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Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 4, 1916
Died
July 17, 2009
Place of Birth
St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
Also Known As
- Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.
Walter Cronkite
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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.
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Self (Archive Footage)
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
2025
7.1
Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
7.7
Self (archive footage)
Sally
2025
4.8
Self (archive footage)
The White House Effect
2024
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage
2024
7.2
Self (archive footage)
Apollo 13: Survival
2024
6.0
Self (archive footage)
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
2023
6.7
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
5.6
Self (archive footage)
The Janes
2022
6.4
Self (archive footage)
The Martha Mitchell Effect
2022
Credits
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
as Self (Archive Footage)
2025
0.0
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.1
Sally
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.7
The White House Effect
as Self (archive footage)
2024
4.8
Bad Hostage
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.0
Apollo 13: Survival
as Self (archive footage)
2024
7.2
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.0
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
2022
6.7
The Janes
as Self (archive footage)
2022
5.6
The Martha Mitchell Effect
as Self (archive footage)
2022
6.4
Fiasco
as Self (archive footage)
2021
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Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.5
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
2021
7.6
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
as Self (archive footage)
2021
6.8
The Real Right Stuff
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.6
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.5
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.2
Challenger: The Final Flight
as Self (archive footage)
2020
7.1
Killing John F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
2020
6.0
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
2019
7.2
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.5
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
2019
6.5
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.3
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.7
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
2019
7.3
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
2019
6.9
Apollo 11
as Self (archive footage)
2019
7.9
Reversing Roe
as Self (archive footage)
2018
7.3
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
2018
6.4
🎬
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self (archive footage)
2018
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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
6.2
The Reagan Show
as Self (archive footage)
2017
6.5
Dateline: Saigon
as Self (archival footage)
2017
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The Seventies
as Self
2015
7.3
Led Zeppelin Played Here
as Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
2014
8.0
The Man Who Saved the World
as Self
2014
6.8
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2014
7.2
The Sixties
as Self
2014
7.4
The Sixties
as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
2014
7.4
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
as Self (archive footage)
2013
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🎬
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
as Self
2013
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Valentino's Ghost
as Self (archive footage)
2013
5.7
SS United States: Made in America
as Self
2013
8.8
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
as Self (archive footage)
2012
7.1
Ethel
as Self (archive footage)
2012
6.9
Gloria: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
2011
6.7
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
as Narrator
2011
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Milk
as Self (archive footage)
2008
7.2
SS United States: Lady in Waiting
as Self
2008
9.0
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
as Reporter
2008
6.0
🎬
Legacy of War
as Host
2008
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The Pixar Story
as Self (archive footage)
2007
7.6
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2007
6.0
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
as Self
2006
6.7
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
as Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
2006
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Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
as Self
2006
6.0
The Making of 'Network'
as Self
2006
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Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
as Self
2006
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The Nuremberg Trials
as Self
2006
8.0
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
7.1
🎬
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
as Host
2006
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A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
6.3
Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years
as Host
2005
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Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
2004
7.7
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
as Narrator
2004
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Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
as Self (archive footage)
2004
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Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
as Narrator (voice)
2003
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JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)
2003
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Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
as Self
2003
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JFK II: The Bush Connection
as Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
2003
7.0
Amateur Radio Today
as Self
2003
0.0
S.O.S. Planet
as Self
2002
5.5
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
as Self (voice)
2002
6.4
Liberty's Kids
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
2002
7.6
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (uncredited)
2002
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O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia
as Narrator
2001
0.0
🎬
Korean War Stories
2001
10.0
🎬
On Common Ground
as Self - Commentator
2001
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Thirteen Days
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
7.0
Fail Safe
as Self - Host
2000
6.9
The American President
as George Washington
2000
0.0
🎬
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
1999
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🎬
War and Civilization
as Self - Narrator
1998
10.0
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
as Host
1998
0.0
4 Little Girls
as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
1997
7.2
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
🎬
Corwin
as Self
1996
0.0
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
as Self
1996
3.9
All Power to the People!
as Self (archive footage)
1996
5.8
The Secret of the Wild Child
as Self
1994
8.0
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Captain Neweyes (voice)
1993
6.1
🎬
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
1993
0.0
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - CBS News
1993
5.6
The Real Malcolm X
1992
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Titanic: Treasure of the Deep
as Self
1992
8.0
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
as Self (archive footage)
1991
7.7
Dinosaur!
as Self - Host
1991
0.0
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
1990
4.0
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
1990
10.0
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
as Self - Host
1989
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Back to Neverland
as Walter Cronkite
1989
7.0
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
as Self - Host
1989
0.0
Who Shot President Kennedy?
as Self
1988
0.0
Murphy Brown
as Walter Cronkite
1988
6.4
American Experience
as Self
1988
6.9
American Experience
as Self (archive footage)
1988
6.9
An Empire of Reason
as Self
1988
0.0
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
as Self
1988
0.0
American Masters
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
1986
7.5
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
as Self
1985
0.0
The Dream Is Alive
as Narrator
1985
7.5
🎬
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
as Self - Narrator
1984
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🎬
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
as Self - Host
1983
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Why was Cairo Calm
1982
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Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self
1981
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A Private Battle
as Self
1980
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Hispanic America
as Self
1980
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The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
1978
7.4
All the President's Men
as Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
1976
7.7
New England Our Way
as Self
1974
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Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Great Performances
as Self - Host
1971
5.8
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Walter Cronkite
1970
7.6
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
as Himself - News Anchor
1969
9.0
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
6.8
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
6.3
🎬
The Making of an Underground Film
as Self
1965
6.0
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
CBS Evening News
as Self - Anchor
1961
4.9
CBS Evening News
as Self
1961
4.9
The Incredible Turk
as Narrator
1958
8.0
🎬
The Twentieth Century
1957
8.0
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Recipient
1956
5.6
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
5.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
as Self
1954
7.8
Climax!
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1954
3.3
You Are There
1953
5.7
🎬
Two for the Money
1952
0.0
🎬
The Price of Liberty
as Narrator(voice)
1951
0.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
7.2
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
as Self
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