Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1916-11-04
Day of Death
2009-07-17
Place of Birth
St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
Walter Cronkite
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.
Filmography (110)
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
2025
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
Sally
2025
The White House Effect
2024
Bad Hostage
2024
Apollo 13: Survival
2024
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
2023
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
The Janes
2022
The Martha Mitchell Effect
2022
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
The Real Right Stuff
2020
