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  • National Geographic Specials (1965– )
  • TV Series | 60 min | Documentary, History
National Geographic Specials (1965– )
TV Series | 60 min | Documentary, History

For over 30 years, the National Geographic Society has presented specials on nature, foreign culture, scientific breakthroughs, and things which fall under the general category of "neat stuff." Each special is self-contained.
Seasons
2,011   |   2,009   |   2,008   |   2,006   |   2,005   |   2,004   |   2,003   |   2,002  | …   See all
Writers
Bud Wiser (writer) (written by) | Nicolas Noxon (writer) (written by) | Barbara Jampel (written by) (writer) | Miriam Birch (written by) (writer) & 47 more
Producers
Miriam Birch (producer) | Barbara Jampel (producer) (produced by) | Nicolas Noxon (producer) | Irwin Rosten (producer) (produced by) & 68 more
Composers
Walter Scharf (music by) | Lyn Murray | William Loose (music by) | Jack K. Tillar (music by) (as Jack Tillar) & 39 more
Cinematographers
George D. Dodge | Erik Daarstad (photography by) | Joseph Seamans (as Joe Seamans) (director of photography) (as Joe Seamans) (photographed by) (as Joe Seamans) | Norris Brock (photographed by) & 117 more
Editors
Barry Nye (supervising editor) (edited by) | Lawrence E. Neiman (supervising editor) | David Cooper (supervising film editor: for National Geographic Society) | Hyman Kaufman & 40 more
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Status
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Updated Sep 10, 1965

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Cast

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164 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Alexander Scourby
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
20
Leslie Nielsen
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
11
Richard Kiley
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
11
Joseph Campanella
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
9
Jane Goodall
Self (the Jane Goodall Institute) Self (the Jane Goodall Institute)   See fewer
5
Orson Welles
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
5
E.G. Marshall
Self - Narrator / Self - Host Self - Narrator / Self - Host   See fewer
5
Dian Fossey
Self - Primatologist Self - Primatologist   See fewer
4
Peter Coyote
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
4
Richard Basehart
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
3
Hal Holbrook
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
Keith David
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
James Whitmore
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
2
2
John Craighead
Self - Bear Researcher Self - Bear Researcher   See fewer
2
2
Frank C. Craighead
Self - Bear Researcher Self - Bear Researcher   See fewer
2
1
Melody May Norsgaard
Self - Melody May Norsgaard Self - Melody May Norsgaard   See fewer
1
1
1
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Al Oeming
Self - Naturalist Self - Naturalist   See fewer
1
Harry Harlow
Self - Psychologist (as Dr. Harry Harlow) Self - Psychologist (as Dr. Harry Harlow)   See fewer
1
Birute Galdikas
Self - Primatologist Self - Primatologist   See fewer
1
Jack Palance
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
Koko
Self (as Koko the Gorilla) Self (as Koko the Gorilla)   See fewer
1
John Aspinall
Self - Zoo Owner Self - Zoo Owner   See fewer
1
Penny Patterson
Self - American Researcher Self - American Researcher   See fewer
1
Dorothy Eady
Self - Egyptologist Self - Egyptologist   See fewer
1
Kent Weeks
Self - Egyptologist Self - Egyptologist   See fewer
1
Eugenie Clark
Self (as Dr. Eugenie Clark) Self (as Dr. Eugenie Clark)   See fewer
1
Lanny Bell
Self - Egyptologist Self - Egyptologist   See fewer
1
Walter Fairservis
Self - Egyptologist (as Dr. Walter Fairservis) Self - Egyptologist (as Dr. Walter Fairservis)   See fewer
1
John Huston
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Christopher Plummer
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Sara C. Bisel
Self - Archaeologist Self - Archaeologist   See fewer
1
1
1
Warner Passanisi
Self (field zoologist) Self (field zoologist)   See fewer
1
Martin Sheen
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
1
Powers Boothe
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Susan Sarandon
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Glenn Close
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
Javier Escobar Villarreal
Self - Maya citizen recreation Self - Maya citizen recreation   See fewer
1
Ricardo Agurcia
Self - Maya Researcher Self - Maya Researcher   See fewer
1
Jose Efrain Bernal Jaime
Self - Maya ball players recreation Self - Maya ball players recreation   See fewer
1
Gilberto Osuna Lizarraga
Self - Maya ball player recreation Self - Maya ball player recreation   See fewer
1
Raymundo Huaira Lopez
Self - Maya ball player recreation Self - Maya ball player recreation   See fewer
1
Eraclio Bernal Tirado
Self - Maya ball player manager recreation Self - Maya ball player manager recreation   See fewer
1
Marcos Osuna Lizarraga
Self - Maya ball player recreation Self - Maya ball player recreation   See fewer
1
Rosario Guaira Quintana
Self - Maya ball player recreation Self - Maya ball player recreation   See fewer
1
Jose Eraclio Bernal Jaime
Self - Maya ball players recreation Self - Maya ball players recreation   See fewer
1
Ramon Becerra Hernandez
Self - Maya ball player recreation Self - Maya ball player recreation   See fewer
1
Antonio Velarde Colon
Self - Maya ball player recreation Self - Maya ball player recreation   See fewer
1
Maira Serbula Cortes
Self - Maya citizen recreation Self - Maya citizen recreation   See fewer
1
Petrona De La Cruz Cruz
Self - Maya citizen recreation Self - Maya citizen recreation   See fewer
1
Modesto Guaira Quintana
Self - Maya ball player recreation Self - Maya ball player recreation   See fewer
1
Juan Manuel Pérez Hernández
Self - Maya citizen recreation Self - Maya citizen recreation   See fewer
1
Braulio Osuna Lizarraga
Self - Maya ball player recreation Self - Maya ball player recreation   See fewer
1
Juan Benito De La Torre Lopez
Self - Maya citizen recreation Self - Maya citizen recreation   See fewer
1
Stacy Keach
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
1
Rene Auberjonois
Self - TX:Voice Self - TX:Voice   See fewer
1
James Coburn
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Tsar Nicholas II
Self - Tsar (archive footage) (as Nicholas II) Self - Tsar (archive footage) (as Nicholas II)   See fewer
1
Grand Duchess Anastasia
Self - Princess (archive footage) Self - Princess (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Tsarina Alexandra
Self - Tsarina (archive footage) (as Empress Alexandra) Self - Tsarina (archive footage) (as Empress Alexandra)   See fewer
1
Aleksey Nikolaeyvitch Romanov
Self - Prince (archive footage) Self - Prince (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Grand Duchess Olga
Self - Princess (archive footage) Self - Princess (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Grand Duchess Maria
Self - Princess (archive footage) Self - Princess (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Grand Duchess Tatiana
Self - Princess (archive footage) Self - Princess (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Eugene Fraser
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Sigourney Weaver
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Michael Fay
Self (The Wildlife Conservation Society) (as J. Michael Fay) Self (The Wildlife Conservation Society) (as J. Michael Fay)   See fewer
1
Jerry Boykin
Self - Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Warfare Center & School (as Maj. Gen. William G. Boykin) Self - Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Warfare Center & School (as Maj. Gen. William G. Boykin)   See fewer
1
Geoffrey C. Lambert
Self - Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Forces Command (as Maj. Gen. Geoffrey C. Lambert) Self - Commanding General, U.S. Army Special Forces Command (as Maj. Gen. Geoffrey C. Lambert)   See fewer
1
Dan Hedman
Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Captain Dan Hedman) Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Captain Dan Hedman)   See fewer
1
Michael McElhiney
Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Sgt. 1st Class Michael McElhiney) Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Sgt. 1st Class Michael McElhiney)   See fewer
1
1
Layne Morris
Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Sgt. First Class Layne Morris) Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Sgt. First Class Layne Morris)   See fewer
1
Dieter Steklis
Self (primatologist) Self (primatologist)   See fewer
1
Gordon McCormick
Self - Special Ops Program, Naval Postgraduate School Self - Special Ops Program, Naval Postgraduate School   See fewer
1
Timothy Williams
Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Lt. Col. Timothy Williams) Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Lt. Col. Timothy Williams)   See fewer
1
Christopher Allen
Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Lt. Colonel Christopher Allen) Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Lt. Colonel Christopher Allen)   See fewer
1
Christopher Miller
Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Major Christopher Miller) Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Major Christopher Miller)   See fewer
1
Dave Betz
Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Master Sgt. Dave Betz) Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Master Sgt. Dave Betz)   See fewer
1
Manuel A. Diemer
Self - Commander, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (as Colonel Manuel A. Diemer) Self - Commander, 1st Special Warfare Training Group (as Colonel Manuel A. Diemer)   See fewer
1
Anthony J. Linza Jr.
Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as CW2 Anthony J. Linza Jr.) Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as CW2 Anthony J. Linza Jr.)   See fewer
1
Leldon Want
Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Sgt. First Class Leldon Want) Self - U.S. Army Special Forces (as Sgt. First Class Leldon Want)   See fewer
1
Clare Richardson
Self (Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International) Self (Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International)   See fewer
1
1
Arthur R. Collins Jr.
Self - Captain Charles Saviont Self - Captain Charles Saviont   See fewer
1
Mark Martin
Self - Civil War Gold Self - Civil War Gold   See fewer
1
Ken Balcomb
Self - Marine Biologist Self - Marine Biologist   See fewer
1
Edward L. Ayers
Self - Historian, University of Virginia (as Prof. Edward L. Ayers) Self - Historian, University of Virginia (as Prof. Edward L. Ayers)   See fewer
1
Laura Engleby
Self - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Self - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration   See fewer
1
Greg Stemm
Self - Odyssey Marine Exploration Self - Odyssey Marine Exploration   See fewer
1
Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
Self - Descendent of Republic Crewmember Self - Descendent of Republic Crewmember   See fewer
1
Ernie Tapanes
Self - Odyssey Marine Exploration Self - Odyssey Marine Exploration   See fewer
1
John Seidel
Self - Marine Archeologist, Washington College Self - Marine Archeologist, Washington College   See fewer
1
Roger Gentry
Self - Head of Acoustics Program, NOAA Fisheries Self - Head of Acoustics Program, NOAA Fisheries   See fewer
1
Jill-Karen Yakubik
Self - Archaeological Consultant Self - Archaeological Consultant   See fewer
1
Mads Peter Heide-Jørgensen
Self - Marine Biologist Self - Marine Biologist   See fewer
1
Robert Gisiner
Self - Marine Mammal Science Program Manager, Office of Naval Research Self - Marine Mammal Science Program Manager, Office of Naval Research   See fewer
1
Felipe Tonga
Self - Conservationist Self - Conservationist   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Liesl Clark
Self - narrator Self - narrator   See fewer
1
Ed Easterling
Self - Special Guest Self - Special Guest   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
James Stewart
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
1
Robert Foxworth
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Robbie Robertson
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Gavin MacFadyen
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Michael Carroll
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Dominic Frisby
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
1
Miranda Richardson
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
1
Irving Johnson
Self (as Capt. Irving Johnson) Self (as Capt. Irving Johnson)   See fewer
1
Mal Leyland
Self (as Malcolm Leyland) Self (as Malcolm Leyland)   See fewer
1
Colin Fletcher
Self - Naturalist - Explorer Self - Naturalist - Explorer   See fewer
1
1
1
Deborah Cane
Self - Lead Conservator, Staffordshire Hoard Self - Lead Conservator, Staffordshire Hoard   See fewer
1
1
Billy Varga
Self - Miner Self - Miner   See fewer
1
1
Jo Buckberry
Self - Osteoarcheologist (as Dr Jo Buckberry) Self - Osteoarcheologist (as Dr Jo Buckberry)   See fewer
1
1
Frank Craighead Sr.
Self (as Dr. Frank Craighead Sr.) Self (as Dr. Frank Craighead Sr.)   See fewer
1
1
Owen Bush
Self - Bladesmith Self - Bladesmith   See fewer
1
Kevin Leahy
Self - Anglo-Saxon Metalwork Specialist (as Dr Kevin Leahy) Self - Anglo-Saxon Metalwork Specialist (as Dr Kevin Leahy)   See fewer
1
Catherine Higgitt
Self - Head of Science, The British Museum (as Dr Catherine Higgitt) Self - Head of Science, The British Museum (as Dr Catherine Higgitt)   See fewer
1
David Symons
Self - Curator, Staffordshire Hoard (as Dr David Symons) Self - Curator, Staffordshire Hoard (as Dr David Symons)   See fewer
1
Eurydice Georganteli
Self - Numismatist (as Dr Eurydice Georganteli) Self - Numismatist (as Dr Eurydice Georganteli)   See fewer
1
Ben Gearey
Self - Environmental Archaeologist (as Dr Ben Geary) Self - Environmental Archaeologist (as Dr Ben Geary)   See fewer
1
Leslie Webster
Self - Anglo-Saxon Specialist Self - Anglo-Saxon Specialist   See fewer
1
Dave Roper
Self - Anglo-Saxon Craft Specialist Self - Anglo-Saxon Craft Specialist   See fewer
1
Burgess Meredith
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
James Bryan
Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited)   See fewer
1
Alan Canon
Self - John Wilcox (uncredited) Self - John Wilcox (uncredited)   See fewer
1
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