Walter Cronkite
Born
November 4, 1916
Died
July 17, 2009 (92 years old)
Known For
Acting
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.
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Known For
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
Self (archive footage)
2023
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Self (voice) (archive sound)
2022
The Janes
Self (archive footage)
2022
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Self (archive footage)
2022
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Self (archive footage)
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self (archive footage)
2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Self (archive footage)
2021
I Am Jackie O
Self (archive footage)
2020
Killing John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
2020
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
2019
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
Self (archive footage)
2019
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Self - CBS News (archive footage)
2019
I Am Richard Pryor
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
2019
Apollo 11
Self (archive footage)
2019
Reversing Roe
Self (archive footage)
2018
Studio 54
Self (archive footage)
2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee
Self (archive footage)
2017
The Reagan Show
Self (archive footage)
2017
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
2014
The Man Who Saved the World
Self
2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2014
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
Self (archive footage)
2013
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Self
2013
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
Narrator
2011
Milk
Self (archive footage)
2008
Chicago 10
Self (archive footage)
2008
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
Reporter
2008
The Pixar Story
Self (archive footage)
2007
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Self
2007
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Self
2006
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Self
2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Self
2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years
Host
2005
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Self
2004
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Narrator
2004
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
Self (archive footage)
2004
Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
Self
2003
JFK II: The Bush Connection
Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
2003
Amateur Radio Today
Self
2003
S.O.S. Planet
Self
2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Self (voice)
2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (uncredited)
2002
Fail Safe
Self - Host
2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
Self
1999
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
Host
1998
4 Little Girls
Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
1997
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Captain Neweyes (voice)
1993
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self - CBS News
1993
Night of 100 Stars III
Self
1990
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
1990
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Self - Host
1989
Back to Neverland
Walter Cronkite
1989
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
Self - Host
1989
Who Shot President Kennedy?
Self
1988
An Empire of Reason
Self
1988
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Self
1988
The Dream Is Alive
Narrator
1985
Why was Cairo Calm
1982
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Self
1981
A Private Battle
Self
1980
All the President's Men
Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
1976
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
1968
The Making of an Underground Film
Self
1965
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Self
One to One: John & Yoko
Self (archive footage)
2025
Sally
Self (archive footage)
2025
A Complete Unknown
Self (archive footage)
2024
Bad Hostage
Self (archive footage)
2024
Apollo 13: Survival
Self (archive footage)
2024
Fiasco
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2021
The Real Right Stuff
Self (archive footage)
2020
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Self (archive footage)
2020
Challenger: The Final Flight
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2020
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Self (archive footage)
2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
Self (archive footage)
2019
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
Dateline: Saigon
Self (archival footage)
2017
The Seventies
Self · (8 episodes)
2015
The Sixties
Self · (10 episodes)
2014
The Sixties
Self - CBS News (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2014
Valentino's Ghost
Self (archive footage)
2013
SS United States: Made in America
Self
2013
Ethel
Self (archive footage)
2012
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Self (archive footage)
2011
SS United States: Lady in Waiting
Self
2008
Legacy of War
Host
2008
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
2006
The Making of 'Network'
Self
2006
The Nuremberg Trials
Self
2006
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
Host
2006
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Narrator (voice)
2003
JFK: Breaking the News
Self (archive footage)
2003
Liberty's Kids
Benjamin Franklin (voice) · (40 episodes)
2002
O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia
Narrator
2001
On Common Ground
Self - Commentator
2001
Thirteen Days
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
The American President
George Washington · (10 episodes)
2000
War and Civilization
Self - Narrator · (8 episodes)
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
(0 episode)
1996
Corwin
Self
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Self · (1 episode)
1996
All Power to the People!
Self (archive footage)
1996
The Secret of the Wild Child
Self
1994
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1993
Titanic: Treasure of the Deep
Narrator
1992
Charlie Rose
Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 12/27/96) · (1 episode)
1991
Dinosaur!
Self - Host · (4 episodes)
1991
Murphy Brown
Walter Cronkite · (1 episode)
1988
American Experience
Self · (1 episode)
1988
American Experience
Self (archive footage) · (1 episode)
1988
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
Self · (12 episodes)
1985
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Self - Host
1983
New England Our Way
Self
1974
Dinah!
Self · (1 episode)
1974
Great Performances
Self - Host · (1 episode)
1971
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Walter Cronkite · (1 episode)
1970
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Himself - News Anchor · (9 episodes)
1969
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
1968
CBS Evening News
Self - Anchor · (567 episodes)
1963
The Mike Douglas Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1961
The Incredible Turk
Narrator
1958
The Twentieth Century
(1 episode)
1957
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Recipient · (1 episode)
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1956
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self · (1 episode)
1954
Climax!
Self - Narrator (voice) · (1 episode)
1954
You Are There
(153 episodes)
1953
Two for the Money
(2 episodes)
1952
The Price of Liberty
Narrator(voice)
1951
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self · (2 episodes)
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
1944