Birthday
1916-11-04Place of Birth
St. Joseph, Missouri, USABiography
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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Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
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2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
2019
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2019
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
7.5
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
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2004
Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
2003
5.5
as Self
2003
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
7.4
as Himself (voice)
2002
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
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as Captain Neweyes (voice)
1993