1916-11-04 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). 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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One to One: John & Yoko | Self (archive footage) | 2025-04-11 |
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JFK Assassination: A New Perspective | Self (archive footage) | 2025-09-08 |
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Sally | Self (archive footage) | 2025-01-28 |
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Bad Hostage | Self (archive footage) | 2024-06-13 |
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Apollo 13: Survival | Self (archive footage) | 2024-03-08 |
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The White House Effect | Self (archive footage) | 2024-08-31 |
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JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World | Self (archive footage) | 2023-11-22 |
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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues | Self (voice) (archive sound) | 2022-09-08 |
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The Janes | Self (archive footage) | 2022-05-03 |
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The Martha Mitchell Effect | Self (archive footage) | 2022-01-20 |
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Untold: Caitlyn Jenner | Self (archive footage) | 2022-08-24 |
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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy | Self (archive footage) | 2021-01-11 |
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Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) | Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage) | 2021-07-02 |
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The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden | Self (archive footage) | 2020-09-22 |
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Killing John F. Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | 2020-05-24 |
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The Real Right Stuff | Self (archive footage) | 2020-11-20 |
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Apollo 11 | Self (archive footage) | 2019-03-01 |
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L'Homme a mangé la Terre | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-14 |
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Mike Wallace Is Here | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-26 |
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Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool | Self - Anchorman (archive footage) | 2019-08-23 |
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I Am Richard Pryor | Self - Anchorman (archive footage) | 2019-03-12 |
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Apollo: The Forgotten Films | Self (archive footage) | 2019-07-20 |
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | Self (archive footage) | 2019-08-08 |
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Apollo: Missions to the Moon | Self - CBS News (archive footage) | 2019-07-07 |
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media | Self (archive footage) | 2018-03-24 |
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Studio 54 | Self (archive footage) | 2018-06-15 |
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Reversing Roe | Self (archive footage) | 2018-09-01 |
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Dateline: Saigon | Self (archival footage) | 2017-03-07 |
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The Fabulous Allan Carr | Self (archive) | 2017-05-19 |
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2017-09-28 |
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The Reagan Show | Self (archive footage) | 2017-04-22 |
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Led Zeppelin Played Here | Self - Newscaster (archive footage) | 2014-10-11 |
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The Man Who Saved the World | Self | 2014-08-13 |
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words | Self (archive footage) | 2014-08-04 |
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JFK: One PM Central Standard Time | Self (archive footage) | 2013-11-13 |
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Valentino's Ghost | Self (archive footage) | 2013-05-17 |
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SS United States: Made in America | Self | 2013-03-01 |
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Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World | Self | 2013-11-06 |
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Ethel | Self (archive footage) | 2012-01-20 |
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Free Angela and All Political Prisoners | Self (archive footage) | 2012-09-09 |
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Gloria: In Her Own Words | Self (archive footage) | 2011-08-15 |
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Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland | Narrator | 2011-01-01 |
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Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite | Reporter | 2008-01-01 |
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SS United States: Lady in Waiting | Self | 2008-05-03 |
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Milk | Self (archive footage) | 2008-11-05 |
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Legacy of War | Host | 2008-01-01 |
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The Pixar Story | Self (archive footage) | 2007-08-28 |
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War Made Easy | Self (archive footage) | 2007-08-23 |
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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater | Self | 2007-07-31 |
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This Film Is Not Yet Rated | Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2006-01-25 |
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Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story | Host | 2006-01-14 |
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Apollo 13: The Inside Story | Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman | 2006-05-05 |
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Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat | Self | 2006-02-28 |
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The Nuremberg Trials | Self | 2006-01-30 |
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Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire | Self | 2006-02-28 |
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The Making of 'Network' | Self | 2006-02-28 |
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon | Self | 2006-09-15 |
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A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin | 2005-08-19 | |
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Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years | Host | 2005-05-30 |
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America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir | Narrator | 2004-08-03 |
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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy | Self | 2004-09-20 |
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Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power | Self (archive footage) | 2004-06-21 |
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Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty | Narrator (voice) | 2003-11-25 |
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Amateur Radio Today | Self | 2003-01-01 |
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Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite | Self | 2003-10-07 |
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JFK: Breaking the News | Self (archive footage) | 2003-11-19 |
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JFK II: The Bush Connection | Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound) | 2003-09-09 |
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story | Self (uncredited) | 2002-02-05 |
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S.O.S. Planet | Self | 2002-10-31 |
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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Self (voice) | 2002-09-21 |
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On Common Ground | Self - Commentator | 2001-01-01 |
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Korean War Stories | 2001-05-27 | |
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O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia | Narrator | 2001-12-25 |
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Thirteen Days | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2000-12-25 |
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Fail Safe | Self - Host | 2000-04-09 |
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Television: The First Fifty Years | Self | 1999-01-01 |
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Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance | Host | 1998-01-01 |
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4 Little Girls | Self - Special Correspondent CBS News | 1997-07-09 |
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All Power to the People! | Self (archive footage) | 1996-06-01 |
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Corwin | Self | 1996-06-14 |
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The Secret of the Wild Child | Self | 1994-10-18 |
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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Captain Neweyes (voice) | 1993-11-24 |
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy | Self - CBS News | 1993-01-20 |
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As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy | Self (archive footage) | 1993-11-14 |
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Titanic: Treasure of the Deep | Self | 1992-05-15 |
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The Real Malcolm X | 1992-11-18 | |
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The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit | Self (archive footage) | 1991-11-13 |
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Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music | Self | 1990-05-16 |
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Night of 100 Stars III | Self | 1990-05-21 |
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50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration | Self - Host | 1989-11-26 |
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John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation | Self - Host | 1989-04-11 |
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Back to Neverland | Walter Cronkite | 1989-04-30 |
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An Empire of Reason | Self | 1988-07-03 |
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Who Shot President Kennedy? | Self | 1988-11-22 |
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Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration | Self | 1988-05-27 |
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The Dream Is Alive | Narrator | 1985-06-01 |
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J.F.K.: A One-Man Show | Self - Narrator | 1984-06-20 |
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1984 Revisited | Himself | 1983-01-01 |
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I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind | Self - Host | 1983-04-26 |
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Why was Cairo Calm | 1982-08-10 | |
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Walt Disney: One Man's Dream | Self | 1981-12-12 |
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Hispanic America | Self | 1980-01-01 |
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A Private Battle | Self | 1980-10-07 |
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Network | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1976-11-27 |
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All the President's Men | Self (archive sound) (uncredited) | 1976-04-09 |
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New England Our Way | Self | 1974-12-09 |
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The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | 1968-01-01 |
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The Making of an Underground Film | Self | 1965-09-06 |
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CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint | Self - Narrator | 1961-11-30 |
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The Incredible Turk | Narrator | 1958-07-01 |
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The Price of Liberty | Narrator(voice) | 1951-07-30 |
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Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 | Self |
