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Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Birthday: 1916-11-04 | Place of Birth: St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2020
The Real Right Stuff

as    Self (archive footage)

2019
Apollo 11

as    Self (archive footage)

2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon

as    Self - CBS News (archive footage)

2018
Studio 54

as    Self (archive footage)

2017
The Reagan Show

as    Self (archive footage)

2015
The Seventies

as    Self

2014
The Sixties

as    Self

2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

as    Self (archive footage)

2013
Valentino's Ghost

as    Self (archive footage)

2012
Ethel

as    Self (archive footage)

2002
2000
Fail Safe

as    Self - Host

1994
1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

as    Captain Neweyes (voice)