Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

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 (19)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Sidney Blackmer

Theodore Roosevelt

Douglas Wood

President William McKinley

Selmer Jackson

John W. Riggs

Theodore von Eltz

William Loeb

Arthur Loft

Big Jim Rafferty

John Ridgely

Reporter

Glenn Strange

Jim Rawlins

Robert Warwick

Capt. Leonard Wood

Frank Wilcox

Roosevelt's Secretary

Pierre Watkin

Sen. Platt

Wedgwood Nowell

Mine Owner

Edward McWade

Russell Alger, Secretary of War

Edward Van Sloan

Elihu Root, Secretary of State

Earl Dwire

Caretaker Messenger in Adirondacks

Nat Carr

Reporter

Walter Fenner

1st Slum Lord

G

Gus Glassmire

3rd Slum Lord

Frank Mayo

Cabinet Member

Morgan Wallace

First Financier

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