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Animated Hero Classics

Animated Hero Classics

Documentary
June 1, 1991 – January 1, 2005 (began 35 years ago)
7.2/10
Ended
2 Seasons
20 Episodes
HBO

Animated Hero Classics is an educational Animated television series of programs co-produced by Nest Family Entertainment and Warner Bros. The series, geared toward elementary school aged children, includes twenty biographies of both female and male scientists, inventors, explorers, and social champions from around Europe, North America and the Middle East, including George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Florence Nightingale, Harriet Tubman, Joan of Arc, Benjamin Franklin, Helen Keller, Marco Polo, Marie Curie and Louis Pasteur. The Children's Television Act of 1990 required terrestrial television networks to devote time to Educational and Informative programming for children. Even though Warner Bros' cable networks were not directly affected by these requirements, these programs were debuted on their HBO network's Saturday morning children's block as a show of good faith that the network was committed to quality educational programming for children. The dramatic biographies were meticulously researched by the producers and written to engage both children and adults, providing an entertaining and accessible way to learn about the positive impact that these women and men have had on our world.

Ray Porter
Ray Porter

Ray Porter

Narrator (voice)

Ages 25-39

12 eps
William Dennis Hunt
William Dennis Hunt

William Dennis Hunt

Ludwig van Beethoven as an old man (voice)

Ages 47-60

4 eps
U. Jonathan Toppo
UJ

U. Jonathan Toppo

Minister of Agriculture (voice)

Ages 28-42

3 eps
Sheryl Taub
ST

Sheryl Taub

Queen Isabella (voice)

2 eps
Paul O'Connor
PO

Paul O'Connor

Giovanni / Domineco Columbus (voice)

2 eps
Robert Cottrell
RC

Robert Cottrell

Orville Wright (voice)

2 eps
Jake Williamson
JW

Jake Williamson

Verrochio / Duke of Florence / Peasant (voice)

2 eps
Apollo Dukakis
AD

Apollo Dukakis

Wladyslaw Sklodowski (voice)

2 eps