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)