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.
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Filmography
all 143
self 126
Movies 108
TV Shows 35
Narrator 3
Voice 2
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World (2023)
The War on Disco (2023)
The Space Race (2023)
Watergate: High Crimes in the White House (2022)
The Janes (2022)
The Martha Mitchell Effect (2022)
Fiasco (2021)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021)
I Am Jackie O (2020)
The Real Right Stuff (2020)
The Jump (2020)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained (2020)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden (2020)
Challenger: The Final Flight (2020)
Killing John F. Kennedy (2020)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool (2019)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019)
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019)
Apollo: The Forgotten Films (2019)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (2019)
Apollo: Missions to the Moon (2019)
I Am Richard Pryor (2019)
Apollo 11 (2019)
Reversing Roe (2018)
Studio 54 (2018)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018)
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee (2017)
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (2017)
The Reagan Show (2017)
Dateline: Saigon (2017)
Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices (2016)
Conspiracy Theorists Lie (2015)
The Seventies (2015)
Led Zeppelin Played Here (2014)
The Man Who Saved the World (2014)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words (2014)
The Sixties (2014)
Dallas, une journée particulière (2013)
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time (2013)
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World (2013)
Valentino's Ghost (2013)
SS United States: Made in America (2013)
Finding the Footprints: A Look Back at Mise Éire (2012)
Ethel (2012)
Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011)
The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After (2009)
Huxley on Huxley (2009)
Milk (2008)
SS United States: Lady in Waiting (2008)
Chicago 10 (2008)
Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories (2008)
Legacy of War (2008)
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite (2008)
L'altra Dalla - Chi ha ucciso RFK? (2007)
Mr. Untouchable (2007)
The Pixar Story (2007)
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater (2007)
Silent Wings: The American Glider Pilots of World War II (2007)
Görings letzte Schlacht - Das Tribunal von Nürnberg (2006)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon (2006)
Apollo 13: The Inside Story (2006)
The Making of 'Network' (2006)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire (2006)
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat (2006)
American Experience: The Nuremberg Trials (2006)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story (2006)
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin (2005)
Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years (2005)
The Presidents (2005)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy (2004)
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir (2004)
Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004)
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power (2004)
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004)
Reporting America at War (2003)
Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite (2003)
Wright Brothers: First in Flight (2003)
JFK II: The Bush Connection (2003)
Amateur Radio Today (2003)
S.O.S. Planet (2002)
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2002)
Liberty's Kids (2002)
O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia (2001)
Korean War Stories (2001)
Thirteen Days (2000)
Here's to You, Charlie Brown: 50 Great Years (2000)
The American President (2000)
Fail Safe (2000)
Good Grief, Charlie Brown: A Tribute to Charles Schulz (2000)
War and Civilization (1998)
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance (1998)
4 Little Girls (1997)
The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996)
All Power to the People! (1996)
20th Century with Mike Wallace (1995)
Apollo 13 (1995)
The Secret of the Wild Child (1994)
Ape Man: The Story of Human Evolution (1994)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy (1993)
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1992)
Charlie Rose (1991)
Dinosaur! (1991)
Night of 100 Stars III (1990)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990)
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration (1989)
Back to Neverland (1989)
Murphy Brown (1988)
American Experience (1988)
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration (1988)
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite (1985)
The Dream Is Alive (1985)
Spaceflight (1985)
Television (1985)
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind (1983)
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream (1981)
A Private Battle (1980)
All the President's Men (1976)
New England Our Way (1974)
Four More Years (1972)
Great Performances (1971)
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970)
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11 (1969)
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
The Movie Orgy (1968)
The Making of an Underground Film (1965)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
The Incredible Turk (1958)
The Twentieth Century (1957)
Air Power (1956)
The Steve Allen Show (1956)
Tony Awards (1956)
Climax! (1954)
You Are There (1953)
Two for the Money (1952)
The Price of Liberty (1951)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
CBS Evening News with Norah O'Donnell (1941)
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Corwin
JFK: Breaking the News
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1916-11-04
Deathday2009-07-17 (92 years old)
Birth NameWalter Leland Cronkite, Jr.
Birth PlaceSt. Joseph, United States of America
ReligionEpiscopal Church
Height
ChildrenKathy Cronkite
FatherWalter Leland Cronkite
MotherHelen Fritsch
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsWalter Leland Cronkite, Jr.
AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech, Great Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Library of Congress Living Legend, Edward R. Murrow Award, Nierenberg Prize, George Polk Award, Peabody Awards, Evelyn F. Burkey Award, Trustees Award, International Space Hall of Fame, Ischia International Journalism Award, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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