Fields of Gold
2023A. 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.
Acted in
Peter Coyote
as Narrator
Ben Harl
as Chauffeur
Ryan D Tebrugge
as Train Passenger
Diane Dietz
as Emma Staley
Earl L. Ijames
as Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History
Lana Wildman
as Train Passenger
Lucas Staley
as young Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley
Squire Prince
as Train Passenger
Alex Staley
as young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley
Ken Mesnard
as Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young
Mike D. Deetz
as G.E. Chamberlain (voice)
James Slade
as Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union
Jason Aikens
as Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame
Joyce Sternaman Howe
as Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman
John Sciutto
as Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum
John Lee
as Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL
Jack Garner
as Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley
Becky Damptz
as Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library
George McCaskey
as Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears
Rexlyn Nicole
as Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees
John F. Paris
as A.P. Titus (voice)
Jon Kendle
as Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame
Daniel K. Wright
as Train Passenger
Lawrence Weaver
as Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral
Debra Bogle
as Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois
Jacob Deetz
as G.E. Chamberlain
Richard E. McCoy
as Walter Franklin (voice)
Charles A. McCue
as A.E. Staley (voice)
Morris Birkhead
as Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.
Nancy Cole
as Emma Staley (voice)
Christian McWhirter
as Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum
Laura Jahr
as Self - Director of The Staley Museum
Lisa Peters
as Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players
Randy Garner
as Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley
Natalie Beck
as Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia
Jerry Johnson
as C.D. Lyon (voice)
Devin Leming
as Wabash Railroad Conductor
Lesley Nicholson
as Housekeeper
Michelle Tebrugge
as Train Passenger
William Deetz
as Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain
Erik Strohl
as Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame
Warren Dixon
as Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum
Claire Wright
as Train Passenger
Richard Lindberg
as Self - Author & Historian
Justin Conn
as Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review
Michael Pittman
as Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals
Mark Staley
as A.E. Staley
Michael Krcil
as Wabash Railroad Secretary
Duane Noland
as Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative
Patrick A. Foster
as Ed Scheiter (voice)
Sean Streaty
as Self - News Anchor WAND-TV
James Groome
as Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church
Shelley Wooters
as Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
Mary Jo Brace
as Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee
Mark Sorenson
as Self - Historian
Dennis Rendleman
as Adolph Mueller (voice)
Julie Moore-Wolfe
as Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL
Stephen Potter
as Staley Rail Engineer
Thomas W. Hanks
as Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Robert Staley
as Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley
Chad Richards
as Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL