David McCullough

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-07-07 (89 years old)

Deathday

2022-08-07

Place of Birth

-

David McCullough

Biography

David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, and the Wright brothers. McCullough also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ke...

Acting

2003

Seabiscuit

as Narrator

1989

The Congress

as Self - Writer / Narrator

1996

The Battle Over Citizen Kane

as Self - Host of The American Experience

1993

The Hurricane of '38

as Narrator (voice)

1992

The Donner Party

as Narrator (voice)

2017

Burden of Genius

as Self – Author, Historian

1997

New York Underground

as Self - Host

1985

The Statue of Liberty

as Self - Historian / Narrator

1981

Brooklyn Bridge

as Self - Narrator (voice)

2000

Napoleon

as Narrator

1985

Huey Long

as Narrator (voice)

1996

The Wright Stuff

as Self - Host

1991

LBJ

as Narrator

1994

FDR

as Narrator

1993

Ike

as Narrator (voice)

2017

The Words That Built America

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1997

Truman

as Self

1994

Midnight Ramble

as Introduction

1995

Chicago 1968

as Self - Host

Production

1995

Truman

as Author

1989

The Congress

as Writer

1981

Brooklyn Bridge

as Script Consultant

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