Fields of Gold

Fields of Gold (2023)

Documentary

A. E. Staley went from growing up barefoot on a farm in North Carolina, to building a billion dollar agribusiness giant. He was the original owner of the football team that eventually became the Chicago Bears.

  • Release Date: 2023-08-18
  • Runtime: 1h 36min
  • Director: Julie Staley

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Cast

  • Peter Coyote

    Narrator

  • Ben Harl

    Chauffeur

  • Ryan D Tebrugge

    Train Passenger

  • Diane Dietz

    Emma Staley

  • Earl L. Ijames

    Self - Curator, N.C. Museum of History

  • Lana Wildman

    Train Passenger

  • Lucas Staley

    young Arthur Staley / voice of young A.E. Staley

  • Squire Prince

    Train Passenger

  • Alex Staley

    young A.E. Staley / voice of teenage A.E. Staley

  • Ken Mesnard

    Self - Grandson of Decatur Staley's Baseball Player Randy Young

  • Mike D. Deetz

    G.E. Chamberlain (voice)

  • James Slade

    Self - Chairman, Staley Federal Credit Union

  • Jason Aikens

    Self - Curator, Pro Football Hall of Fame

  • Joyce Sternaman Howe

    Self - Daughter of Jo & Dutch Sternaman

  • John Sciutto

    Self - Former President, Monticello Railway Museum

  • John Lee

    Self - Director of Safety/Health, Grain & Feed Assn of IL

  • Jack Garner

    Self - Nephew of A.E. Staley

  • Becky Damptz

    Self - Head Archivist, Decatur Public Library

  • George McCaskey

    Self - Chairman, Chicago Bears

  • Rexlyn Nicole

    Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Employees

  • John F. Paris

    A.P. Titus (voice)

  • Jon Kendle

    Self - Pro Football Hall of Fame

  • Daniel K. Wright

    Train Passenger

  • Lawrence Weaver

    Self - Attendee, A.E. Staley Funeral

  • Debra Bogle

    Self - President, United Way of Decatur and Mid-Illinois

  • Jacob Deetz

    G.E. Chamberlain

  • Richard E. McCoy

    Walter Franklin (voice)

  • Charles A. McCue

    A.E. Staley (voice)

  • Morris Birkhead

    Self - Electrical Engineer, A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co.

  • Nancy Cole

    Emma Staley (voice)

  • Christian McWhirter

    Self - Historian, Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum

  • Laura Jahr

    Self - Director of The Staley Museum

  • Lisa Peters

    Self - Granddaughter & Grand Niece of Decatur Staley's Players

  • Randy Garner

    Self - Great Nephew of A.E. Staley

  • Natalie Beck

    Self - President & CEO, Community Foundation of Macon Georgia

  • Jerry Johnson

    C.D. Lyon (voice)

  • Devin Leming

    Wabash Railroad Conductor

  • Lesley Nicholson

    Housekeeper

  • Michelle Tebrugge

    Train Passenger

  • William Deetz

    Self - Great Grandson of G.E. Chamberlain

  • Erik Strohl

    Self - National Baseball Hall of Fame

  • Warren Dixon

    Self - Chairman Patterson Cottage Museum

  • Claire Wright

    Train Passenger

  • Richard Lindberg

    Self - Author & Historian

  • Justin Conn

    Self - Regional Editor, Herald & Review

  • Michael Pittman

    Self - Former Pitcher, Springfield Illinois Cardinals

  • Mark Staley

    A.E. Staley

  • Michael Krcil

    Wabash Railroad Secretary

  • Duane Noland

    Self - Former Illionois Senator & Representative

  • Patrick A. Foster

    Ed Scheiter (voice)

  • Sean Streaty

    Self - News Anchor WAND-TV

  • James Groome

    Self - Former Pastor, Shiloh United Methodist Church

  • Shelley Wooters

    Self - Daughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee

  • Mary Jo Brace

    Self - Granddaughter of A.E. Staley Manufacturing Co. Employee

  • Mark Sorenson

    Self - Historian

  • Dennis Rendleman

    Adolph Mueller (voice)

  • Julie Moore-Wolfe

    Self - Mayor, City of Decatur, IL

  • Stephen Potter

    Staley Rail Engineer

  • Thomas W. Hanks

    Direct descendant of Nancy Hanks Lincoln

  • Robert Staley

    Self - Grandson of A.E. Staley

  • Chad Richards

    Self - Board Member, Masonic Temple Decatur, IL