Showtime Looks at 1981 - Cast

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83 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Klein Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Two Weeks Notice (2002)
Ronald Reagan Self - President (archive footage) Self - President (archive footage) See fewer	Kings Row (1942)
Nancy Reagan Self - First Lady (archive footage) Self - First Lady (archive footage) See fewer	Hellcats of the Navy (1957)
Jimmy Carter Self - President (archive footage) Self - President (archive footage) See fewer	The American President (2000)
John Cannon Self - State Department Spokesman (archive footage) Self - State Department Spokesman (archive footage) See fewer
James Hopkins Self - Agent Orange Victim (archive footage) Self - Agent Orange Victim (archive footage) See fewer
John Wood Self - Agent Orange Victim (archive footage) Self - Agent Orange Victim (archive footage) See fewer
Steve Savis Self - V.A. Regional Director (archive footage) Self - V.A. Regional Director (archive footage) See fewer
Ron Kovic Self - Center for Veterans Rights (archive footage) Self - Center for Veterans Rights (archive footage) See fewer	Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
Suzanne Hopkins Self - Widow of James Hopkins (archive footage) Self - Widow of James Hopkins (archive footage) See fewer
Potter Stewart Self - Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) Self - Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) See fewer
Sandra Day O'Connor Self - Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) Self - Supreme Court Justice (archive footage) See fewer	Wallace Stegner (2009)
Carolyn Gerster Self - National Right to Live Committee (archive footage) Self - National Right to Live Committee (archive footage) See fewer	The Bob Braun Show (1967)
Strom Thurmond Self - Senator, South Carolina (archive footage) Self - Senator, South Carolina (archive footage) See fewer	Our World (1986)
Donald Graham Self - Publisher, Washington Post (archive footage) Self - Publisher, Washington Post (archive footage) See fewer
Jerry Parr Self - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) Self - Secret Service Agent (archive footage) See fewer	Secret Service Secrets (2012)
Maureen Reagan Self - Ronald Reagan's Daughter (archive footage) Self - Ronald Reagan's Daughter (archive footage) See fewer	The Love Boat (1977)
Alexander Haig Self - Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - Secretary of State (archive footage) See fewer	The American President (2000)
Jodie Foster Self - Actress (archive footage) Self - Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
John Hinckley Jr. Self - Attempted Assassin (archive footage) (as John Hinckley) Self - Attempted Assassin (archive footage) (as John Hinckley) See fewer	Seeking Answers (2017)
Larry Speakes Self - Deputy Press Secretary (archive footage) (as Larry Speaks) Self - Deputy Press Secretary (archive footage) (as Larry Speaks) See fewer	Panorama (I) (1953)
James Brady Self - Press Secretary (archive footage) Self - Press Secretary (archive footage) See fewer	Secret Service (1992)
Bernard Shaw Self - Cable News Network (archive footage) Self - Cable News Network (archive footage) See fewer	Contact (1997)
Dorothy Brady Self - Mother of James Brady (archive footage) Self - Mother of James Brady (archive footage) See fewer
Dennis O'Leary Self - Hospital Spokesman (archive footage) Self - Hospital Spokesman (archive footage) See fewer
Pope John Paul II Self - Pontiff (archive footage) Self - Pontiff (archive footage) See fewer	The Jeweller's Shop (1988)
Kurt Waldheim Self - Secretary Genral, U.N. (archive footage) Self - Secretary Genral, U.N. (archive footage) See fewer	Vienna Is Different: 50 Years After the Anschluss (1989)
Timothy Manning Self - Cardinal (archive footage) (as Cardinal Manning) Self - Cardinal (archive footage) (as Cardinal Manning) See fewer	Beautiful Me (2015)
Menachem Begin Self - Israeli Prime Minister (archive footage) Self - Israeli Prime Minister (archive footage) See fewer	A Search for Solid Ground: The Intifada Through Israeli Eyes (1990)
Anwar Sadat Self - President, Egypt (archive footage) Self - President, Egypt (archive footage) See fewer	Midweek (1972)
George Bush Self - Vice President (archive footage) Self - Vice President (archive footage) See fewer	41 (II) (2012)
John Young Self - Astronaut (archive footage) Self - Astronaut (archive footage) See fewer	The Wonder of it All (2007)
King Charles III Self - Prince of Wales (archive footage) (as Prince Charles) Self - Prince of Wales (archive footage) (as Prince Charles) See fewer	Coronation Street (1960)
Princess Diana Self - Princess of Wales (archive footage) Self - Princess of Wales (archive footage) See fewer	Charles & Diana: Never Meant to Be
Larry Taylor Self - Smithsonian Spokesman (archive footage) Self - Smithsonian Spokesman (archive footage) See fewer
Marvin Miller Self - Players Association Representative (archive footage) Self - Players Association Representative (archive footage) See fewer	Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story (2010)
Ray Grebey Self - Owner Representative (archive footage) Self - Owner Representative (archive footage) See fewer
Ray Donovan Self - Secretary of Labor (archive footage) Self - Secretary of Labor (archive footage) See fewer
Jim Stakem Self - Striking Controller (archive footage) Self - Striking Controller (archive footage) See fewer
Drew Lewis Self - Secretary of Transportation (archive footage) Self - Secretary of Transportation (archive footage) See fewer
Robert Poli Self - President, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (archive footage) Self - President, Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (archive footage) See fewer
Ray Van Vuren Self - FAA Spokesman (archive footage) Self - FAA Spokesman (archive footage) See fewer
Danny Morrison Self - Sands Family Spokesman (archive footage) Self - Sands Family Spokesman (archive footage) See fewer	Ireland: A Long Road to Peace (2016)
Ramsey Clark Self - Former U.S. Attorney General (archive footage) Self - Former U.S. Attorney General (archive footage) See fewer	Castro's Spies (2020)
Don Concannon Self - British Labour Party (archive footage) Self - British Labour Party (archive footage) See fewer
Ian Paisley Self - Reverend (archive footage) Self - Reverend (archive footage) See fewer	A Sense of Loss (1972)
Seán McManus Self - National Director, Irish National Caucus (archive footage) (as Father Sean McManus) Self - National Director, Irish National Caucus (archive footage) (as Father Sean McManus) See fewer	Bobby Sands: 66 Days (2016)
Margaret Thatcher Self - British Prime Minister (archive footage) Self - British Prime Minister (archive footage) See fewer	SDI Star Wars (1991)
Charles Manatt Self - Chairman, Democratic National Committee (archive footage) Self - Chairman, Democratic National Committee (archive footage) See fewer
David Stockman Self - President's Budget Director (archive footage) Self - President's Budget Director (archive footage) See fewer	Art in the Twenty-First Century (2001)
Phil Gramm Self - Representative, Texas (archive footage) Self - Representative, Texas (archive footage) See fewer	White House Madness (1975)
Thomas J. Downey Self - Representative, New York (archive footage) Self - Representative, New York (archive footage) See fewer
Donald Regan Self - Treasury Secretary (archive footage) Self - Treasury Secretary (archive footage) See fewer	Cold War (1998)
Tip O'Neill Self - Speaker of the House (archive footage) (as Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill) Self - Speaker of the House (archive footage) (as Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill) See fewer	Dave (1993)
Ted Kennedy Self - Senator, Massachusetts (archive footage) Self - Senator, Massachusetts (archive footage) See fewer	Chicago Hope (1994)
Robert H. Michel Self - House Minority Leader (archive footage) Self - House Minority Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Bicentennial Minutes (1974)
Jim Wright Self - House Majority Leader (archive footage) Self - House Majority Leader (archive footage) See fewer	Rayburn: Mr. Speaker
Harold Smith Self - Alledged Embezzler (archive footage) Self - Alledged Embezzler (archive footage) See fewer
Carol Burnett Self - Actress (archive footage) Self - Actress (archive footage) See fewer	The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
Marilyn Welch Self - Eyewitness (archive footage) Self - Eyewitness (archive footage) See fewer
Henry Kissinger Self - Former Secretary of State (archive footage) Self - Former Secretary of State (archive footage) See fewer	Tomorrow Never Dies (1997)
William Masterson Self - Enquirer Attorney (archive footage) Self - Enquirer Attorney (archive footage) See fewer
Billie Jean King Self - Tennis Player (archive footage) Self - Tennis Player (archive footage) See fewer	Battle of the Sexes (2017)
Walter Cronkite Self - News Anchor (archive footage) Self - News Anchor (archive footage) See fewer	Liberty's Kids (2002)
Jerry Falwell Self - Moral Majority (archive footage) Self - Moral Majority (archive footage) See fewer	Old Time Gospel Hour (1956)
Helen Burns Self - TV Awareness Trainer (archive footage) Self - TV Awareness Trainer (archive footage) See fewer
Cal Thomas Self - Moral Majority (archive footage) Self - Moral Majority (archive footage) See fewer	Born Again (1978)
Peggy Charren Self - Action for Children's TV (archive footage) Self - Action for Children's TV (archive footage) See fewer	Buy Me That! A Kids' Survival Guide to TV Advertising (1989)
Linda Gray Self - Actress (archive footage) Self - Actress (archive footage) See fewer	Dallas (1978)
Norman Lear Self - TV Producer (archive footage) Self - TV Producer (archive footage) See fewer	All in the Family (1971)
Richard Turner Self - Plaintiff's Attorney (archive footage) Self - Plaintiff's Attorney (archive footage) See fewer
Thomas Jukes Self - U.C. Berkeley (archive footage) (as Dr. Thomas Jukes) Self - U.C. Berkeley (archive footage) (as Dr. Thomas Jukes) See fewer	Pandora's Box (1992)
Casey Seagraves Self - Plaintiff's Son (archive footage) Self - Plaintiff's Son (archive footage) See fewer
Irving Perluss Self - California Superior Court (archive footage) (as Judge Irving Perluss) Self - California Superior Court (archive footage) (as Judge Irving Perluss) See fewer
Jerry Brown Self - Governor of California (archive footage) Self - Governor of California (archive footage) See fewer	Railroader (2012)
John R. Block Self - Secretary of Agriculture (archive footage) Self - Secretary of Agriculture (archive footage) See fewer	ABC News Close-Up (1960)
Terry Fox Self - Cancer Activist (archive footage) Self - Cancer Activist (archive footage) See fewer	Continuarà... (1996)
Dalton Downing Self - Prairie Village, Kansas (archive footage) Self - Prairie Village, Kansas (archive footage) See fewer
Victor Papanek Self - Design Expert (archive footage) Self - Design Expert (archive footage) See fewer	Kulturzeit (1995)
Maynard Jackson Self - Atlanta Mayor (archive footage) Self - Atlanta Mayor (archive footage) See fewer	Greased Lightning (1977)
Muhammad Ali Self - Boxer (archive footage) Self - Boxer (archive footage) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
Lee Brown Self - Public Safety Commission (archive footage) Self - Public Safety Commission (archive footage) See fewer
Wayne Williams Self - Suspect in Atlanta Child Murders (archive footage) Self - Suspect in Atlanta Child Murders (archive footage) See fewer	Mugshots (2000)