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.
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Movie Appearances
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
1968
Fail Safe
as Self - Host
2000
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
as Self (voice)
2002
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
2019
The Dream Is Alive
as Narrator
1985
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
The Man Who Saved the World
as Self
2014
Led Zeppelin Played Here
as Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
2014
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Captain Neweyes (voice)
1993
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
2021
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
as Host
1998
Milk
as Self (archive footage)
2008
The Janes
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2007
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
as Self - Host
1989
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
as Self
2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
as Self
2006
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
1993
Reversing Roe
as Self (archive footage)
2018
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
TV Appearances
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
Two for the Money
1952
Liberty's Kids
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
2002
Climax!
as Self - Narrator (voice)
1954
You Are There
as Self - Host
1953
The Twentieth Century
1957
The Steve Allen Show
as Self
1956
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
as Walter Cronkite
1970
The Sixties
as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
War and Civilization
as Self - Narrator
1998