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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-11-04 (108 years old)

Place of Birth

St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Walter Cronkite

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.

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Known For

Acting

2024

Apollo 13: Survival as Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage as Self (archive footage)

2023

JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World as Self (archive footage)

2022

The Janes as Self (archive footage)
The Martha Mitchell Effect as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues as Self (voice) (archive sound)

2021

Untold: Caitlyn Jenner as Self (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy as Self (archive footage)
Fiasco as Self (archive footage)

2020

I Am Jackie O as Self (archive footage)
Killing John F. Kennedy as Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden as Self (archive footage)
The Real Right Stuff as Self (archive footage)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained as Self (archive footage)
Challenger: The Final Flight as Self (archive footage)

2019

I Am Richard Pryor as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Apollo: The Forgotten Films as Self (archive footage)
Apollo 11 as Self (archive footage)
Apollo: Missions to the Moon as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)

2018

Reversing Roe as Self (archive footage)
Studio 54 as Self (archive footage)

2017

The Reagan Show as Self (archive footage)
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dateline: Saigon as Self (archival footage)

2015

2014

Led Zeppelin Played Here as Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words as Self (archive footage)
The Sixties as Self

2013

2012

Ethel as Self (archive footage)

2011

2008

Milk as Self (archive footage)
Chicago 10 as Self (archive footage)

2007

2006

2005

2004

2003

JFK II: The Bush Connection as Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)

2002

2001

2000

Fail Safe as Self - Host
Thirteen Days as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The American President as George Washington

1999

1998

1997

4 Little Girls as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

1996

1994

1993

1992

1991

Charlie Rose as Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 12/27/96)
Dinosaur! as Self - Host

1990

1989

1988

1985

1983

1982

1981

1980

1976

All the President's Men as Self (archive sound) (uncredited)

1974

1971

Great Performances as Self - Host

1970

The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Walter Cronkite

1969

1968

The Movie Orgy as Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1965

1961

1958

1957

1956

The Steve Allen Show as Self - Recipient
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

1954

Climax! as Self - Narrator (voice)

1953

1952

1951

The Price of Liberty as Narrator(voice)

1948

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner

1941

CBS Evening News as Self - Anchor

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Crew

1995

Apollo 13 as Thanks