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A look at the life of Cecil Gaines, who served eight presidents as the White House's head butler from 1952 to 1986, and had a unique front-row seat as political and racial history was made.
Character :Cecil Gaines
Character :Gloria Gaines
Character :Louis Gaines
Character :Richard Nixon
Character :Nancy Reagan
Character :Carter Wilson
Character :Hattie Pearl
Character :Howard
Character :James Holloway
Character :Cecil Gaines (15)
Character :Cecil Gaines (8)
Character :John F. Kennedy
Character :Thomas Westfall
Character :Annabeth Westfall
Character :Ronald Reagan
Character :Lyndon B. Johnson
Character :Dwight Eisenhower
Character :Carol Hammie
Character :Earl Gaines
Character :Freddie Fallows
Character :Martin Luther King Jr.
Character :Senator Kassebaum
Character :Charlie Gaines (15-18)
Character :Jackie Kennedy
Character :Gina
Character :Eldridge Huggins
Character :Lorraine
Character :Rev. James Lawson
Character :Maynard
Character :Abraham
Character :Mr. Jenkins
Character :R.D. Warner
Character :Charlie Gaines (10)
Character :White Usher
Character :Elroy
Character :Sherman Adams
Character :Herbert Brownell
Character :Olivia
Character :Woolworth Diner Patron #1
Character :Woolworth Diner Patron #2
Character :Caroline Kennedy
Character :Freedom Bus Journalist
Character :Freedom Bus Rider
Character :Helen Holloway
Character :Malcolm X Goer
Character :Pastor
Character :John Ehrlichman
Character :Bob Haldeman
Character :Senator Robertson
Character :Admiral Rochon
Character :Sophie Wilson (uncredited)
Character :Foxy (uncredited)