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Overview: 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

Chad Richards
Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL