Fields of Gold

Fields of Gold (2023)

2023-08-18 • Documentary • 0m

Overview

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.

Cast

Peter Coyote

Narrator

Ben Harl

Chauffeur

Ryan D Tebrugge

Train Passenger

Diane Dietz

Emma Staley

Earl L. Ijames

Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History

Lana Wildman

Train Passenger

Lucas Staley

young Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley

Squire Prince

Train Passenger

Alex Staley

young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley

Ken Mesnard

Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young

Mike D. Deetz

G.E. Chamberlain (voice)

James Slade

Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union

Jason Aikens

Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame

Joyce Sternaman Howe

Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman

John Sciutto

Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum

John Lee

Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL

Jack Garner

Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley

Becky Damptz

Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library

George McCaskey

Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears

Rexlyn Nicole

Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees

John F. Paris

A.P. Titus (voice)

Jon Kendle

Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame

Daniel K. Wright

Train Passenger

Lawrence Weaver

Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral

Debra Bogle

Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois

Jacob Deetz

G.E. Chamberlain

Richard E. McCoy

Walter Franklin (voice)

Charles A. McCue

A.E. Staley (voice)

Morris Birkhead

Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.

Nancy Cole

Emma Staley (voice)

Christian McWhirter

Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

Laura Jahr

Self - Director of The Staley Museum

Lisa Peters

Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players

Randy Garner

Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley

Natalie Beck

Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia

Jerry Johnson

C.D. Lyon (voice)

Devin Leming

Wabash Railroad Conductor

Lesley Nicholson

Housekeeper

Michelle Tebrugge

Train Passenger

William Deetz

Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain

Erik Strohl

Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame

Warren Dixon

Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum

Claire Wright

Train Passenger

Richard Lindberg

Self - Author & Historian

Justin Conn

Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review

Michael Pittman

Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals

Mark Staley

A.E. Staley

Michael Krcil

Wabash Railroad Secretary

Duane Noland

Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative

Patrick A. Foster

Ed Scheiter (voice)

Sean Streaty

Self - News Anchor WAND-TV

James Groome

Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church

Shelley Wooters

Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee

Mary Jo Brace

Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee

Mark Sorenson

Self - Historian

Dennis Rendleman

Adolph Mueller (voice)

Julie Moore-Wolfe

Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL

Stephen Potter

Staley Rail Engineer

Thomas W. Hanks

Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln

Robert Staley

Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley

Chad Richards

Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL