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"Muhammad Ali" Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964) (TV Episode 2021) Poster

Full Cast & Crew

Directed by 

Ken Burns
Sarah Burns ... (co-director)
David McMahon ... (co-director)

Writing Credits (in alphabetical order)  

Sarah Burns
David McMahon

Cast  

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... Self
Johnny Addie Johnny Addie ... Self (archive footage)
Hana Ali ... Self
Rahman Ali ... Self
Rasheda Ali ... Self
Donna Auston ... Self
Sonny Banks Sonny Banks ... Self (archive footage)
Vic Bender Vic Bender ... Self
Michael Bentt Michael Bentt ... Self
Willi Besmanoff Willi Besmanoff ... Self (archive footage)
Todd Boyd ... Self
Drew Bundini Brown ... Self (archive footage)
W.L. Lyons Brown W.L. Lyons Brown ... Self (archive footage)
Frankie Carbo Frankie Carbo ... Self (archive footage)
Johnny Carson ... Self (archive footage)
LaMar Clark LaMar Clark ... Self (archive footage)
Cassius Clay Sr. Cassius Clay Sr. ... Self (archive footage)
Edith Clay Edith Clay ... self (grandmother of Muhammad Ali) (archive footage)
Odessa Clay Odessa Clay ... Self (archive footage)
J.D. Stetson Coleman J.D. Stetson Coleman ... Self (archive footage)
Henry Cooper ... Self (archive footage)
Howard Cosell ... Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby ... Self (archive footage)
Cus D'Amato Cus D'Amato ... Self (archive footage)
Keith David ... Narrator
Jefferson Davis Jefferson Davis ... Self (archive footage)
Jack Dempsey ... Self (archive footage)
Joe DiMaggio ... Self (archive footage)
Brandon J. Dirden ... Self (voice)
Angelo Dundee ... Self (archive footage)
Gerald Early ... Self
Jonathan Eig ... Self
Steve Ellis ... Self (archive footage)
William Faversham William Faversham ... Self (archive footage)
Barney Felix Barney Felix ... Self (archive footage)
Dann Fink ... Self (voice)
Gorgeous George ... Self (archive footage)
Larry Holmes ... Self
Alice Houston Alice Houston ... Self
Allen Hudson Allen Hudson ... Self (archive footage)
Jerry Izenberg ... Self
Jesse Jackson ... Self
Sherman Jackson Sherman Jackson ... Self
Jim Jacobs Jim Jacobs ... Self (archive footage)
Ingemar Johansson ... Self (archive footage)
Rafer Johnson ... Self (archive footage)
Doug Jones Doug Jones ... Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy ... Self (archive footage)
Gene Kilroy ... Self
Dave Kindred Dave Kindred ... Self
Martin Luther King ... Self (archive footage)
Jerry Lewis ... Self (archive footage)
Robert Lipsyte Robert Lipsyte ... Self
Sonny Liston ... Self (archive footage)
Joe Louis ... Self (archive footage)
Tony Madigan Tony Madigan ... Self (archive footage)
Malcolm X ... Self (archive footage)
Rocky Marciano ... Self (archive footage)
Jim McKay ... Self (archive footage)
Alex Miteff Alex Miteff ... Self (archive footage)
Archie Moore ... Self (archive footage)
Walter Mosley ... Self
Abdul Rahman Muhammad ... Self
Elijah Muhammad ... Self (archive footage)
Salim Muwakkil Salim Muwakkil ... Self
Benny Paret Benny Paret ... Self (archive footage)
Floyd Patterson ... Self (archive footage)
Zbigniew Pietrzykowski Zbigniew Pietrzykowski ... Self (archive footage)
David Remnick ... Self
Randy Roberts ... Self
Sugar Ray Robinson ... Self (archive footage)
Wilma Rudolph ... Self (archive footage)
Duke Sabedong Duke Sabedong ... Self (archive footage)
Owen Sitgraves Owen Sitgraves ... Self
Gwen Sitgrover Gwen Sitgrover ... Self
Gay Talese ... Self
Quincy Troupe Quincy Troupe ... Self
Mike Wallace ... Self (archive footage)
Bruce Winant ... Self (voice)
Muhammad Ali ... Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Produced by 

Ken Burns ... executive producer
Elle Carriere ... coordinating producer
Jim Corbley ... producer: WETA
Julian Hempstead ... assistant coordinating producer
Taylor Krauss ... field producer
Tim McAleer ... co-producer
Elizabeth Niles ... finishing producer
Patriciana Tenicela ... finishing producer

Editing by 

K.A. Miille

Makeup Department 

Genell Banks ... makeup artist
Chenese Bean ... makeup artist
Eva Jane Bunkley ... makeup artist (as Eva Bunkley)
Amy George ... makeup artist
Claire Magnus ... makeup artist (as Claire Gonella)
Meredith Soupios ... makeup artist

Production Management 

Troy Mosley ... unit production manager: Weta
Daniel J. White ... post-production supervisor
John F. Wilson ... executive in charge of production: WETA

Sound Department 

Micah Blaichman ... mixer
Kristin Catuogno ... adr recordist
Mark DeSimone ... ADR mixer
Tom Fleischman ... re-recording mixer
Ryan Gifford ... sound effects editor
Emily Gilmer ... post-production audio
Marlena Grzaslewicz ... dialogue editor
Scott Harber ... sound mixer / sound recordist
Greg Linton ... sound recordist
Samuel Miille ... sound effects editor
Andrew Morris ... recordist: narration
Tyler Newhouse ... mix re-recordist
Jay Peck ... foley artist
Zak Piper ... sound recordist
Matt Rigby ... Assistant sound editor / dialogue editor
Brian C. Roth ... recordist: narration
Mark Roy ... sound recordist
Ira Spiegel ... sound effects editor
Tom Williams ... sound recordist
John Zecca ... sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department 

Jared Ames ... assistant camera
M'Wasi Berkley ... assistant camera
Yoni Klein ... assistant camera
Taylor Krauss ... assistant camera

Editorial Department 

Gabrielle Berbey ... apprentice editor
Franny Bernstein ... apprentice editor
Jeff Cornell ... supervising conform editor
Shyala Jayasinghe ... apprentice editor
Spyros Katsihtis ... conform editor
Jack Lewars ... colorist

Music Department 

David Cieri ... musician
Jennifer L. Dunnington ... music editor
David McMahon ... music producer
Peter Miller ... music consultant

Additional Crew 

Hana Ali ... archive source
James Latimer Allen ... archive source (as James Allen)
Aesha Atherley ... intern
Cita Atwell ... intern
Lee Balterman ... archive source
Anthony Barboza ... archive source
Gean A. Baron ... archive source
Joe Beirne ... chief technology officer
Vic Bender ... archive source
Harry Benson ... archive source
Amy Margerum Berg ... president: The Better Angels Society
Gilchrist Berg ... funding
Jhovanny Bisono ... production assistant
Richard Bland ... foundation development: WETA
George Blood ... transfers
Neal Boenzi ... archive source
Sarah Botstein ... advisor
Todd Boyd ... advisor
Diane Brierley ... funding
Hal Brierley ... funding
Howard Bryant ... advisor
Al Bunk ... archive source
Paul Cannon ... archive source
Bob Cato ... archive source
Jonathan Catt ... consulting engineer
Courtney Chapin ... executive director: The Better Angels Society
Dani Cook ... station relations: WETA
Natalie Cook ... intern
Jerry Cooke ... archive source
Christopher Darling ... assistant to director
Charles Darneal ... archive source
Catherine Debs ... funding
John Debs ... funding
Joe DePlasco ... public relations
Alan Docter ... funding
Marcia Docter ... funding
Michael Donaldson ... clearance counsel
James Drake ... archive source
Dayton Duncan ... advisor
Julie Dunfey ... advisor
Gerald Early ... advisor
Tom Easterling ... archive source
Salimah El-Amin ... advisor
Scott Ettin ... data manager (as Scott A. Ettin)
Jennifer Fabis ... chief financial officer
Charles Fentress ... archive source
Larry Fink ... archive source
Jonathan G. Fisher ... Clearance Counsel / clearance counsel (as Jonathan Fisher)
Augusto Fonte ... intern
Monty Fresco ... archive source
Karen Fritz ... station relations: WETA
Ron Galella ... archive source
Lloyd Gill ... archive source
Donna Golkin ... funding
Perry Golkin ... funding
Bob Gomel ... archive source
Allan Grant ... archive source
Stephanie Greene ... accountant
Monica Groth ... intern
Katy Haas ... advisor
Robert Haggins ... archive source
Philippe Halsman ... archive source
Brian Hamill ... archive source
C. Thomas Hardin ... archive source
Bert Hardy ... archive source
Harry Harris ... archive source
Clark Henderson ... senior vice president: theatrical services
Jonas Herbsman ... legal
Thomas Hoepker ... archive source
Don Hogan ... archive source
Eric Horwitz ... consulting engineer
Jonas Jarecki ... intern
Shyala Jayasinghe ... digital restoration
Carol Jazwinski ... sales executive
Cassandra Ann Jenkins ... digital restoration
Stephanie Jenkins ... archival research
Paul Tudor Jones ... funding
Bud Kamenish ... archive source
Mark Kauffman ... archive source
Kate Kelly ... project manager: WETA
Zahra Khan ... intern
Jennifer Klockner ... image restoration
Warren Klosterman ... archive source
Chloe Kougias ... engagement and impact: WETA
Amy Labenski ... engagement and impact: WETA
Debby Landesman ... funding
Rocco Landesman ... funding
Marty Lederhandler ... archive source
Brian T. Lee ... digital restoration
Vicky Lee ... intern
Neil Leifer ... archive source
John Lent ... archive source
Marvin Lichtner ... archive source
H.B. Littell ... archive source
William Lovelace ... archive source
Lameka Lucas ... communications: WETA
Don MacKinnon ... digital strategy
Roger Malloch ... archive source
Danielle Manning ... foundation development: WETA
Dave Mast ... technical director
Tim McAleer ... digital restoration
Michael McCormack ... legal
Russell McPhedran ... archive source
John McQuown ... funding
Leslie McQuown ... funding
Charles Moore ... archive source
Lynn Novick ... advisor
Matt O'Shaughnessy ... consulting engineer
Kathleen Ohlson ... administrative assistant
Judith Opoku-Boateng ... additional research
Gordon Parks ... archive source
Drew Patrick ... legal
Lynn Pelham ... archive source
Mauree Jane Perry ... funding
Hy Peskin ... archive source
Polly Pettit ... additional research (as Polly Petit)
Olivia Pike ... additional research
Cauley Powell ... assistant to director
Allison Rapp ... intern
Walter Reuther ... archive source (as Walter P. Reuther)
Sharon Rockefeller ... president: WETA
Frank Rockstroh ... archive source
John Rooney ... archive source
David M. Rubenstein ... funding (as David M. Rubinstein)
Richard Saunders ... archive source
Steve Schapiro ... archive source
Herb Scharfman ... archive source
Frank Schershel ... archive source
David P. Schmidt ... advisor
Donna Seigel ... funding
Fred Seigel ... funding
Robert Abbott Sengstacke ... archive source
Joe Siegal ... archival research / associate producer
George Silk ... archive source
Ernie Sisto ... archive source
Nicole Snyder ... production assistant
Robert Steinau ... archive source
Wyatt Stone ... additional research
Donna Strong ... funding
Richard Strong ... funding
Ashley Swendsen ... additional research
Bob Thomas ... archive source
Akia Thorpe ... archival research / production coordinator
Len Trievnor ... archive source
Tony Triolo ... archive source
Lawrence Vale ... advisor
Geoffrey C. Ward ... advisor
Khadijah White ... advisor
John Wieland ... funding
Susan Wieland ... funding
Craig Steven Wilder ... advisor
Keith Williams ... archive source
Lloyd Yearwood ... archive source
Dave Zirin ... advisor

Thanks 

Ruta Abolins ... thanks
Seth Abraham ... thanks
Nelson Adams ... thanks (as Dr. Nelson Adams)
Judy Aley ... thanks
Khaliah Ali ... thanks
Lonnie Ali ... thanks
Shamsud-din Ali ... thanks
Louise Argianas ... thanks
Howard Beckenridge ... thanks
Alex Belth ... thanks
Brenda Bender ... thanks
David Berbey ... thanks
Rhoda Berbey ... thanks
Al Bernstein ... thanks
Bernie Bernstein ... special thanks
Judy Bernstein ... thanks
Melissa Bernstein ... thanks
Jennifer Bertani ... thanks
Saku Bikangaga ... thanks
Zora Bikangaga ... thanks
Sylvia Bitton-Netherton ... thanks
David Blistein ... thanks
Salvatore Botti ... thanks
Kwame Brathwaite ... thanks
Robyn Brathwaite ... thanks
Dominique Breckenridge ... thanks
Jolly Bugari ... thanks
Lilly Burns ... thanks
Willa Burns ... thanks
Paul Calardo ... thanks
Cathleen Caron ... thanks
Marley Caron-Richman ... thanks
Lynne Carrion ... thanks
Vonda Carson ... thanks
Veronica Chambers ... thanks
Julie Coffman ... thanks
Nora Colgan ... thanks
Margie Compton ... thanks
Becca Connolly ... thanks
Peter Corina ... thanks
Bob Costas ... thanks
J. Alex Cucchi ... thanks
Ric Dispenseri ... thanks
Karen Domina ... thanks
Mariah Doran ... thanks
Claire Douglas ... thanks
Monica Drake ... thanks
Laura Drexel ... thanks
Will Duncan ... thanks
Mark Durham ... thanks
Dick Ebersol ... thanks
Nathan Elbogen ... thanks
Dina Elsayed ... thanks
Regina English ... thanks
Matthias Eppenberger ... thanks
Chris Ewers ... thanks
Erik Ewers ... thanks (as Eric Ewers)
Danielle Faye ... thanks
Josph Federle ... thanks to
Bella Feinstein ... thanks
Virginia Fowler ... thanks
Lucas Frank ... thanks
Leon Gast ... thanks
Henry Louis Gates Jr. ... thanks
Tony Gerber ... thanks
David Gerbic ... thanks
Yazmin Gonzalez ... thanks
Vanessa Gonzalez-Block ... special thanks
Rose Green ... thanks
John Grybowski ... thanks
Cal Harris ... thanks
Florence Harris ... thanks
Sarah Hirshland ... thanks
Chase Horton ... thanks
Bill Hybl ... thanks
Lasantha Jayasinghe ... thanks
Preeni Jayasinghe ... thanks
Tamani Jayasinghe ... thanks
Cassandra Ann Jenkins ... thanks
Reid Jenkins ... thanks
Sandy Jenkins ... thanks
Jeff Julian ... thanks
Christine Kabuzi ... thanks
Jeanie Kahnke ... thanks
Max Kenner ... thanks
Gene Kilroy ... thanks
Kim Klein ... thanks
Dwight Knell ... thanks
Tanja Konwinski ... thanks
Lou Kramer ... thanks
Jamie Krents ... thanks
Nevra Kumova ... thanks
Steve Lott ... thanks
Jonathan Low ... thanks
Shola Lynch ... thanks
Mike Madden ... thanks
Sam Matta ... thanks
Anna McAleer ... thanks
Michael McAleer ... thanks
Laura McAteer ... thanks
Sally Anne McCartin ... thanks
Hugh McIlvanney ... thanks
Craig Mellish ... thanks
Kara L. Molitor ... thanks
Melissa Montero ... thanks
Christine Montgomery ... thanks
Deborah Morales ... thanks
Jim Moseley ... thanks
Emily Mosher ... thanks
Elijah Muhammad III ... thanks
Safiyya Muhammad ... thanks
Caroline North ... thanks
Tina Pacheco ... special thanks
Anthony Perrone ... thanks
Doug Proffitt ... thanks
Leigh Raviv ... thanks
Lois Raviv ... thanks
Oded Raviv ... thanks
Will Reichel ... thanks
Tricia Reidy ... thanks
Randy Roberts ... thanks
Jeff Rosen ... thanks
Arnie Rosenthal ... special thanks (as Tokyo Rosenthal)
Megan Ruffe ... thanks
Henry Sadio ... thanks (as Dr. Henry Sadio)
Abdul Salaam III ... thanks
Arthur Salz ... the producers wish to thank
Betty Salz ... thanks
Bits Sangiori ... thanks
Hannah Sarnie ... thanks
Buddy Schultz ... thanks
Earnie Shavers ... thanks
Margaret Shepardson-Legere ... thanks
Ali Shreiber ... thanks
Susan Shumaker ... thanks
Peter Angelo Simon ... thanks
Samantha Spielberg ... thanks
Shaka Ssali ... thanks
Amy Stechler ... thanks
Drew Stone ... thanks
Chinta Strausberg ... thanks
Gesine Stross ... thanks
Neal Sugarman ... thanks
Charlayne Thompkins ... thanks
Akeem Thorpe ... thanks
Amina Thorpe ... thanks
Savannah Thorpe ... thanks
Ysabel Turner ... thanks
Barbara J. Urcuyo ... thanks
Cynthia Vaughn ... thanks
Jonah Velasco ... thanks
Nathan Ward ... thanks
Tali Woodward ... thanks

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