Walter Cronkite
Born in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA — Nov 04 1916• Died Jul 17 2009
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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.,…
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Walter Cronkite's Credits
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Great Performances
Self - Host
American Experience
Self
Climax!
Self - Narrator (voice)
American Masters
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Walter Cronkite
Dinah!
Self
Murphy Brown
Walter Cronkite
The Steve Allen Show
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self - Master of Ceremonies
Apollo 13
Crew
Liberty's Kids
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
You Are There
Self - Host
The Seventies
Self
The Sixties
Self (archive footage)
Milk
Self (archive footage)
Challenger: The Final Flight
Self (archive footage)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Self (archive footage)
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
All the President's Men
Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
Network
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
Self (archive footage)
Thirteen Days
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Captain Neweyes (voice)
Apollo 11
Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
Fiasco
Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
Apollo 13: Survival
Self (archive footage)
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Fail Safe
Self - Host
The American President
George Washington
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
An Empire of Reason
Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
The Man Who Saved the World
Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
Self
The White House Effect
Self (archive footage)
Reversing Roe
Self (archive footage)
War and Civilization
Self - Narrator
The Real Malcolm X
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (uncredited)
The Dream Is Alive
Narrator
Corwin
Self
The Real Right Stuff
Self (archive footage)
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
Sally
Self (archive footage)
Dinosaur!
Self - Host
New England Our Way
Self
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Self (archive footage)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Self
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Self (voice)
Bad Hostage
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Self (archive footage)
4 Little Girls
Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self - CBS News
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Self
The Making of 'Network'
Self
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
Self (Archive Footage)
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Self
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Self (archive footage)
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Self (archive footage)
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Self - CBS News (archive footage)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self
Valentino's Ghost
Self (archive footage)
Back to Neverland
Walter Cronkite
Killing John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Self
JFK: Breaking the News
Self (archive footage)
A Private Battle
Self
Dateline: Saigon
Self (archival footage)
JFK II: The Bush Connection
Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
Self (archive footage)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Self
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
Self - Host
The Janes
Self (archive footage)
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Self (archive footage)
The Nuremberg Trials
Self
Two for the Money
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Self - Host
All Power to the People!
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Self (archive footage)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self (archive footage)
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
Self (archive footage)
Ethel
Self (archive footage)
The Reagan Show
Self (archive footage)
The Secret of the Wild Child
Self
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
S.O.S. Planet
Self
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Narrator (voice)
On Common Ground
Self - Commentator
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Self - Host
CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint
Self - Narrator
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Self
Who Shot President Kennedy?
Self
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
Self (archive footage)
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
Reporter
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
Host
Why was Cairo Calm
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
Self - Narrator
Korean War Stories
Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years
Host
SS United States: Lady in Waiting
Self
Titanic: Treasure of the Deep
Self
Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
Self
The Making of an Underground Film
Self
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
Host
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
Narrator
Amateur Radio Today
Self
The Incredible Turk
Narrator
O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia
Narrator
1984 Revisited
Himself
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Narrator
Hispanic America
Self
Legacy of War
Host
SS United States: Made in America
Self
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Self
The Price of Liberty
Narrator(voice)