Known for movies
United We Stand (1942)
as Himself
Universal Newsreel (1945)
as Himself
Universal Newsreel (1945)
as Himself
Universal Newsreel (1945)
as Himself
Short Info
| Net Worth | $60 million |
| Date Of Birth | January 30, 1882 |
| Died | April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, Georgia, United States |
| Spouse | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Fact | Depicted with Dr. Jonas Salk on the obverse of the USA's March of Dimes silver dollar commemorative coin, dated and issued in 2015. |
Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York. He was the only child of James and Sara Roosevelt. His father was a successful businessman and his mother was a socialite. Roosevelt was educated at Groton School and Harvard University. He became a lawyer after graduation. Roosevelt’s political career began in 1910 when he was elected to the New York State Senate.
In 1913, he became the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. In 1920, he was the Democratic nominee for Vice President. In 1921, he contracted polio and was paralyzed from the waist down. Roosevelt returned to public life in 1924 with the help of his wife, Eleanor. He was elected Governor of New York in 1928. In 1932, he was elected President of the United States.
Roosevelt served three terms as President. He is best known for his New Deal program, which helped to end the Great Depression. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, in Warm Springs, Georgia.
General Info
| Full Name | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Net Worth | $60 million |
| Date Of Birth | January 30, 1882 |
| Died | April 12, 1945, Warm Springs, Georgia, United States |
| Height | 1.88 m |
| Profession | Corporate lawyer, Politician, Writer, Soldier |
| Education | Columbia Law School, Groton School, Harvard University, Harvard College, Columbia University |
| Nationality | American |
Family
| Spouse | Eleanor Roosevelt |
| Children | Anna Roosevelt Halsted, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., Elliott Roosevelt, James Roosevelt, John Aspinwall Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. |
| Parents | Sara Roosevelt, James Roosevelt I |
| Siblings | James Roosevelt Roosevelt |
Accomplishments
| Awards | Raven Award |
| Movies | The President's Mystery |
| TV Shows | World War II in HD Colour, New York: A Documentary Film, The Roosevelts |
Social profile links
Quotes
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | Forests are the lungs of our land. |
| 2 | [ to the Democratic Convention, 1936] This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny. |
| 3 | You know, I am a juggler and I never let my right hand know what my left hand does. I may have one policy for Europe and one diametrically opposite for North and South America. I may be entirely inconsistent, and furthermore I am perfectly willing to mislead and tell untruths if it will help win the war. |
| 4 | The saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority are possessed of two great qualities--a sense of humor and a sense of proportion. |
| 5 | When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck you before you crush him. |
| 6 | The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are. |
| 7 | The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. |
| 8 | A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted in the air. |
| 9 | There are as many opinions as there are experts. |
| 10 | [answering a charge that he sent a navy destroyer to retrieve his dog] These Republican leaders are not content with attacks on me or on my wife or on my sons. No, not content with that, they now include my little dog Fala. |
| 11 | I have seen war. I have seen war on land and on sea. I hate war! |
| 12 | What I want to do is to create a country in which no one is left out. |
| 13 | [after the attack on Pearl Harbor] No matter how long it may take us, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory. |
| 14 | Yesterday, December 7th, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval forces of Japan. |
| 15 | [from his First Inaugural Address, 1933] First of all, let my assert my firm belief, that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself . . . |
| 16 | [final words] I have a terrific headache! |
Facts
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | Declared the United States was in a state of war with Germany and Italy in his Fireside Chat on 9 December 1941, two days before Germany and Italy declared war on the US. |
| 2 | Sent American forces to China early in 1941 without declaring war on Japan, and ordered the US armed forces to draw up covert plans to launch pre-emptive strikes on Japanese military bases. |
| 3 | On 11 September 1941 Roosevelt gave a speech in which he publicly confirmed that all American ships had been ordered to fire on all Axis ships. |
| 4 | When Winston Churchill addressed Britain's House of Commons on April 17 1945, to pay tribute to the late President, his allusion to Roosevelt's "affliction" and description of his life as a triumph "of will-power over physical infirmity" were discreet but rare public references to the President's condition. |
| 5 | He was a chain smoker. |
| 6 | Imposed an economic embargo on the Empire of Japan in July 1941, which took effect in the following month. |
| 7 | Officially ended any pretense at neutrality in World War II when Lend-Lease to the UK began in March 1941. It was extended it to the Soviet Union after the Axis invasion in June. Lend-Lease meant the US was effectively at war with the Axis Powers, despite not having formally declared war. |
| 8 | His unsuccessful Republican opponents in 1936 and 1940 were opposite extremes in longevity: Alfred Landon, the Kansas governor who ran against Roosevelt in 1936 survived for more than half a century afterwards, dying in 1987 at the age of 100. Wendell Willkie, the corporate lawyer who ran against him in 1940 (having never held any public office before or after) died in October of 1944, before the end of the presidential term he had sought. (Coincidentally, Landon and Wilkie's respective running mates, Frank Knox and Charles L. McNary, had both died earlier that same year). |
| 9 | Depicted with Dr. Jonas Salk on the obverse of the USA's March of Dimes silver dollar commemorative coin, dated and issued in 2015. |
| 10 | An avid stamp collector, he was inducted into the American Philatelic Society Hall of Fame in 1945. |
| 11 | According to writer Joe Eszterhas, Roosevelt wrote a 22-page treatment for a biopic of American naval hero John Paul Jones for Paramount Pictures that's sitting in a records storage vault in Missouri. |
| 12 | Godfather to Prince Michael of Kent, who was born on Independence Day in 1942. One of Prince Michael's middle names is "Franklin", in honor of the president. |
| 13 | Spoke both French and German, albeit with a distinct New England accent. He also had a limited knowledge of Latin. |
| 14 | Though his legs were severely weakened by polio, they were not completely paralyzed. They were able to move, but were so damaged that they could not support his weight under normal conditions. He was able to walk when underwater, or when equipped with leg braces. |
| 15 | On the day of his funeral, all Parisian cinemas and "other places of entertainment" shut as a mark of respect. |
| 16 | In his last will and testament, he named the Warm Springs Foundation the beneficiary of insurance policies totally $560,000. He left the remainder of his estate, valued at $1,900,000 to his wife, and on her death to their children. |
| 17 | First cousin of Tennis Hall of Famer Ellen Crosby Roosevelt. |
| 18 | Has been portrayed by Ralph Bellamy, Kenneth Branagh, Edward Herrmann, John Lithgow, Jason Robards, David Ogden Stiers, Robert Vaughn, Jon Voight, Christopher Plummer, Bill Murrayand voiced by Charlton Heston, and Roosevelt's grandson James Roosevelt Jr.. |
| 19 | The sixth U.S. president to die in office. All presidents to have died in office since the first (William Henry Harrison in 1841) were elected 20 years apart: Harrison in 1840, Abraham Lincoln in 1860, James Garfield in 1880, McKinley in 1900, Warren G. Harding in 1920, Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940, and John F. Kennedy in 1960. Ronald Reagan (elected 1980) was the victim of an assassin's bullet in 1981, but he survived and broke the 120-year curse that had plagued the U.S. Presidency. |
| 20 | President-elect Roosevelt was the target of an assassination attempt during a speech in Miami, Florida, on February 15, 1933, three weeks before he was to be inaugurated on March 4. Giuseppe Zangara, an unemployed bricklayer, shouted "Too many people are starving!" and fired six shots from a revolver at Roosevelt, who had just delivered a speech at Bayfront Park and was sitting in the back seat of his open touring car with Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak. Zangara's shots hit five people, including Cermak, who was mortally wounded. However, Roosevelt was untouched and retained his composure, preventing the crowd from lynching the diminutive would-be assassin. His cousin Theodore Roosevelt also was the target of an assassination attempt during his unsuccessful third-party (Progressive or "Bull Moose" Party, as it was popularly known) campaign for the presidency in 1912. On October 14, 1912, he was shot during a campaign stop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. With a bullet lodged in his chest and blood seeping through his clothes, Roosevelt nevertheless addressed the audience for 80 minutes, joking at one point that "It takes more than one bullet to kill a Bull Moose." The coolness under fire of both men helped to contribute to their legends. |
| 21 | Is one of only two men to appear on a major political party's presidential ticket five times: the other is Richard Nixon. After an unsuccessful campaign as the Democratic nominee for vice president in 1920, F.D.R. won four successive presidential campaigns in 1932, 1936, 1940 and 1944. Republican stalwart Nixon won the vice presidency twice as Dwight D. Eisenhower's running-mate in 1952 and 1956, but lost to Democrat John F. Kennedy in his first bid for the presidency in 1960. Nixon subsequently won two terms as president, defeating Democrats Hubert H. Humphrey and George McGovern in 1968 and 1972, respectively. |
| 22 | A generation grew up from childhood into adulthood knowing no other president in the White House. When he died, the shock was so great that people remembered where they were when they heard the news for many years afterward, just as the assassination of John F. Kennedy was a seminal memory for the Baby Boom generation. |
| 23 | He was a B-student at Harvard College, where he was a member of the cheerleading squad, served as business manager of the "Harvard Lampoon", and was a member of the Hasty Pudding Club. |
| 24 | Father of James Roosevelt and Congressman Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.. |
| 25 | His lengthy presidency inspired the 22nd Amendment, which, ratified in 1951, limits a person to two elected terms (or a total of 10 years if a vice president succeeds to the presidency) as U.S. President. This amendment specifically exempted sitting-president Harry S. Truman, Roosevelt's third vice president who had succeeded to the presidency upon FDR's death in 1945. In his oral biography "Plain Speaking" by Merle Miller, Truman found the 22nd Amendment to be a source of amusement, as it had been promulgated by anti-Roosevelt Republicans, whom he had despised. If there had been no 22nd Amendment, Truman told Miller, Republican President Dwight D. Eisenhower (whom Truman also despised for toadying up to red-baiting Senator Joseph McCarthy during the 1952 Presidential campaign) surely would have won a third term in 1960. |
| 26 | He and his cousin Theodore Roosevelt both served as assistant secretary of the Navy and Governor of New York and were vice presidential candidates before becoming President of the United States. |
| 27 | His loyal Scotch terrier Fala was the first publicly adored Presidential pet. He became almost as big a celebrity as Roosevelt. |
| 28 | He never appeared in public in his wheelchair. The only time he used it was at his home at Campabello or at the retreat in Warm Springs, Georgia. Only two photos of him in a wheelchair exist, both taken by a family member and neither released publicly until after his death. |
| 29 | The vast majority of historians as well as the public consider him to be the greatest American President of the 20th century, for his leadership out of the Great Depression and through World War II. |
| 30 | Shortly before he won the 1932 election, the Boston Braves lost their final pre-election football game. The Braves went on to become the Boston Redskins, and eventually the Washington Redskins. In all these incarnations, their fortune in the final pre-election game has always paralelled and predicted the fate of the incumbent party or nominee in the Presidential race. This pattern was unbroken until 2004, when President George W. Bush won the presidency, despite a Redskins loss. |
| 31 | Winston Churchill said about his first meeting with Roosevelt that meeting him "was like opening a bottle of fine champagne." |
| 32 | Many efforts were made to conceal Roosevelt's disability. When he was elected President in 1932 the general public had no knowledge of his ailment. |
| 33 | When he was five years old, his family visited the White House and met President Grover Cleveland. The President put his hand on little Franklin's head and said, "My little man, I am making a strange wish for you. It is that you may never be president of the United States." |
| 34 | On April 30, 1939, he appeared on experimental television station WX2AB in New York City, officiating over the opening of the 1939 New York World's Fair, making him the first US President to appear on television. |
| 35 | Seventh cousin once removed of Winston Churchill. |
| 36 | Fourth cousin three times removed of President Zachary Taylor. |
| 37 | Fourth cousin once removed of President Ulysses S. Grant. |
| 38 | Fifth cousin once removed of wife Eleanor Roosevelt. |
| 39 | Fifth cousin of President Theodore Roosevelt. |
| 40 | Pictured on the 6¢ US postage stamp in the Prominent Americans series, issued 29 January 1966. |
| 41 | Pictured on a memorial series of 4 US postage stamps, issued 27 June 1945 (3¢ face value), 26 July 1945 (1¢), 24 August 1945 (2¢), and 30 January 1946 (5¢). |
| 42 | Once submitted a screenplay treatment for a film about a naval battle, but it was rejected by the movie studios. However, he did come up with a story about a millionaire faking his death and starting a new life. Several prominent writers got together and wrote a novel based on that premise, and when it was made into a film in 1936, The President's Mystery (1936), Roosevelt got screen credit for the story. |
| 43 | He died while posing for a portrait. In the midst of the session he left, complaining of a headache. His last words were "I have a terrific headache". |
| 44 | His wife, Eleanor Roosevelt, was a niece of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. |
| 45 | His likeness appears on the U.S. 10-cent coin, known numismatically as the Roosevelt Dime. The dime was chosen because Roosevelt was honorary chairman of the March of Dimes charity, which fought the polio that had robbed him of movement in his legs. Years later, after the death of former President Ronald Reagan, a movement arose among conservative Republicans--who had always hated Roosevelt and his policies--to replace Roosevelt with Reagan on the dime. That movement was squashed by Reagan's widow Nancy Reagan Reagan, who pointed out that Roosevelt had been her husband's political hero when he was a young man (and a self-described "heliophiliac liberal" in the 1940s). |
| 46 | Was U.S. President from 1933-1945, first elected in 1932, defeating sitting President Herbert Hoover, and then re-elected in 1936 over Kansas Governor Alf Landon by the greatest electoral college landslide until Lyndon Johnson's victory over Barry Goldwater in 1964. Breaking with the "No Third Term" tradition established by George Washington, he ran in 1940, beating Wendell Willkie, and again in 1944, beating Republican Party stalwart Thomas E. Dewey in his first presidential bid. (Dewey later lost to Roosevelt's successor as President, New- and Fair-Dealer Harry S. Truman, in the spectacular upset of 1948.). |
| 47 | Was elected New York Governor in 1928 and in 1930 |
| 48 | Suffered poliomyelitis in 1921, and lost the ability to walk on his own. He wore heavy leg braces and when he appeared in public standing on his feet (which took a massive effort) he was usually supported by someone (most often his son). |
| 49 | Democratic Vice Presidential running mate to James Cox in 1920. They lost to Republicans Warren G. Harding and Calvin Coolidge. |
| 50 | Assistant Secretary of the Navy from 1913 until 1920. |
| 51 | Member of the New York Senate from 1910 until 1913. |
| 52 | Worked in public advocacy from 1907 until 1910. |
| 53 | The 32nd President of the United States, and the only one to serve more than two terms; he died three months after beginning his fourth term. |
Pictures
Movies
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The President's Mystery | 1936 | story conceived by |
Editorial Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zeitgeist | 2007 | Video documentary source |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warm Springs | 2005 | TV Movie voice-over: closing credits - archive footage, uncredited |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| André | 2013 | Documentary post-production | Himself |
| Gore Vidal's American Presidency | 1996 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (1996) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Biography | 1995 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Universal Newsreel | 1945/XXIV | Documentary short | Himself (as President Franklin D. Roosevelt) |
| Universal Newsreel | 1945/XVII | Documentary short | Himself (as Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt) |
| Universal Newsreel | 1945/XV | Documentary short | Himself (as President Franklin D. Roosevelt) |
| Universal Newsreel | 1945/XIII | Documentary short | Himself (as President Franklin D. Roosevelt) |
| Universal Newsreel | 1945/X | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Universal Newsreel | 1945/VI | Documentary short | Himself (as President Franklin D. Roosevelt) |
| Universal Newsreel | 1945/III | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Valley of the Tennessee | 1944 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| One Inch from Victory | 1944 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Show-Business at War | 1943 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Fala: The President's Dog | 1943 | Short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| United We Stand | 1942 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Royal Visit | 1939 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Til Vesterheimen | 1939 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| RCA Television Exhibit at New York Worlds Fair | 1939 | TV Movie | Himself |
| O Presidente Roosevelt no Rio | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt Speech | 1924 | Short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Mutual Weekly, No. 111 | 1917 | Short | Himself |
| Animated Weekly, No. 31 | 1916 | Documentary short | Himself, Assistant Navy Secretary |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| War Crimes and Trials | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Pearl Harbor: Legacy of Attack | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Unsung Heroes of Pearl Harbor | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Speech to Congress: December 8, 1941 (uncredited) |
| Jazz | 2001 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Boston Red Sox: 100 Years of Baseball History | 2001 | Video documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| A Century of Lionel Legendary Trains | 2000 | Video documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| WWII: The Lost Color Archives | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Canada: A People's History | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| ESPN SportsCentury | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Ils ont filmé la guerre en couleur | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The American President | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Tora Tora Tora: The Real Story of Pearl Harbor | 2000 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| ABC 2000: The Millennium | 1999 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Jonas Salk: Personally Speaking | 1999 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Medal of Honor | 1999 | Video Game | Himself (uncredited) |
| Biography of the Millennium: 100 People - 1000 Years | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - #60 (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Second World War in Colour | 1999 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| New York: A Documentary Film | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Cradle Will Rock | 1999 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| The Century: America's Time | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Simpsons | 1999 | TV Series | Himself |
| The 20th Century: A Moving Visual History | 1999 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Sweet Science | 1999 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Das Dritte Reich - In Farbe | 1998 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Nazis: The Occult Conspiracy | 1998 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Great Depression | 1998 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (opens World's Fair on 1939 TV broadcast) (uncredited) |
| The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg | 1998 | Documentary | Himself (also radio broadcast) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Secrets of World War II | 1998 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Cold War | 1998 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Homes of FDR | 1998 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The St. Valentine's Day Massacre | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Divided Highways: The Interstates and the Transformation of American Life | 1997 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Contact | 1997 | Himself - Voice Through Space (uncredited) | |
| Henry VIII | 1997 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Prohibition: Thirteen Years That Changed America | 1997 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Fifties | 1997 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| A Web of War | 1996 | Documentary | Himself` (uncredited) |
| The White House | 1996 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Bob Hope: Laughing with the Presidents | 1996 | TV Special documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Churchills | 1996 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Assassinations That Changed the World | 1996 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Churchill and the Cabinet War Rooms | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Enola Gay and the Atomic Bombing of Japan | 1995 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Inside the White House | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Royal Family at War | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Last Days of World War II | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Xie rou chang cheng | 1995 | TV Series | Himself (uncredited) |
| Nixon | 1995 | Himself - with Socialite (uncredited) | |
| Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie | 1995 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Truman | 1995 | TV Movie | Himself - Funeral (uncredited) |
| Hiroshima: Why the Bomb Was Dropped | 1995 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| D-Day, 6th June 1944: The Official Story | 1994 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Century of Warfare | 1994 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Story of Mount Rushmore: America in Stone | 1994 | Video documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Time Capsule: WW II - War in Europe | 1994 | Documentary | Himself - Day of Infamy Speech (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Baseball | 1994 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Coming Out Under Fire | 1994 | Documentary | Himself - President of the United States |
| Murderers, Mobsters & Madmen Vol. 2: Assassination in the 20th Century | 1993 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Fame in the Twentieth Century | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Great Depression | 1993 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - U.S. President |
| China Rising: The Epic History of 20th Century China | 1992 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Portraits of Presidents: Presidents of a World Power (1901-) | 1992 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Stalking the President: A History of American Assassins | 1992 | Documentary | Himself - Beside Swimming Pool, Speeches (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| EBN: Commercial Entertainment Product | 1992 | Video short | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Complete Churchill | 1992 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Wild by Law | 1991 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Complete Citizen Kane | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio | 1991 | Documentary | Himself - Makes Broadcast About Banking Reform (uncredited) |
| Desert Storm: The War Begins | 1991 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Hört die Signale | 1991 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| How Hitler Lost the War | 1989 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Road to War | 1989 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Touring America's National Parks: Second Edition | 1989 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The 1940's: Music, Memories & Milestones | 1988 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Speeches of Winston Churchill | 1988 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Entertaining the Troops | 1988 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| I nichego bolshe | 1988 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Mount Rushmore: The Shrine | 1986 | Video documentary short | Himself - 1936 dedication of Jefferson head |
| Russia | 1986 | TV Mini-Series | Himself (uncredited) |
| 13. artikla | 1986 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Backstage at the Whitehouse | 1985 | Video documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Going Hollywood: The '30s | 1984 | Documentary | |
| The World of Tomorrow | 1984 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Vietnam: A Television History | 1983 | TV Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Return of Captain Invincible | 1983 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Seeing Red | 1983 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| De camisa vieja a chaqueta nueva | 1982 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| If You Love This Planet | 1982 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Genocide | 1982 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Treasure of the Yankee Zephyr | 1981 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter | 1980 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Time After Time | 1979 | Himself - Giving 1933 Inaugural Speech (uncredited) | |
| Loggerheads | 1978 | Himself (as Delano Roosevelt) | |
| A Bridge Too Far | 1977 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| All This and World War II | 1976 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Wonder Woman | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
| Brother Can You Spare a Dime | 1975 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The World at War | 1973-1974 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself - U.S. President / Himself |
| Thieves Like Us | 1974 | Himself - Speech (uncredited) | |
| Boxcar Bertha | 1972 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Our American Musical Heritage | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
| What's the Matter with Helen? | 1971 | Himself | |
| Portrait de l'univers | 1971 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| No Substitute for Victory | 1970 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| I due Kennedy | 1970 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| At vinde krigen | 1970 | TV Special documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Extraordinary Seaman | 1969 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| ¿Por qué morir en Madrid? | 1966 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| NBC White Paper | 1966 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Embraces Latin American Leader |
| Cast a Giant Shadow | 1966 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| The Eleanor Roosevelt Story | 1965 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Guns of August | 1964 | Documentary | Himself - USN During WWI (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Other World of Winston Churchill | 1964 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - Meets Reporters in Casablanca (uncredited) |
| Franco: ese hombre | 1964 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Victors | 1963 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Men of Our Time | 1963 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Mourir à Madrid | 1963 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Blitzkrieg | 1962 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Days of Infamy | 1962 | Short documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Bubble | Documentary completed | Himself | |
| Road to Ortona | 1962 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| In Depth | 2016 | TV Series | Himself - U.S. President |
| Turn of the Tide | 1962 | Short documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Eamonn and Ruth: How the Other Half Lives | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Year of Siege | 1962 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| How to Win the US Presidency | 2016 | Documentary | Himself |
| The DuPont Show of the Week | 1962 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Marvellous World of Roald Dahl | 2016 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Titans | 1962 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Dear Eleanor | 2016 | Himself | |
| Biography | 1961-1962 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| MLB Network Presents | 2016 | TV Series | Himself |
| Committee on UnAmerican Activities | 1962 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Race for the White House | 2016 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Project XX | 1959-1961 | TV Series documentary | Himself - Presidential Candidate / Himself - President |
| American Secrets | 2016 | Documentary | Himself - U.S. President |
| The Untouchables | 1960-1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Apocalypse: Staline | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| Deux bombes pour une espionne | 2015 | Documentary | Himself |
| Vår egen tid | 1959 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Emperor's New Clothes | 2015 | Documentary | Former President, USA |
| The Twentieth Century | 1958 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Sinatra: All or Nothing at All | 2015 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| The Big Picture | 1958 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Genocide Gentleman: Class A War Criminals of UK and US | 2015 | Video documentary | Himself |
| The Joker Is Wild | 1957 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt (uncredited) | |
| UFOs Declassified | 2015 | TV Series documentary | Himself - President of the United States of America |
| Portraits of Power | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Subject |
| JFK to 9/11: Everything Is a Rich Man's Trick | 2014 | Video documentary | Himself - President of the United States of America |
| I Never Forget a Face | 1956 | Short documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| 10.16 Conspiracy Theories of Benjamin Fulford and Kaoru Nakamaru: The 5th. Wonder Campus | 2014 | Video documentary | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| This Was Yesterday | 1954 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Projections of America | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Victory at Sea | 1954 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Roosevelts: An Intimate History | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Ford 50th Anniversary Show | 1953 | TV Movie | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| 9.14 Conspiracy Theories of Benjamin Fulford and Richard Koshimizu: The 4th. Wonder Campus | 2014 | Video documentary | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Victory at Sea | 1952-1953 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - U.S. President / Himself - Funeral Procession |
| Cysgod Rhyfel | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Hoaxters | 1952 | Short documentary | Himself |
| Codes and Conspiracies | 2014 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Communism | 1952 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Life's A Dive | 2014 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Naughty Twenties | 1951 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Ellis Island, une histoire du rêve américain | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| Näin syntyi nykypäivä... 1900-1950 | 1951 | Documentary | Himself |
| DamNation | 2014 | Documentary | Himself |
| The Littlest Expert on My Favorite President | 1951 | Short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Children of Internment | 2013 | Documentary | Himself |
| My Country 'Tis of Thee | 1950 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Democracy Now! | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Fifty Years Before Your Eyes | 1950 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Speeches That Shook the World | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| Wonderful Times | 1950 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| American Experience | 1991-2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Golden Twenties | 1950 | Documentary | Himself |
| 9.21 the 10th Tokyo Peace Film Festival | 2013 | Video documentary | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Crusade in Europe | 1949 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Grave of the Zombie Antelope | 2013 | Himself | |
| Ten Years Ago Today | 1949 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Fifth Estate | 2013 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Behind Your Radio Dial | 1948 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The March | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Roosevelt Story | 1947 | Documentary | Himself |
| America's Book of Secrets | 2012-2013 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Okay for Sound | 1946 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Sirius | 2013/I | Documentary | Himself |
| The Searching Wind | 1946 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Moyers & Company | 2013 | TV Series | Himself |
| Universal Special: Roosevelt - Man of Destiny | 1946 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| After the Tribulation | 2012 | Documentary | Himself - President of the United States of America (uncredited) |
| Pearl Harbor Payback | 1945 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Untold History of the United States | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself - President of the United States |
| The Stilwell Road | 1945 | Documentary | Himself - at Quebec with Churchill (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Men at Lunch | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| War Comes to America | 1945 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Edward & George: Two Brothers, One Throne | 2012 | Documentary | Himself |
| To the Shores of Iwo Jima | 1945 | Documentary short | Himself - Inevitable Triumph Speech (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Stanley Greenberg | 2012 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Attack in the Pacific | 1944 | Documentary | Himself - Day of Infamy Speech (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Brothers on the Line | 2012 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Our Northern Neighbour | 1944 | Documentary short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| 10 Things You Don't Know About | 2012 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Battle of China | 1944 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Black Wings | 2012 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Story of Dr. Wassell | 1944 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Prohibition | 2011 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Tunisian Victory | 1944 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Kennedys | 2011 | TV Mini-Series | Himself |
| Know Your Ally: Britain | 1944 | Short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Reagan | 2011 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Autobiography of a 'Jeep' | 1943 | Documentary short | Himself - Riding in a Jeep in Casablanca (as President Roosevelt) |
| World War II in Colour | 2010-2011 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Ode to Victory | 1943 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Secret Origin: The Story of DC Comics | 2010 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| What We Are Fighting For | 1943 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible | 2010 | TV Movie documentary | Himself - President of the United States |
| The Rear Gunner | 1943 | Short | President Roosevelt (uncredited) |
| The Special Relationship | 2010 | TV Movie | Himself (uncredited) |
| Vi mötte stormen | 1943 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| The Genius of Design | 2010 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Divide and Conquer | 1943 | Documentary | Himself - Dagger Speech (uncredited) |
| Secrets of the Dead | 2010 | TV Series documentary | Himself - President, United States |
| Inflation | 1942 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| WWII in HD | 2009 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Beyond the Line of Duty | 1942 | Short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Landslide: A Portrait of President Herbert Hoover | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Navy Comes Through | 1942 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Apocalypse - La 2ème guerre mondiale | 2009 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| For Me and My Gal | 1942 | Film Clip (uncredited) | |
| Loose Change 9/11: An American Coup | 2009 | Video documentary | Himself -President of the United States |
| Flying Tigers | 1942 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Capitalism: A Love Story | 2009 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Mr. Blabbermouth! | 1942 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Revealed | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Holiday Inn | 1942 | President Franklin D. Roosevelt (in montage) (uncredited) | |
| 1939: Hollywood's Greatest Year | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| March On, America! | 1942 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Iran, une puissance dévoilée | 2009 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Mister Gardenia Jones | 1942 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Dangerous Dynasty: The Bush Legacy | 2009 | Video documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Prelude to War | 1942 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Shock Doctrine | 2009 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Further Prophecies of Nostradamus | 1942 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Convoy: War for the Atlantic | 2009 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Main Street on the March! | 1941 | Short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Great Planes | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Tanks Are Coming | 1941 | Short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Call of Duty: World at War | 2008 | Video Game | Himself (uncredited) |
| Buck Privates | 1941 | Himself - President Roosevelt (uncredited) | |
| Warner at War | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Ramparts We Watch | 1940 | Navy Secretary Roosevelt (uncredited) | |
| The American Future: A History | 2008 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Trifles of Importance | 1940 | Short | Himself, film clip (uncredited) |
| Secrets of Body Language | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself |
| The Roaring Twenties | 1939 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Superpower | 2008 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The State of the Nation | 1939 | Documentary short | Himself (uncredited) |
| Hollywood contra Franco | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Scouts to the Rescue | 1939 | Franklin D. Roosevelt (uncredited) | |
| All the Presidents' Wives | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Little Orphan Annie | 1938 | President Roosevelt (uncredited) | |
| Blood and Oil | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Fight for Peace | 1938 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Walt & El Grupo | 2008 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| First Television Broadcast NBC/RCA | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself |
| The Soviet Story | 2008 | Documentary | Himself |
| Black Magic | 2008 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Neues aus der Anstalt | 2008 | TV Series | Himself |
| I.O.U.S.A. | 2008 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Crime Wave: 18 Months of Mayhem | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| History of the National Security State | 2008 | Video documentary | Himself |
| Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement | 2007 | Video documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Nuremberg: The 60th Anniversary Director's Cut | 2007 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| CBS News Sunday Morning | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Live Free or Die Hard | 2007 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Warlords | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | |
| Undercover History | 2007 | TV Series | Himself |
| War Stories with Oliver North | 2002-2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Staline: Le tyran rouge | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Our Story Our Voice | 2007 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Biography | 1994-2007 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Tehran anar nadarad | 2007 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | 2007 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| W rogatywce i tygrysiej skórze | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Great Wars | 2006 | Short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Rape of Europa | 2006 | Documentary | Himself |
| My Christmas Soldier | 2006 | Video short | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Lost Worlds | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt: President of the 20th Century | 2006 | Video documentary short | Himself |
| Secrets of New York | 2006 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Ghosts of Bataan | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Great Raid | 2005 | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) | |
| Weird U.S. | 2005 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Hitler's War | 2005 | Video | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| FDR: A Presidency Revealed | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| The Presidents | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| First Command | 2005 | TV Series | Himself |
| X Day: The Invasion of Japan | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die | 2004 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Broadway: The American Musical | 2004 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Modern Marvels | 1997-2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself / Himself - President of the USA / Himself - President |
| Conspiracy? | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself - President |
| Star Trek: Enterprise | 2004 | TV Series | Himself |
| Map Makers | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| In Enemy Hands | 2004 | Himself (uncredited) | |
| Verner Lehtimäki - Punapäällikön elämä | 2004 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Churchill | 2003-2004 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Winston Churchill. Ot lubvi do nenavisti | 2004 | ||
| Unsere Besten | 2003 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Corporation | 2003 | Documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Save Our History | 2001-2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara | 2003 | Documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| Race: The Power of an Illusion | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Yalta: Peace, Power and Betrayal | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Christmas Under Fire | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (uncredited) |
| The Century of the Self | 2002 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| 10,000 Black Men Named George | 2002 | TV Movie | Himself - 32nd President of the United States |
| Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War | 1998-2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Bud Greenspan's Favorite Stories of Winter Olympic Glory | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Air Force One | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Commanding Heights: The Battle for the World Economy | 2002 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Himself |
| Gladiators of World War II | 2002 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| Rumrunners, Moonshiners, & Bootleggers | 2002 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Day of Infamy | 2001 | Video documentary short | Himself - Address to Congress: December 8, 1941 (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
| Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt) |
Source: IMDb, Wikipedia
