The Cast
We wish to thank the following individuals for appearing in Assassination: Idaho's Trial of the Century.
Primary Cast | |
| Gary Anderson | Clarence Darrow, Defense attorney |
| Matthew Cameron Clark * | Harry Orchard, Repentent assassin |
| R. Douglas Copsey | Edmund Richardson, Defense attorney |
| Keith Couch | Fremont Wood, Presiding judge |
| Marcia Franklin | Ida Crouch Hazlett, Socialist reporter |
| Joe Conley Golden * | James McParland, Pinkerton detective |
| Arthur Glen Hughes | "Big Bill" Haywood, Labor leader on trial |
| Richard Klautsch * | William Borah, Prosecutor |
| Stitch Marker | Narrator of the program |
| Dan Alan Peterson * | James Hawley, Prosecutor |
| Gordon Reinhart | Oscar King Davis, reporter, New York Times |
Expert Commentary | |
| Katherine Aiken - Historian, author of Idaho's Bunker Hill: The Rise and Fall of a Great Mining Company, 1885-1925 | |
| David Grover - Historian, author of Debaters and Dynamiters: The Story of the Haywood Trial | |
| Byron Johnson - Retired Idaho Supreme Court Justice and former defense attorney | |
| John Richards, Jr. - Great-grandson of former governor Frank Steunenberg | |
Additional Cast Members | |
| M.A. Taylor * | Stenographer |
| Dick Allen | Stenographer |
| Victoria Graham | Wife of William Haywood |
| Vern Bisterfeldt | Deputy |
| Mike Sciales | Bailiff |
| Richard Dees | Telegrapher |
| Lynn Allen | Haywood's Mother |
| Heidi Jensen | Haywood's Daughter |
| Rebecca Wendt | Haywood's Daughter |
| John Obenchain | Orchard as older man |
| Bud Yost | Orchard as dynamiter |
| Bruce Reichert | Governor Steunenberg |
The Jury | |
| Randy Barrett | |
| Jan Boles | |
| George Dilley | |
| Gerry Fields | |
| Charles Gill | |
| Kay Johnson | |
| Al Kiler | |
The Press | |
| Gregory Hahn - Idaho Statesman | |
| Jill Kuraitis - NewWest.net | |
| Betsy Russell - Spokesman-Review | |
| Karen Wagoner - Western Canyon Chronicle | |
| Anna Webb - Idaho Statesman | |
Audience Members | |
| Toni Barrett | |
| Bob Bears | |
| Susie Boring-Headlee | |
| Norma Campbell | |
| Jody Clark | |
| Chris Clawson | |
| Pat Cosgrove | |
| Sandy Cosgrove | |
| Ron Crane | |
| Brian Cronin | |
| Bill Crookham | |
| Adelaide Crowne | |
| Lori Durbin | |
| Anne Edwards | |
| Mike Emery | |
| Jared Fairchild | |
| Mia Fereday | |
| Russ Fereday | |
| Ron Fortner | |
| Dan Gearring | |
| Vickey Gearring | |
| Cheryl Griebenow | |
| Marshall Grooms | |
| John Hetinger | |
| David High | |
| Marshall High | |
| Fairy Hitchcock | |
| Kay Hummel | |
| Hans Jensen | |
| Amy Johnson | |
| Byron Johnson | |
| Maeryn Johnston | |
| Joe Kafka | |
| Josephine Kiler | |
| Jay Krajic | |
| Colleen Leone | |
| Danny Lowber | |
| Mike Lynott | |
| Georgia Marshall | |
| Gerry Mattison | |
| Sue Mattison | |
| Pam Minshew | |
| William Morris | |
| John Murphy | |
| Norm Nelson | |
| Dan Peterson | |
| Lynn Ratzlaff | |
| George Rogers | |
| Irene Rosey | |
| Bob Secrist | |
| Judy Secrist | |
| Sylvia Sosoka | |
| Greg Spohn | |
| Floyd Steward | |
| Kathleen Stuppy | |
| Georgie Walker | |
| Zach Wendt | |
| Leonard Williams | |
| Dr. Gordy Williamson | |
| Suzanne Witschen | |
| Bud Yost | |
| Barzy Young | |
| Joe Zimmer | |
| * Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States. | |