Animated Hero Classics: Thomas Edison
1993
Animation
History
Family
Overview
Thomas Edison opens up the laboratory of America’s most celebrated inventor and invites you to explore its secrets. Sprinkled with humor and packed with little-known details about the search for a working electric light bulb, this story will help you see for yourself why Edison quipped, “Genius is about one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”
Cast
Joe Hilsee
Thomas Edison (voice)
Barry Kraft
Charles Batchelor / Jenkins (voice)
Victor Humphries
John Kreusi / J.P. Morgan (voice)
Paul O'Connor
Francis Upton (voice)
Sandy McCallum
Grosvenor Lowery (voice)
Dennis Reese
Lipton / Reporter #1 (voice)
Jamie Newcomb
Warwick (voice) (as Jaime Newcomb)
Ray Porter
Reporter #2 / Ludwig Boehm / Narrator (voice)
Directors
Richard Rich
