 - 1964 (archive footage) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1953 - 1964 (archive footage) See fewer	Interview mit Berlin (1959)
Martin Luther King Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Freedom Writers (2007)
John Lewis Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) Self - Civil Rights Activist (archive footage) See fewer	John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
Richard Nixon Self - Vice President of the United States (archive footage) Self - Vice President of the United States (archive footage) See fewer	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Self - President of the United States 1933 - 1945 (archive footage) Self - President of the United States 1933 - 1945 (archive footage) See fewer	The President's Mystery (1936)
Alan Shepard Self - First American in Space (archive footage) Self - First American in Space (archive footage) See fewer	The Magical World of Disney (1954)
Joseph Stalin Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1924 - 1953 (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) Self - Leader of the Soviet Union 1924 - 1953 (archive footage) (as Iosif Stalin) See fewer	One Inch from Victory (1944)
Harry S. Truman Self - President of the United States 1945 - 1961 (archive footage) Self - President of the United States 1945 - 1961 (archive footage) See fewer	The History of Sportfishing