David McCullough
Acting
Born July 7, 1933
Biography
David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, and the Wright brothers. McCullough also narrated n…
Known For · 40 titles
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
60 Minutes
American Experience
The Civil War
Seabiscuit
New York: A Documentary Film
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Napoleon
The Words That Built America
FDR
California Typewriter
Brooklyn Bridge
The Donner Party
Napoleon
Burden of Genius
Smithsonian World
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
David McCullough: Painting with Words
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Truman
The Wright Stuff
The Statue of Liberty
Huey Long
The Congress
America 1900
The World That Moses Built
Seabiscuit: Racing Through History
Midnight Ramble
D-Day Remembered
New York Underground
Rescue at Sea
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
Chicago 1968
Ike
The Hurricane of '38
LBJ
The Wyeths: A Father and His Family