Walter Cronkite
Acting
- Born:
- 1916-11-04
- Died:
- 2009-07-17
- Place of birth:
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
One to One: John & Yoko
Sally
The White House Effect
Hollywood Black
Bad Hostage
Apollo 13: Survival
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
The Janes
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Fiasco
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
The Real Right Stuff
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Challenger: The Final Flight
Killing John F. Kennedy
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Mike Wallace Is Here
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
8 Days: To the Moon and Back
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
I Am Richard Pryor
Apollo 11
Reversing Roe
Studio 54
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
The Fabulous Allan Carr
The Reagan Show
Dateline: Saigon
The Seventies
Led Zeppelin Played Here
The Man Who Saved the World
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
The Sixties
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
JFK
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Valentino's Ghost
SS United States: Made in America
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Ethel
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
Milk
SS United States: Lady in Waiting
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
Legacy of War
The Pixar Story
War Made Easy
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
This Film Is Not Yet Rated