Won't You Be My Neighbor?

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1 hour 35 minutes

2018-06-29

8.0

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For more than thirty years, and through his television program, Fred Rogers (1928-2003), host, producer, writer and pianist, accompanied by his puppets and his many friends, spoke directly to young children about some of life's most important issues.

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Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Cast

Margaret Whitmer

Self - TV Producer

Tom Junod

Self - Journalist and Fred's Friend

Joanne Rogers

Self - Fred's Wife

Jim Rogers

Self - Fred's Son

Max King

Self - Fred's Biographer

Hedda Sharapan

Self - Child Development Advisor

Betty Seamans

Self - Actress / Mrs. McFeely

Junlei Li

Self - Fred Rogers Center Co-director

Joe Negri

Self - Actor / Handyman Negri

David Newell

Self - Actor / Mr. McFeely

Bill Isler

Self - Fred's Colleague and Friend

John Rogers

Self - Fred's Son

Elaine Crozier

Self - Fred's Sister

George Wirth

Self - Pastor and Fred's Friend

David Bianculli

Self - Television Critic

Yo-Yo Ma

Self - Musician and Fred's Friend

François Clemmons

Self - Actor / Officer Clemmons

Nick Tallo

Self - Floor Manager

Susan Stamberg

Self - Journalist

Howard Erlanger

Self - Jeff Erlanger's Father

Pam Erlanger

Self - Jeff Erlanger's Mother

Meara Malmberg

Child

Major Hawbaker Manask

Child

Arielle Jae Rudd

Child

Deisy Garcia

Child

Eleanor Way

Child

Lynden Liu

Child

Mason Gloria

Child

Lincoln Howell

Child

Ayden Soria

Child

McColm Cephas Jr.

Child

Sophie Seifert

Child

Fred Rogers

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Josie Carey

Self - TV Host (archive footage)

Margaret McFarland

Self - Child Psychologist (archive footage)

Ralph Ellison

Self - Writer (archive footage)

Lyndon B. Johnson

Self - Politician (archive footage)

John O. Pastore

Self - Politician (archive footage)