Animated Hero Classics: Thomas Edison (1993)

Director: Richard Rich

Thomas Edison opens up the laboratory of America’s most celebrated inventor and invites you to explore its secrets. Sprinkled with humor and packed with little-known details about the search for a working electric light bulb, this story will help you see for yourself why Edison quipped, “Genius is about one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

Cast

Joe Hilsee

Thomas Edison (voice)

Barry Kraft

Charles Batchelor / Jenkins (voice)

Victor Humphries

John Kreusi / J.P. Morgan (voice)

Paul O'Connor

Francis Upton (voice)

Sandy McCallum

Grosvenor Lowery (voice)

Dennis Reese

Lipton / Reporter #1 (voice)

Jamie Newcomb

Warwick (voice) (as Jaime Newcomb)

Ray Porter

Reporter #2 / Ludwig Boehm / Narrator (voice)