Walter Cronkite

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Walter Cronkite

Acting November 4, 1916

St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

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). Durin…

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Apollo 13

Apollo 13

7.5 1995 Movie
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

6.5 2019 Movie
Milk

Milk

7.2 2008 Movie
The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

5.8 1961 TV Show
Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

7.3 1993 TV Show
Thirteen Days

Thirteen Days

7.0 2000 Movie
Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

7.0 1944 TV Show
Apollo 11

Apollo 11

7.9 2019 Movie
Great Performances

Great Performances

6.1 1971 TV Show
The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

6.8 1968 TV Show
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

6.2 2017 Movie
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

7.7 1970 TV Show

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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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  1. 2025
    JFK Assassination: A New Perspective

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2025
    One to One: John & Yoko

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2025
    Sally

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2024
    The White House Effect

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2024
    Hollywood Black

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  6. 2024
    Bad Hostage

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2024
    Apollo 13: Survival

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2023
    JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2022
    Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

    Movie Self (voice) (archive sound)

  10. 2022
    Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2022
    The Janes

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 2022
    The Martha Mitchell Effect

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  13. 2021
    Fiasco

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  14. 2021
    Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

    Movie Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)

  15. 2021
    Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  16. 2020
    The Real Right Stuff

    Movie Self (archive footage)

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  1. 2020
    Whose Vote Counts, Explained

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  2. 2020
    The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2020
    Challenger: The Final Flight

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  4. 2020
    Killing John F. Kennedy

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2019
    Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

    Movie Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

  6. 2019
    Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  7. 2019
    Mike Wallace Is Here

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2019
    Apollo: The Forgotten Films

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2019
    Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 2019
    8 Days: To the Moon and Back

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2019
    Apollo: Missions to the Moon

    Movie Self - CBS News (archive footage)

  12. 2019
    I Am Richard Pryor

    Movie Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

  13. 2019
    Apollo 11

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  14. 2018
    Reversing Roe

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  15. 2018
    Studio 54

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  16. 2018
    Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  17. 2017
    Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

    Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  18. 2017
    The Fabulous Allan Carr

    Movie Self (archive)

  19. 2017
    The Reagan Show

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  20. 2017
    Dateline: Saigon

    Movie Self (archival footage)

  21. 2015
    The Seventies

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  22. 2014
    Led Zeppelin Played Here

    Movie Self - Newscaster (archive footage)

  23. 2014
    The Man Who Saved the World

    Movie Self

  24. 2014
    Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

    Movie Self (archive footage)