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Benjamin Franklin (1 Season)
Genre
Documentary, Biography, History
Synopsis
"The Chess Master" follows "America's native genius," as historian Keith Arbour calls Franklin, through the final 14 years of his life, nine of which were spent in Paris as the rebellious colonies' ambassador to France. Franklin's first goal (aside from creating the U.S. foreign service on the fly) was to secure financial and military aid. He went about doing it in the same manner as he played chess.
Cast
Benjamin Franklin
Richard Easton
Franklin as a young man
Dylan Baker
Colm Feore
George III
Anthony Cochran
John Jay
David Adkins
Paul Wentworth
Gerry Bamman
Jane Mecom
Blair Brown
John Adams
Peter Donaldson
Le Comte de Vergennes
Ronald Guttman
Jonathan Austin
Anthony Heald
Elkanah Watson
Jefferson Hays
Viscount Stormont
Brian Murray
Robert Whittington
Martin Rayner
French Aristocrat
Sebastian Roche
Mee. Brillon de Jouy
Natacha Roi
