Keith David

Narrator (voice)

Kevin Conway

Mark Twain (voice)

Blythe Danner

Olivia "Livy" Langdon Clemens (voice)

Philip Bosco

(voice)

Tim Clark

(voice)

Carolyn McCormick

(voice)

Amy Madigan

(voice)

Cynthia Nixon

(voice)

John Boyer

Self (uncredited)

Jocelyn Chadwick

Self (uncredited)

Shelly Fisher Fishkin

Self (uncredited)

Dick Gregory

Self (uncredited)

Hal Holbrook

Self (uncredited)

Arthur Miller

Self (uncredited)

Chuck Jones

Self (uncredited)

Ken Burns