Walter Cronkite
Born November 04, 1916 (Age: 109)
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St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
Biography
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the death of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, he was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award. Cronkite is well known for his departing catchphrase "And that's the way it is," followed by the date on which the appearance is aired. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Cronkite, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the death of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, he was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award. Cronkite is well known for his departing catchphrase "And that's the way it is," followed by the date on which the appearance is aired.
Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Cronkite, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
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as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
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Age: 104
Killing John F. Kennedy
2020
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 103
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 102
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 100
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
2011
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as Narrator
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Age: 94
Milk
2008
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 92
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007
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as Self
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Age: 90
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
2006
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as Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
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Age: 89
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006
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as Self
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Age: 89
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006
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as Self
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Age: 89
The Making of 'Network'
2006
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as Self
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Age: 89
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
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as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 89
No Image
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
2006
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as Host
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Age: 89
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
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as
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Age: 88
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2004
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as Narrator
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Age: 87
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
2004
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 87
S.O.S. Planet
2002
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as Self
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Age: 85
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
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as Self (voice)
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Age: 85
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 85
Thirteen Days
2000
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 84
Fail Safe
2000
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as Self - Host
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Age: 83
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
1998
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as Host
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Age: 81
4 Little Girls
1997
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as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
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Age: 80
No Image
Corwin
1996
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as Self
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Age: 79
All Power to the People!
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 79
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
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as Captain Neweyes (voice)
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Age: 77
No Image
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
1993
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 77
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
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as Self - CBS News
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Age: 76
The Real Malcolm X
1992
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as
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Age: 76
Titanic: Treasure of the Deep
1992
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as Self
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Age: 75
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 75
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
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as Self
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Age: 73
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990
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as Self
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Age: 73
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
1989
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as Self - Host
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Age: 73
Back to Neverland
1989
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as Walter Cronkite
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Age: 72
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
1989
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as Self - Host
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Age: 72
Who Shot President Kennedy?
1988
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as Self
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Age: 72
An Empire of Reason
1988
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as Self
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Age: 71
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
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as Self
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Age: 71
The Dream Is Alive
1985
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as Narrator
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Age: 68
No Image
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
1984
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 67
No Image
1984 Revisited
1983
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as Himself
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Age: 66
Why was Cairo Calm
1982
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as
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Age: 65
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981
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as Self
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Age: 65
A Private Battle
1980
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as Self
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Age: 63
Hispanic America
1980
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as Self
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Age: 63
Network
1976
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as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Age: 60
All the President's Men
1976
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as Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
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Age: 59
New England Our Way
1974
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as Self
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Age: 58
No Image
The Making of an Underground Film
1965
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as Self
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Age: 48
CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint
1961
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 45
The Incredible Turk
1958
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as Narrator
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Age: 41