Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

1940-02-21 United States of America 19 Min. PG-13
5.9 7 votes

Overview

This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.

Cast

Sidney Blackmer is Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Douglas Wood is President William McKinley
President William McKinley
Selmer Jackson is John W. Riggs
John W. Riggs
Theodore von Eltz is William Loeb
William Loeb
Arthur Loft is Big Jim Rafferty
Big Jim Rafferty
John Ridgely is Reporter
Reporter
Glenn Strange is Jim Rawlins
Jim Rawlins
Robert Warwick is Capt. Leonard Wood
Capt. Leonard Wood
Frank Wilcox is Roosevelt's Secretary
Roosevelt's Secretary
Pierre Watkin is Sen. Platt
Sen. Platt
Wedgwood Nowell is Mine Owner
Mine Owner
Edward McWade is Russell Alger, Secretary of War
Russell Alger, Secretary of War

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