Animated Hero Classics (1991)

Animated Hero Classics is an educational Animated television series of programs co-produced by Nest Family Entertainment and Warner Bros. The series, geared toward elementary school aged children, includes twenty biographies of both female and male scientists, inventors, explorers, and social champions from around Europe, North America and the Middle East, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Florence Nightingale, Harriet Tubman, Joan of Arc, Benjamin Franklin, Helen Keller, Marco Polo, Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur. The Children's Television Act of 1990 required terrestrial television networks to devote time to Educational and Informative programming for children. Even though Warner Bros' cable networks were not directly affected by these requirements, these programs were debuted on their HBO network's Saturday morning children's block as a show of good faith that the network was committed to quality educational programming for children. The dramatic biographies were meticulously researched by the producers and written to engage both children and adults, providing an entertaining and accessible way to learn about the positive impact that these women and men have had on our world.

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as Narrator (voice) as Reporter #2 / Ludwig Boehm / Narrator (voice) as William Russell (voice) as Nashum / Lysias / Narrator (voice) as Stanton / Narrator (voice) as King Ferdinand / King John (voice) as Captain (voice) as Cauchon / Narrator (voice) as Jean (voice) as George Washington (voice)

as Duke of Milan / Monk (voice) as Chanute (voice) as Pierre Curie (voice) as Anagnos (voice) as Barrett (voice) as Alexander Graham Bell / Thomas Watson (voice) as Jacques (voice) as Maffeo Polo (voice)

William Dennis Hunt

William Dennis Hunt

as Anthony Thompson (voice) as Talbot (voice) as Ludwig van Beethoven as an old man (voice) as Bishop Wright (voice)

as Judah Maccabee (voice) as Glover (voice) as King Charles (voice) as Santos-Dumont (voice)

U. Jonathan Toppo

U. Jonathan Toppo

as Young William Bradford (voice) as Minister of Agriculture (voice) as Huron (voice)

as Martin (voice) as Giovanni Francesco Sagredo (voice) as English Captain (voice)

as Von Steuben / Gates / Howe / Parker (voice) as Talavera (voice)

as Martha Washington (voice) as Queen Isabella (voice)

as Sumner (voice) as Giovanni / Domineco Columbus (voice)

as Charles Lee (voice) as Wells (voice)

Victor Humphries

Victor Humphries

as John Carver (voice) as Louis Pasteur (voice)

Robert Cottrell

Robert Cottrell

as Orville Wright (voice) as Michelangelo (voice)

Jake Williamson

Jake Williamson

as Verrochio / Duke of Florence / Peasant (voice) as Wilbur Wright / Parisian Husband / French Reporter (voice)

Bridget Connors

Bridget Connors

as Joan of Arc (voice) as Kate Keller (voice)

as Wladyslaw Sklodowski (voice) as Herr Breuning / Aristocrat #2 (voice)

as Arthur Keller (voice) as Cardinal Francesco Barberini (voice)

as Large Quaker (Voice) as Nicolo Polo (voice)

as Lipton / Reporter #1 (voice) as Hay / Reporter #1 / Seward / Newspaperman (voice)

as Christopher Columbus (voice)

Gregory Snegoff

Gregory Snegoff

as Pinzon (voice)

as Bosco (voice)

as Lope (voice)

as Rodrigo (voice)

as Bartholomew Columbus (voice)

as Young Christopher Columbus (voice)

as Spanish Sailor (voice)

as William Bradford (voice)

as Miles Standish (voice)

as Goodman Cooke (voice)

as British Officer / Soldier / Knox (voice)

as Hamilton (voice)

Herbert Newcomb

Herbert Newcomb

as Conway / Fitzpatrick (voice)

as Laurens (voice)

as Ben Franklin (voice)

Margaret Crowell

Margaret Crowell

as Deborah (voice)

as Dr. Spencer (voice)

Christopher P. Angelos

Christopher P. Angelos

as William (voice)

as John (voice)

as Mr. Miller (voice)

as Governor Keith (voice)

Anthony De Fonte

Anthony De Fonte

as Abraham Lincoln (voice)

as Mary (voice)

as Willie (voice)

as Chase (voice)

as Camera Man (voice)

as Angry Man (voice)

as Frederick Douglass (voice)

La Sondra Zarif

La Sondra Zarif

as Solomon (voice)

as Thomas Edison (voice)

as Charles Batchelor / Jenkins (voice)

Victor Humphries

Victor Humphries

as John Kreusi / J.P. Morgan (voice)

as Grosvenor Lowery (voice)

as Florence Nightingale (voice)

as Mary / Mother Nightingale (voice)

as Father Nightingale (voice)

as Ridley (voice)

Debra Funkhouser

Debra Funkhouser

as Pocahontas (voice)

as John Smith (voice)

as Captain Argall (voice)

as Patoomie (voice)

as Governor Dale (voice)

as Emile (voice)

as Marie (voice)

as Pouchet (voice)

as Chairman of Medicine (voice)

as Le Beque (voice)

Michelle Morain

Michelle Morain

as Mora (voice)

as Nathan / Greek Soldier (voice)

as Simon (voice)

Michael Behrens

Michael Behrens

as Isaac / Greek Captain (voice)

as King Antiochus (voice)

as Mrs. Fuller (voice)

as Gardiner Hubbard (voice)

Jake Williamson

Jake Williamson

as Drake (voice)

as Moses Farmer (voice)

Michael Henwright

Michael Henwright

as Ludwig van Beethoven as a young man (voice)

as Johann van Beethoven / Aristocrat #3 / Constable #2 (voice)

as Franz Grillprazer (voice)

as Marie Lichnowsky (voice)

as Joseph Haydn / Aristocrat #1 / Constable #1 (voice)

Virginia Watson

Virginia Watson

as Harriet Tubman (voice)

as Henry Tubman (voice)

as Helen Keller (voice)

Mary Louise Gemmill

Mary Louise Gemmill

as Anne Sullivan (voice)

as Leonardo da Vinci (voice)

as Salai (voice)

Robert Cottrell

Robert Cottrell

as La Hire (voice)

Chris Van Fleet

Chris Van Fleet

as French Captain (voice)

as Marco Polo (voice)

as Rusticelo (voice)

as Galileo Galilei (voice)

Jake Williamson

Jake Williamson

as Lodovico delle Colombe (voice)

as Christopher Clavius (voice)

as Pope Paul V (voice)

Christine Lakin

Christine Lakin

as Marie Curie (voice)

as Marie Curie - Age 5 (voice)

as Bronia Sklodowska (voice)

as Francis Upton (voice)

John A. Nicolaysen

John A. Nicolaysen

as Hill (voice)

as Gaspar (voice)

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Seasons

Season 1

Season 1

Season 2

Season 2

Episodes season 1

1x1

Christopher columbus
1x2

William bradford: the first thanksgiving
1x3

George washington
1x4

Benjamin franklin
1x5

Abraham lincoln
1x6

Thomas edison
1x7

Florence nightingale
1x8

Pocahontas
1x9

Louis pasteur
1x10

Maccabees: the story of hanukkah

Episodes season 2

2x1

Alexander graham bell
2x2

Beethoven
2x3

Harriet tubman
2x4

The wright brothers
2x5

Helen keller
2x6

Leonardo da vinci
2x7

Joan of arc
2x8

Marco polo
2x9

Galileo
2x10

Marie curie

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