The Real Mad Men of Advertising - Production & Contact Info

The Real Mad Men of Advertising (2017–2017)
TV-PG
TV Mini-series | Documentary, History

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The Real Mad Men of Advertising (2017–2017)

TV-PG

TV Mini-series | Documentary, History

A new Smithsonian Channel four-part series provides an inside look into the men and women who re-invented the advertising industry from post-WWII America through the 1980s.

Seasons

1 | Unknown See all

Director

Molly Hermann

Writers

Molly Hermann (writer) | Pamela Caragol (additional writer) (as Pamela Caragol Wells) | Paul Spillenger (additional writer)

Producer

Molly Hermann (producer)

Composers

Chris Kennedy | Oliver Spencer

Cinematographer

Rob Lyall

Editors

Andrea Barrick | Gabriele Biasizzo

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Updated Jan 2, 2017

Release date (First episode)

Jan 8, 2017 (United States)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
38 cast members

Name	Episodes	Known for
John Slattery Narrator Narrator See fewer	4	Spotlight (I) (2015)
Robert J. Thompson Self - Director, Bleier Center for Television & Popular Culture, Syracuse University Self - Director, Bleier Center for Television & Popular Culture, Syracuse University See fewer	4	Up Front Tonight (1998)
Matt Gulbranson Pizza roll guy / Producer Pizza roll guy / Producer See fewer	3	Body of Lies (2008)
Shelley Hack Self Self See fewer	1	Annie Hall (1977)
Bryan Batt Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Mad Men (2007)
Robert Morse Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
Matthew Weiner Self Self See fewer	1	Mad Men (2007)
Kelly Schwartz Ogilvy's Secretary Ogilvy's Secretary See fewer	1	Fellow Travelers (2023)
Richard Nixon Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Frost/Nixon (2008)
Nikita Khrushchev Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Interview mit Berlin (1959)
Vince Eisenson Producer Producer See fewer	1	New Amsterdam (2018)
Christine Nelson Secretary Secretary See fewer	1	A Comedy of Horrors, Volume 1 (2021)
Autumn Breaud Secretary Secretary See fewer	1	Carry the Darkness (2025)
Don Whatley David Ogilvy David Ogilvy See fewer	1	Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
Vincent Sistrunk Ad agency man Ad agency man See fewer	1	Blind Justice (2025)
Meg Scanlon Stewardess Stewardess See fewer	1	UCB Comedy Originals (2007)
Sonia Debreczeni Braniff Client Rep Braniff Client Rep See fewer	1	House of Cards (2013)
Ronald Woodhead Fiancé Fiancé See fewer	1	Hunters (2020)
Chris Stinson Ad Agency Man Ad Agency Man See fewer	1	The Black Friday Games (2014)
Ellen Freund Self Self See fewer	1	Vanilla Sky (2001)
Tony Barber Producer Producer See fewer	1	The Turtle Dreamers
Dot Gregory Woman in red dress Woman in red dress See fewer	1	Lincoln (2012)
James Davenjay Ad Agency Man Ad Agency Man See fewer	1	The Making of the Mob (2015)
Suzanna Woodhead Waitress Waitress See fewer	1	Bull (2016)
David Ogilvy Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	1	Eye on New York (1956)
Jane Maas Self - Former Ad Executive & Author Self - Former Ad Executive & Author See fewer	1	American Fable (2016)
Emily H. Gilson Tupperware Party Housewife Tupperware Party Housewife See fewer	1	Rustin (2023)
Patrick J. O'Neal Photographer (as Patrick O'Neal) Photographer (as Patrick O'Neal) See fewer	1	Keeping Up with the Gordons (2016)
Jocelyn Chia Palmolive Customer / Makeup Artist Palmolive Customer / Makeup Artist See fewer	1	Split Ends (2009)
Steven Heller Self - Co-Chair, MFA Design Department, School of Visual Arts Self - Co-Chair, MFA Design Department, School of Visual Arts See fewer	1	Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2012)
Shirley Polykoff Self - Former Creative Director, Foote, Cone & Belding (archive footage) Self - Former Creative Director, Foote, Cone & Belding (archive footage) See fewer	1	The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Fath Davis Ruffins Self - Curator, National Museum of American History Self - Curator, National Museum of American History See fewer	1	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Nancy Davis Self - Curator, National Museum of American History Self - Curator, National Museum of American History See fewer	1	Greatest Mysteries (2013)
Kathleen Franz Self - Curator, National Museum of American History Self - Curator, National Museum of American History See fewer	1	Driving While Black: Race, Space and Mobility in America (2020)
Eric Jentsch Self - Curator, National Museum of American History Self - Curator, National Museum of American History See fewer	1	The Real Mad Men of Advertising (2017)
Cynthia B. Meyers Self - Associate Professor, College of Mount Saint Vincent Self - Associate Professor, College of Mount Saint Vincent See fewer	1	The Real Mad Men of Advertising (2017)
Harold D. Wallace Jr. Self - Associate Curator, National Museum of American History Self - Associate Curator, National Museum of American History See fewer	1	The Real Mad Men of Advertising (2017)
Joseph Malherek Self - Historian Self - Historian See fewer	1	The Real Mad Men of Advertising (2017)