Animated Hero Classics
TV Show| Title | Animated Hero Classics |
| User score | 7.3 |
| Release date | Jun 1, 1991 |
| Release date of last episode | Jan 1, 2005 |
| Genre | |
| Director | Richard Rich |
| Production country | US |
| Production companies | NEST Family Entertainment |
| Series status | Ended |
| Seasons count | 2 (List of episodes) |
| Episodes count | 20 |
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.
Latest episodes
List of episodes
S2.E10 ∙ Marie Curie
Jun 1, 1997
S2.E9 ∙ Galileo
Jun 1, 1997
S2.E8 ∙ Marco Polo
Jun 1, 1997
S2.E7 ∙ Joan of Arc
Jun 1, 1996
S2.E6 ∙ Leonardo da Vinci
Jun 1, 1996
S2.E5 ∙ Helen Keller
Jun 1, 1996
S2.E4 ∙ The Wright Brothers
Jun 1, 1996
S2.E3 ∙ Harriet Tubman
Jun 1, 1996
S2.E2 ∙ Beethoven
Jan 1, 2005
S2.E1 ∙ Alexander Graham Bell
Jun 1, 1995
S1.E10 ∙ Maccabees: The Story of Hanukkah
S1.E9 ∙ Louis Pasteur
Apr 4, 1995
S1.E8 ∙ Pocahontas
S1.E7 ∙ Florence Nightingale
S1.E6 ∙ Thomas Edison
S1.E5 ∙ Abraham Lincoln
S1.E4 ∙ Benjamin Franklin
S1.E3 ∙ George Washington
S1.E2 ∙ William Bradford: The First Thanksgiving
S1.E1 ∙ Christopher Columbus
Jun 1, 1991
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Ray Porter
Narrator (voice), George Washington (voice), Jean (voice), Reporter #2 / Ludwig Boehm / Narrator (voice), Captain (voice), Cauchon / Narrator (voice), King Ferdinand / King John (voice), William Russell (voice), Stanton / Narrator (voice), Nashum / Lysias / Narrator (voice)
Mark Hunt
Alexander Graham Bell / Thomas Watson (voice), Jacques (voice), Maffeo Polo (voice), Duke of Milan / Monk (voice), Anagnos (voice), Chanute (voice), Barrett (voice), Pierre Curie (voice)
William Dennis Hunt
Ludwig van Beethoven as an old man (voice), Talbot (voice), Anthony Thompson (voice), Bishop Wright (voice)
Brian Nissen
King Charles (voice), Glover (voice), Santos-Dumont (voice), Judah Maccabee (voice)
U. Jonathan Toppo
Young William Bradford (voice), Minister of Agriculture (voice), Huron (voice)
Joe Lynch
Talavera (voice), Von Steuben / Gates / Howe / Parker (voice)
Sheryl Taub
Queen Isabella (voice), Martha Washington (voice)
Paul O'Connor
Giovanni / Domineco Columbus (voice), Sumner (voice)
Hugh Dignon
Wells (voice), Charles Lee (voice)
Victor Humphries
Louis Pasteur (voice), John Carver (voice)
Robert Cottrell
Michelangelo (voice), Orville Wright (voice)
Jake Williamson
Wilbur Wright / Parisian Husband / French Reporter (voice), Verrochio / Duke of Florence / Peasant (voice)
