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Walter Cronkite
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Died aged 92
Also known asWalter Leland Cronkite, Jr.GenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn04/11/1916Born inSt. Joseph, Missouri, USADied17/07/2009 (aged 92)Died inNew York CityCausestrokeWikidataQ31073 ↗Buried atMount Moriah CemeteryTMDb#83786 ↗

Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981. During the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Cronkite received numerous honors including two Peabody Awards, a George Polk Award, an Emmy Award, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

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Filmography87 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
2025One to One: John & YokoMovieSelf (archive footage)109
2024The White House EffectMovieSelf (archive footage)108
2024Hollywood BlackSeriesSelf (archive footage)108
2024Apollo 13: SurvivalMovieSelf (archive footage)108
2024Bad HostageMovieSelf (archive footage)108
2022Louis Armstrong's Black & BluesMovieSelf (voice) (archive sound)106
2022Untold: Caitlyn JennerMovieSelf (archive footage)106
2021Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & ConspiracyMovieSelf (archive footage)105
2020Whose Vote Counts, ExplainedSeriesSelf (archive footage)104
2020Challenger: The Final FlightSeriesSelf (archive footage)104
2020The Choice 2020: Trump vs. BidenMovieSelf (archive footage)104
2020The Real Right StuffMovieSelf (archive footage)104
2020Killing John F. KennedyMovieSelf (archive footage)104
2019Miles Davis: Birth of the CoolMovieSelf - Anchorman (archive footage)103
2019Mike Wallace Is HereMovieSelf (archive footage)103
2019I Am Richard PryorMovieSelf - Anchorman (archive footage)103
2019Apollo: Missions to the MoonMovieSelf - CBS News (archive footage)103
2019Scary Stories to Tell in the DarkMovieSelf (archive footage)103
20198 Days: To the Moon and BackMovieSelf (archive footage)103
2019Apollo 11MovieSelf (archive footage)103
2018Reversing RoeMovieSelf (archive footage)102
2017The Fabulous Allan CarrMovieSelf (archive)101
2017The Reagan ShowMovieSelf (archive footage)101
2015The SeventiesSeriesSelf99
2014Led Zeppelin Played HereMovieSelf - Newscaster (archive footage)98
2014The SixtiesSeriesSelf (archive footage)98
2013Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the WorldMovieSelf97
2013JFK: One PM Central Standard TimeMovieSelf (archive footage)97
2011Gloria: In Her Own WordsMovieSelf (archive footage)95
2008MilkMovieSelf (archive footage)92
2007The Pixar StoryMovieSelf (archive footage)91
2007War Made EasyMovieSelf (archive footage)91
2006This Film Is Not Yet RatedMovieSelf - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)90
2006Apollo 13: The Inside StoryMovieSelf - CBS Evening News Anchorman90
2005A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman CorwinMovie—89
2004Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black PowerMovieSelf (archive footage)88
2003JFK II: The Bush ConnectionMovieSelf - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)87
2003JFK: Breaking the NewsMovieSelf (archive footage)87
2003Reporting America at WarSeriesSelf87
2002Liberty's KidsSeriesBenjamin Franklin (voice)86
2002Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts StoryMovieSelf (uncredited)86
2002Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part HarmonyMovieSelf (voice)86
2000Thirteen DaysMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)84
2000Fail SafeMovieSelf - Host84
2000The American PresidentSeriesGeorge Washington84
1999Television: The First Fifty YearsMovieSelf83
1997HARDtalkSeries—81
19974 Little GirlsMovieSelf - Special Correspondent CBS News81
1996The Rosie O'Donnell ShowSeriesSelf80
1996CorwinMovieSelf80
1996E! True Hollywood StorySeries—80
1993We're Back! A Dinosaur's StoryMovieCaptain Neweyes (voice)77
1993Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracyMovieSelf - CBS News77
1993Late Night with Conan O'BrienSeriesSelf - Guest77
1992Titanic: Treasure of the DeepMovieSelf76
1991The Beatles: The First U.S. VisitMovieSelf (archive footage)75
1990Night of 100 Stars IIIMovieSelf74
1989John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a NationMovieSelf - Host73
1989Back to NeverlandMovieWalter Cronkite73
1988Murphy BrownSeriesWalter Cronkite72
1988Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday CelebrationMovieSelf72
1988An Empire of ReasonMovieSelf72
1988American ExperienceSeriesSelf72
1986American MastersSeriesSelf - Interviewee (archive footage)70
1985TelevisionSeries—69
1985The Dream Is AliveMovieNarrator69
1982Why was Cairo CalmMovie—66
1981Walt Disney: One Man's DreamMovieSelf65
1980A Private BattleMovieSelf64
1978The Kennedy Center HonorsSeriesSelf - Master of Ceremonies62
1976All the President's MenMovieSelf (archive sound) (uncredited)60
1976NetworkMovieSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)60
1974Dinah!SeriesSelf58
1974New England Our WayMovieSelf58
1970The Mary Tyler Moore ShowSeriesWalter Cronkite54
1968The Movie OrgyMovieSelf (archive footage)52
1968The Dick Cavett ShowSeriesSelf - Guest52
1965The Making of an Underground FilmMovieSelf49
1963World in ActionSeries—47
1961The Mike Douglas ShowSeriesSelf45
1961CBS Evening NewsSeriesSelf45
1958The Incredible TurkMovieNarrator42
1956The Steve Allen ShowSeriesSelf40
1954Climax!SeriesSelf - Narrator (voice)38
1954The Wonderful World of DisneySeriesSelf38
1953You Are ThereSeriesSelf - Host37
1948The Ed Sullivan ShowSeriesSelf32