Walter Cronkite

Acting

Born November 4, 1916 — Died July 17, 2009

From St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Also known as Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.

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 n...

Filmography

JFK Assassination: A New Perspective

Self (archive footage)

202510.0

One to One: John & Yoko

Self (archive footage)

20257.2

Sally

Self (archive footage)

20257.7

The White House Effect

Self (archive footage)

20246.1

Bad Hostage

Self (archive footage)

20247.0

Apollo 13: Survival

Self (archive footage)

20247.1

JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World

Self (archive footage)

20236.0

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

Self (voice) (archive sound)

20226.5

Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

Self (archive footage)

20226.7

The Janes

Self (archive footage)

20225.5

The Martha Mitchell Effect

Self (archive footage)

20226.4

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)

20217.6

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

Self (archive footage)

20216.8

The Real Right Stuff

Self (archive footage)

20206.6

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

Self (archive footage)

20207.2

Killing John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

20206.0

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

20197.1

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Self (archive footage)

20196.5

Mike Wallace Is Here

Self (archive footage)

20196.5

Apollo: The Forgotten Films

Self (archive footage)

20197.3

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

Self (archive footage)

20197.7

8 Days: To the Moon and Back

Self (archive footage)

20197.4

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

Self - CBS News (archive footage)

20197.3

I Am Richard Pryor

Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

20196.9

Apollo 11

Self (archive footage)

20197.9

Reversing Roe

Self (archive footage)

20187.3

Studio 54

Self (archive footage)

20186.5

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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

Self (archive footage)

2018

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

20176.2

The Fabulous Allan Carr

Self (archive)

20174.5

The Reagan Show

Self (archive footage)

20176.5

Dateline: Saigon

Self (archival footage)

20178.0

Led Zeppelin Played Here

Self - Newscaster (archive footage)

20148.0

The Man Who Saved the World

Self

20146.8

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Self (archive footage)

20147.2

JFK: One PM Central Standard Time

Self (archive footage)

201310.0

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Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World

Self

2013

Valentino's Ghost

Self (archive footage)

20135.7

SS United States: Made in America

Self

20138.8

Free Angela and All Political Prisoners

Self (archive footage)

20127.1

Ethel

Self (archive footage)

20126.9

Gloria: In Her Own Words

Self (archive footage)

20116.7

Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland

Narrator

2011

Milk

Self (archive footage)

20087.2

SS United States: Lady in Waiting

Self

20089.0

Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite

Reporter

20086.0

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Legacy of War

Host

2008

The Pixar Story

Self (archive footage)

20077.5

War Made Easy

Self (archive footage)

20077.2

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

Self

20076.0

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

Self

20066.7

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

20067.1

Apollo 13: The Inside Story

Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman

20067.0

Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat

Self

20066.0

Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

Self

2006

The Making of 'Network'

Self

2006

The Nuremberg Trials

Self

20068.0

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Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story

Host

2006

A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

20056.4

Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years

Host

2005

Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy

Self

20047.6

America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Narrator

2004

Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

Self (archive footage)

20047.0

Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty

Narrator (voice)

2003

JFK: Breaking the News

Self (archive footage)

200310.0

Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite

Self

2003

JFK II: The Bush Connection

Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)

20037.0

Amateur Radio Today

Self

2003

S.O.S. Planet

Self

20026.7

Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

Self (voice)

20026.5

Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

Self (uncredited)

20027.0

O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia

Narrator

Korean War Stories

On Common Ground

Self - Commentator

2001

Thirteen Days

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

20007.0

Fail Safe

Self - Host

20006.9

—

Television: The First Fifty Years

Self

1999

Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance

Host

1998

4 Little Girls

Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

19977.2

—

Corwin

Self

19965.0

All Power to the People!

Self (archive footage)

19966.3

The Secret of the Wild Child

Self

19948.0

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

Captain Neweyes (voice)

19936.1

—

As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Self - CBS News

19935.8

The Real Malcolm X

19928.0

Titanic: Treasure of the Deep

Self

19928.5

The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

Self (archive footage)

19917.9

Nixon

Self (archive footage)

1990

Night of 100 Stars III

Self

19904.0

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Self

199010.0

50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

Self - Host

19899.0

Back to Neverland

Walter Cronkite

19897.0

John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation

Self - Host

1989

Who Shot President Kennedy?

Self

19888.0

An Empire of Reason

Self

1988

Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration

Self

19888.0

The Dream Is Alive

Narrator

19857.5

—

J.F.K.: A One-Man Show

Self - Narrator

19848.0

—

I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind

Self - Host

198310.0

—

1984 Revisited

Himself

1983

Why was Cairo Calm

1982

Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

Self

1981

A Private Battle

Self

19809.0

Hispanic America

Self

1980

Network

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

19767.8

All the President's Men

Self (archive sound) (uncredited)

19767.7

New England Our Way

Self

1974

The Movie Orgy

Self (archive footage)

19686.7

—

The Making of an Underground Film

Self

19656.0

CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint

Self - Narrator

1961

The Incredible Turk

Narrator

19588.0

—

The Price of Liberty

Narrator(voice)

1951

Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11

Self

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