John Wayne

Self - Host

Ann-Margret

Entertainer at Valley Forge

Lucille Ball

Statue of Liberty (voice)

Jack Benny

Man Who Finds Silver Dollar

Dan Blocker

Indian Who Sells Manhattan

Roscoe Lee Browne

Frederick Douglas

George Burns

Self

Glen Campbell

Self

Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash

Roy Clark

Banjo Player

Bing Crosby

Mark Twain

Phyllis Diller

Belva Lockwood

Lorne Greene

George Washington

Celeste Holm

Nancy Lincoln

Bob Hope

Self

Michael Landon

Peter Minut

Dean Martin

Eli Whitney

Ross Martin

Alexander Hamilton

Greg Morris

Crispus Attucks

David Nelson

Union Soldier

Ricky Nelson

Confederate Soldier

Hugh O'Brian

Thomas Jefferson

Dan Rowan

Orville Wright

Dick Martin

Wilbur Wright

William Shatner

John Adams

Red Skelton

Self

Tom Smothers

Newspaper Printer's Assistant

Leslie Uggams

Saloon Singer

Dennis Weaver

Self

Cathy Baker

Confederate Soldier's Wife

Berniece Dalton

Jane Harris

Paul Reid Roman

Lisa Todd

Bud

Arthur Tovey

Father

Ed McMahon

Narrator (voice) / Bartender

Robert B. Shepard

Cowboy (uncredited)