Sports on the Silver Screen Cast and Crew

Sports on the Silver Screen

Plot: HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood

Release Date: Sunday, March 16 1997
28 years ago

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Cast

Liev Schreiber. Liev Schreiber was 29 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self - Narrator (voice)'.

Birthday: Wed, Oct 04 1967

Marv Albert. Marv Albert was 55 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jun 12 1941

John G. Avildsen. John G. Avildsen was 61 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Dec 21 1935 –
Died: Fri, Jun 16 2017

Lauren Bacall. Lauren Bacall was 72 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Sep 16 1924 –
Died: Tue, Aug 12 2014

Humphrey Bogart. Humphrey Bogart would have been no older than 57 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Dec 25 1899 –
Died: Mon, Jan 14 1957

Charlie Chaplin. Charlie Chaplin would have been no older than 88 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Apr 16 1889 –
Died: Sun, Dec 25 1977

Robert Chartoff. Robert Chartoff was 63 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Aug 26 1933 –
Died: Wed, Jun 10 2015

Jackie Cooper. Jackie Cooper was 74 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Sep 15 1922 –
Died: Tue, May 03 2011

Billy Crystal. Billy Crystal was 49 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Mar 14 1948

Tony Danza. Tony Danza was 45 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Apr 21 1951

Ruby Dee. Ruby Dee was 74 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Oct 27 1922 –
Died: Wed, Jun 11 2014

Jack Dempsey. Jack Dempsey would have been no older than 87 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jun 24 1895 –
Died: Tue, May 31 1983

Walt Disney. Walt Disney would have been no older than 65 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Dec 05 1901 –
Died: Thu, Dec 15 1966

Dwight D. Eisenhower. Dwight D. Eisenhower would have been no older than 78 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Oct 14 1890 –
Died: Fri, Mar 28 1969

Peter Gent. Peter Gent was 54 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 23 1942 –
Died: Fri, Sep 30 2011

Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi Goldberg was 41 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Nov 13 1955

Herb Goldman. Herb Goldman was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Harold 'Red' Grange. Harold 'Red' Grange would have been no older than 87 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Jun 13 1903 –
Died: Mon, Jan 28 1991

Gene Hackman. Gene Hackman was 67 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jan 30 1930 –
Died: Mon, Feb 17 2025

Jean Harlow. Jean Harlow would have been no older than 26 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 03 1911 –
Died: Mon, Jun 07 1937

Ed Herlihy. Ed Herlihy was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

James Earl Jones. James Earl Jones was 66 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Jan 17 1931 –
Died: Mon, Sep 09 2024

Danny Kaye. Danny Kaye would have been no older than 76 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Wed, Jan 18 1911 –
Died: Tue, Mar 03 1987

Barry Levinson. Barry Levinson was 54 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Apr 06 1942

Jerry Lewis. Jerry Lewis was 71 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Mar 16 1926 –
Died: Sun, Aug 20 2017

Jeffrey Lyons. Jeffrey Lyons was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Pat Morita. Pat Morita was 64 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Jun 28 1932 –
Died: Thu, Nov 24 2005

Bobby Murcer. Bobby Murcer was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Richard Nixon. Richard Nixon would have been no older than 81 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Jan 09 1913 –
Died: Fri, Apr 22 1994

Jimmy Piersall. Jimmy Piersall was 67 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, Nov 14 1929 –
Died: Sat, Jun 03 2017

Sam Rayburn. Sam Rayburn was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan was 86 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Feb 06 1911 –
Died: Sat, Jun 05 2004

Knute Rockne. Knute Rockne would have been no older than 43 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Mar 04 1888 –
Died: Tue, Mar 31 1931

Babe Ruth. Babe Ruth would have been no older than 53 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Feb 05 1895 –
Died: Mon, Aug 16 1948

Steve Sabol. Steve Sabol was 54 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Oct 02 1942 –
Died: Tue, Sep 18 2012

Gale Sayers. Gale Sayers was 53 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, May 30 1943

Budd Schulberg. Budd Schulberg was 82 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Fri, Mar 27 1914 –
Died: Wed, Aug 05 2009

Tom Selleck. Tom Selleck was 52 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Mon, Jan 29 1945

Norma Shearer. Norma Shearer would have been no older than 80 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sun, Aug 10 1902 –
Died: Sun, Jun 12 1983

Ron Shelton. Ron Shelton was 51 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Sat, Sep 15 1945

Joel Siegel. Joel Siegel was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

J. Parnell Thomas. J. Parnell Thomas was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Gene Tunney. Gene Tunney would have been no older than 81 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, May 25 1897 –
Died: Tue, Nov 07 1978

Irwin Winkler. Irwin Winkler was 65 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Thu, May 28 1931

Robert Wuhl. Robert Wuhl was 45 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Self (archive footage)'.

Birthday: Tue, Oct 09 1951

Crew

Leslie D. Farrell. Leslie D. Farrell was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Writer, Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Frank Deford. Frank Deford was 58 in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Writer'

Birthday: Fri, Dec 16 1938 –
Died: Sun, May 28 2017

Jonathan Crystal. Jonathan Crystal was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Associate Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

Ross Greenburg. Ross Greenburg was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Executive Producer'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday

David Salamone. David Salamone was >> in Sports on the Silver Screen as 'Editor'

Birthday: Unknown Birthday