Walter Cronkite
Acting
Born November 4, 1916 · 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,…
Known For · 40 titles
The Mike Douglas Show
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Great Performances
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Murphy Brown
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
American Experience
The Dick Cavett Show
Climax!
American Masters
The Steve Allen Show
World in Action
The Ed Sullivan Show
Dinah!
The Kennedy Center Honors
You Are There
The Wonderful World of Disney
All the President's Men
HARDtalk
The Twentieth Century
Liberty's Kids
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
CBS Evening News
Television
Network
The Sixties
Hollywood Black
The Seventies
Challenger: The Final Flight
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Milk
Thirteen Days
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Apollo 11
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
The Pixar Story
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
E! True Hollywood Story