Walter Cronkite

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-11-04 (93 years old)

Deathday

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....

Acting

1968

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

2000

Fail Safe

as Self - Host

2019

I Am Richard Pryor

as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

1985

2006

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

2014

Led Zeppelin Played Here

as Self - Newscaster (archive footage)

1993

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

as Captain Neweyes (voice)

2008

Milk

as Self (archive footage)

2022

The Janes

as Self (archive footage)

2020

I Am Jackie O

as Self (archive footage)

1993

2018

Reversing Roe

as Self (archive footage)

2008

Chicago 10

as Self (archive footage)

2007

The Pixar Story

as Self (archive footage)

2013

JFK: One PM Central Standard Time

as Self (archive footage)

2023

JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World

as Self (archive footage)

2022

The Martha Mitchell Effect

as Self (archive footage)

2019

Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

1980

2003

JFK II: The Bush Connection

as Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)

1976

All the President's Men

as Self (archive sound) (uncredited)

2019

Apollo: The Forgotten Films

as Self (archive footage)

2022

Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (voice) (archive sound)

2020

Killing John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

2021

Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

as Self (archive footage)

1997

4 Little Girls

as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

2002

2021

1989

Back to Neverland

as Walter Cronkite

2017

The Reagan Show

as Self (archive footage)

2014

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

as Self (archive footage)

1958

2019

Apollo 11

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Studio 54

as Self (archive footage)

2019

2019

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

as Self - CBS News (archive footage)

2019

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

as Self (archive footage)

1951

The Price of Liberty

as Narrator(voice)

2017

Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000

Thirteen Days

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2017

Dateline: Saigon

as Self (archival footage)

2019

Mike Wallace Is Here

as Self (archive footage)

2020

The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Valentino's Ghost

as Self (archive footage)

2020

The Real Right Stuff

as Self (archive footage)

2008

2012

Ethel

as Self (archive footage)

2006

Apollo 13: The Inside Story

as Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman

1996

All Power to the People!

as Self (archive footage)

2011

Gloria: In Her Own Words

as Self (archive footage)

2024

Apollo 13: Survival

as Self (archive footage)

1996

Corwin

as Self

2024

Bad Hostage

as Self (archive footage)

2003

JFK: Breaking the News

as Self (archive footage)

2024

A Complete Unknown

as Self (archive footage)

2001

On Common Ground

as Self - Commentator

2025

One to One: John & Yoko

as Self (archive footage)

2025

Sally

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1995

Apollo 13

as Thanks

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