Fields of Gold

Directed by Julie Staley
A. E. Staley went from growing up barefoot on a farm in North Carolina, to building a billion dollar agribusiness giant. He was the original owner of the football team that eventually became the Chicago Bears.

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Cast of Fields of Gold

  • Peter CoyoteNarrator
  • Ben HarlChauffeur
  • Ryan D TebruggeTrain Passenger
  • Diane DietzEmma Staley
  • Earl L. IjamesSelf - Curator, N.C. Museum of History
  • Lana WildmanTrain Passenger
  • Lucas Staleyyoung Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley
  • Squire PrinceTrain Passenger
  • Alex Staleyyoung A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley
  • Ken MesnardSelf - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young
  • Mike D. DeetzG.E. Chamberlain (voice)
  • James SladeSelf - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union
  • Jason AikensSelf - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • Joyce Sternaman HoweSelf - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman
  • John SciuttoSelf - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum
  • John LeeSelf - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL
  • Jack GarnerSelf - Nephew of A.E. Staley
  • Becky DamptzSelf - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library
  • George McCaskeySelf - Chairman, Chicago Bears
  • Rexlyn NicoleSelf - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees
  • John F. ParisA.P. Titus (voice)
  • Jon KendleSelf - Pro Football Hall of Fame
  • Daniel K. WrightTrain Passenger
  • Lawrence WeaverSelf - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral
  • Debra BogleSelf - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois
  • Jacob DeetzG.E. Chamberlain
  • Richard E. McCoyWalter Franklin (voice)
  • Charles A. McCueA.E. Staley (voice)
  • Morris BirkheadSelf - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
  • Nancy ColeEmma Staley (voice)
  • Christian McWhirterSelf - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
  • Laura JahrSelf - Director of The Staley Museum
  • Lisa PetersSelf - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players
  • Randy GarnerSelf - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley
  • Natalie BeckSelf - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia
  • Jerry JohnsonC.D. Lyon (voice)
  • Devin LemingWabash Railroad Conductor
  • Lesley NicholsonHousekeeper
  • Michelle TebruggeTrain Passenger
  • William DeetzSelf - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain
  • Erik StrohlSelf - National Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Warren DixonSelf - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum
  • Claire WrightTrain Passenger
  • Richard LindbergSelf - Author & Historian
  • Justin ConnSelf - Regional Editor, Herald & Review
  • Michael PittmanSelf - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals
  • Mark StaleyA.E. Staley
  • Michael KrcilWabash Railroad Secretary
  • Duane NolandSelf - Former Illionois Senator & Representative
  • Patrick A. FosterEd Scheiter (voice)
  • Sean StreatySelf - News Anchor WAND-TV
  • James GroomeSelf - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church
  • Shelley WootersSelf - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
  • Mary Jo BraceSelf - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
  • Mark SorensonSelf - Historian
  • Dennis RendlemanAdolph Mueller (voice)
  • Julie Moore-WolfeSelf - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL
  • Stephen PotterStaley Rail Engineer
  • Thomas W. HanksDirect descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln
  • Robert StaleySelf - Grandson of A.E. Staley
  • Chad RichardsSelf - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL

 

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