Filmography
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Known For
Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776 Benjamin Franklin (2002-2003) -
Cronkite Remembers Producer (1997) -
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Captain Neweyes (1993) -
Known For
The Twentieth Century Narrator / Self - Host / Self - Narrator / Self - Reporter / Self - Host and Narrator / Narrator (voice) (1957-1966) -
Actor
Liberty's Kids: Est. 1776 Benjamin Franklin (2002-2003)
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Murphy Brown Walter Cronkite (1993-1997) -
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story Captain Neweyes (1993)
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Spaceship Earth 2nd Edition Narrator - 1986-1994 (1982) -
Armstrong Circle Theatre Narrator (1959) -
Actor
You Are There Narrator (1954-1956) -
Producer
Great Books (2000) -
Understanding (1998) -
Cronkite Remembers (1997)
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Producer
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WriterWalter Cronkite at Large (1987)
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WriterFriends of Mr. Churchill (1965)
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Archive footage
![The Reagans]( "The Reagans")
The Reagans (2020) -
![Greg Kelly Reports]( "Greg Kelly Reports")
Greg Kelly Reports (2020) -
![The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]( "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert")
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![Whose Vote Counts, Explained]( "Whose Vote Counts, Explained")
Whose Vote Counts, Explained (2020) -
![CBS News Sunday Morning]( "CBS News Sunday Morning")
CBS News Sunday Morning (2018-2020) -
![The Trial of the Chicago 7]( "The Trial of the Chicago 7")
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020) -
![The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden]( "The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden")
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![The Mystery of D.B. Cooper]( "The Mystery of D.B. Cooper")
The Mystery of D.B. Cooper (2020) -
![Divided Hearts of America]( "Divided Hearts of America")
Divided Hearts of America (2020) -
![Challenger: The Final Flight]( "Challenger: The Final Flight")
Challenger: The Final Flight (2020) -
![Big Fears Little Risks]( "Big Fears Little Risks")
Big Fears Little Risks (2020) -
![Helter Skelter: An American Myth]( "Helter Skelter: An American Myth")
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![Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth]( "Jay Sebring....Cutting to the Truth")
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![The Most Dangerous Animal of All]( "The Most Dangerous Animal of All")
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![Unabomber: In His Own Words]( "Unabomber: In His Own Words")
Unabomber: In His Own Words (2020) -
![Visible: Out on Television]( "Visible: Out on Television")
Visible: Out on Television (2020) -
![For All Mankind]( "For All Mankind")
For All Mankind (2019) -
![Apollo: The Forgotten Films]( "Apollo: The Forgotten Films")
Apollo: The Forgotten Films (2019) -
![Apollo: Missions to the Moon]( "Apollo: Missions to the Moon")
Apollo: Missions to the Moon (2019) -
![1969]( "1969")
1969 (2019) -
![Tricky Dick]( "Tricky Dick")
Tricky Dick (2019) -
![Endeavour]( "Endeavour")
Endeavour (2019) -
![American Masters]( "American Masters")
American Masters (2019) -
![Mike Wallace Is Here]( "Mike Wallace Is Here")
Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) -
![Where's My Roy Cohn?]( "Where's My Roy Cohn?")
Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019) -
![Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes]( "Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes")
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![Apollo 11]( "Apollo 11")
Apollo 11 (2019) -
![ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black]( "ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black")
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![Reversing Roe]( "Reversing Roe")
Reversing Roe (2018) -
![Explained]( "Explained")
Explained (2018) -
![1968: The Year That Changed America]( "1968: The Year That Changed America")
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![Bobby Kennedy for President]( "Bobby Kennedy for President")
Bobby Kennedy for President (2018) -
![Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media]( "Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media")
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![Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders]( "Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders")
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![7 Days in Entebbe]( "7 Days in Entebbe")
7 Days in Entebbe (2018) -
![The Michael Knowles Show]( "The Michael Knowles Show")
The Michael Knowles Show (2018) -
![The Radical Story of Patty Hearst]( "The Radical Story of Patty Hearst")
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![Studio 54]( "Studio 54")
Studio 54 (2018) -
![The Post]( "The Post")
The Post (2017) -
![Eye on the World: The Rise of Walter Cronkite and the Evening News]( "Eye on the World: The Rise of Walter Cronkite and the Evening News")
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![Through the Decades]( "Through the Decades")
Through the Decades (2017) -
![Through the Decades: Bill Kurtis]( "Through the Decades: Bill Kurtis")
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![The Vietnam War]( "The Vietnam War")
The Vietnam War (2017) -
![American Riots]( "American Riots")
American Riots (2017) -
![Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House]( "Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House")
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![The Fabulous Allan Carr]( "The Fabulous Allan Carr")
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017) -
![Superheroes Decoded]( "Superheroes Decoded")
Superheroes Decoded (2017) -
![Get Me Roger Stone]( "Get Me Roger Stone")
Get Me Roger Stone (2017) -
![Michael Jackson What If?]( "Michael Jackson What If?")
Michael Jackson What If? (2017) -
![13th]( "13th")
13th (2016) -
![Frontline]( "Frontline")
Frontline (2016) -
![LBJ]( "LBJ")
LBJ (2016) -
![Original Sin: Sex]( "Original Sin: Sex")
Original Sin: Sex (2016) -
![The Eighties]( "The Eighties")
The Eighties (2016) -
![All the Way]( "All the Way")
All the Way (2016) -
![60 Minutes]( "60 Minutes")
60 Minutes (1996-2016) -
![Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices]( "Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices")
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![I Remember Herb Caen]( "I Remember Herb Caen")
I Remember Herb Caen (2016) -
![Loving Henri]( "Loving Henri")
Loving Henri (2016) -
![Tower]( "Tower")
Tower (2016) -
![The Seventies]( "The Seventies")
The Seventies (2015) -
![Conspiracy Theorists Lie]( "Conspiracy Theorists Lie")
Conspiracy Theorists Lie (2015) -
![Sinatra: All or Nothing at All]( "Sinatra: All or Nothing at All")
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![Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal]( "Best of Enemies: Buckley vs. Vidal")
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![What Happened, Miss Simone?]( "What Happened, Miss Simone?")
What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) -
![Retro Report]( "Retro Report")
Retro Report (2014) -
![Led Zeppelin Played Here]( "Led Zeppelin Played Here")
Led Zeppelin Played Here (2014) -
![Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll]( "Don't Think I've Forgotten: Cambodia's Lost Rock and Roll")
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![Stossel]( "Stossel")
Stossel (2014) -
![The Sixties]( "The Sixties")
The Sixties (2014) -
![Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words]( "Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words")
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![The 50 Year Argument]( "The 50 Year Argument")
The 50 Year Argument (2014) -
![American Experience]( "American Experience")
American Experience (2005-2014) -
JFK: News of a Shooting (2013)
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![Sport in America: Our Defining Stories]( "Sport in America: Our Defining Stories")
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![Secrets of the Dead]( "Secrets of the Dead")
Secrets of the Dead (2013) -
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![Khrushchev Does America]( "Khrushchev Does America")
Khrushchev Does America (2013) -
![Dallas, une journée particulière]( "Dallas, une journée particulière")
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![Our Man in Tehran]( "Our Man in Tehran")
Our Man in Tehran (2013) -
![Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom]( "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom")
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![The Fifth Estate]( "The Fifth Estate")
The Fifth Estate (2013) -
![Lee Daniels' The Butler]( "Lee Daniels' The Butler")
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) -
![The Battle of the Sexes]( "The Battle of the Sexes")
The Battle of the Sexes (2013) -
![Moyers & Company]( "Moyers & Company")
Moyers & Company (2013) -
![Our Nixon]( "Our Nixon")
Our Nixon (2013) -
![Lovelace]( "Lovelace")
Lovelace (2013) -
![The Untold History of the United States]( "The Untold History of the United States")
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![Valentino's Ghost]( "Valentino's Ghost")
Valentino's Ghost (2012) -
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![Ethel]( "Ethel")
Ethel (2012) -
![Gloria: In Her Own Words]( "Gloria: In Her Own Words")
Gloria: In Her Own Words (2011) -
![Transformers: Dark of the Moon]( "Transformers: Dark of the Moon")
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![Super 8]( "Super 8")
Super 8 (2011) -
![Doctor Who]( "Doctor Who")
Doctor Who (2011) -
![The Kennedys]( "The Kennedys")
The Kennedys (2011) -
![Kennedys' Home Movies]( "Kennedys' Home Movies")
Kennedys' Home Movies (2011) -
![Reagan]( "Reagan")
Reagan (2011) -
![Lombardi]( "Lombardi")
Lombardi (2010) -
![30 for 30]( "30 for 30")
30 for 30 (2010) -
![The Kennedy Detail]( "The Kennedy Detail")
The Kennedy Detail (2010) -
![Have You Heard from Johannesburg: The Bottom Line]( "Have You Heard from Johannesburg: The Bottom Line")
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![Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals]( "Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals")
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![The Second Dallas]( "The Second Dallas")
The Second Dallas (2009) -
![Inside Edition]( "Inside Edition")
Inside Edition (2009) -
![Entertainment Tonight]( "Entertainment Tonight")
Entertainment Tonight (2009) -
![Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me]( "Johnny Mercer: The Dream's on Me")
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![Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack Obama]( "Fall of the Republic: The Presidency of Barack Obama")
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![The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After]( "The Kennedy Assassination: 24 Hours After")
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![JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America]( "JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America")
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![The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards]( "The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards")
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![Huxley on Huxley]( "Huxley on Huxley")
Huxley on Huxley (2009) -
![Double Take]( "Double Take")
Double Take (2009) -
![The Shock Doctrine]( "The Shock Doctrine")
The Shock Doctrine (2009) -
![Iran and the West]( "Iran and the West")
Iran and the West (2009) -
![Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories]( "Frame 313: The JFK Assassination Theories")
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![Cold Case]( "Cold Case")
Cold Case (2008) -
![Milk]( "Milk")
Milk (2008) -
![Frost/Nixon]( "Frost/Nixon")
Frost/Nixon (2008) -
![An American Affair]( "An American Affair")
An American Affair (2008) -
![When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions]( "When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions")
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![Chelsea on the Rocks]( "Chelsea on the Rocks")
Chelsea on the Rocks (2008) -
![Killer at Large]( "Killer at Large")
Killer at Large (2008) -
![1968 with Tom Brokaw]( "1968 with Tom Brokaw")
1968 with Tom Brokaw (2007) -
![Across the River to Motor City]( "Across the River to Motor City")
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Secrets of the Moon Landings (2007)
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![Mr. Untouchable]( "Mr. Untouchable")
Mr. Untouchable (2007) -
![Oswald's Ghost]( "Oswald's Ghost")
Oswald's Ghost (2007) -
![Twentieth Century Battlefields]( "Twentieth Century Battlefields")
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![Situation Critical]( "Situation Critical")
Situation Critical (2007) -
![Sputnik Fever]( "Sputnik Fever")
Sputnik Fever (2007) -
![War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death]( "War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death")
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![Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone]( "Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone")
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![ITV Morning News]( "ITV Morning News")
ITV Morning News (2007) -
![In the Shadow of the Moon]( "In the Shadow of the Moon")
In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) -
![Chicago 10]( "Chicago 10")
Chicago 10 (2007) -
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![20 to 1]( "20 to 1")
20 to 1 (2006) -
![This Film Is Not Yet Rated]( "This Film Is Not Yet Rated")
This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) -
![Sir! No Sir!]( "Sir! No Sir!")
Sir! No Sir! (2005) -
![Inside Deep Throat]( "Inside Deep Throat")
Inside Deep Throat (2005) -
![Call It Democracy]( "Call It Democracy")
Call It Democracy (2005) -
JFK: Breaking the News (2004)
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![Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry]( "Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry")
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![Chisholm '72]( "Chisholm '72")
Chisholm '72 (2004) -
![JFK II: The Bush Connection]( "JFK II: The Bush Connection")
JFK II: The Bush Connection (2003) -
![Die Chronik des Nürnberger Prozesses]( "Die Chronik des Nürnberger Prozesses")
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![Out of the Blue]( "Out of the Blue")
Out of the Blue (2003) -
![Brilliant But Cancelled]( "Brilliant But Cancelled")
Brilliant But Cancelled (2002) -
![The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia]( "The True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia")
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![The Star Dreamer]( "The Star Dreamer")
The Star Dreamer (2002) -
![Path to War]( "Path to War")
Path to War (2002) -
![Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years]( "Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years")
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![Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot]( "Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Women of Camelot")
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![Thirteen Days]( "Thirteen Days")
Thirteen Days (2000) -
![The Dish]( "The Dish")
The Dish (2000) -
![Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible]( "Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible")
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![The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation]( "The Source: The Story of the Beats and the Beat Generation")
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![Image of an Assassination: A New Look at the Zapruder Film]( "Image of an Assassination: A New Look at the Zapruder Film")
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![A Bright Shining Lie]( "A Bright Shining Lie")
A Bright Shining Lie (1998) -
![From the Earth to the Moon]( "From the Earth to the Moon")
From the Earth to the Moon (1998) -
![The Hudson Riverkeepers]( "The Hudson Riverkeepers")
The Hudson Riverkeepers (1998) -
![The Long Way Home]( "The Long Way Home")
The Long Way Home (1997) -
![Diagnosis Murder]( "Diagnosis Murder")
Diagnosis Murder (1997) -
![All Power to the People! (The Black Panther Party and Beyond)]( "All Power to the People! (The Black Panther Party and Beyond)")
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![Apollo 13]( "Apollo 13")
Apollo 13 (1995) -
![Fame in the Twentieth Century]( "Fame in the Twentieth Century")
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![The Real Malcolm X]( "The Real Malcolm X")
The Real Malcolm X (1992) -
![Love Field]( "Love Field")
Love Field (1992) -
![The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit]( "The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit")
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![JFK]( "JFK")
JFK (1991) -
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![Kerouac, the Movie]( "Kerouac, the Movie")
Kerouac, the Movie (1984) -
![The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame]( "The 1st TV Academy Hall of Fame")
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![Vietnam: A Television History]( "Vietnam: A Television History")
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Showtime Looks at 1981 (1981)
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![Network]( "Network")
Network (1976) -
![All the President's Men]( "All the President's Men")
All the President's Men (1976) -
![Shampoo]( "Shampoo")
Shampoo (1975) -
Television Land (1971)
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![The Movie Orgy]( "The Movie Orgy")
The Movie Orgy (1968) -
![CBS Reports]( "CBS Reports")
CBS Reports (1963) -
Archive footage
![Inside the Vietnam War]( "Inside the Vietnam War")
Inside the Vietnam War (2008) -
![Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War]( "Sworn to Secrecy: Secrets of War")
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Editorial Department
![Great Books]( "Great Books")
Great Books (1993-2002) -
![Understanding]( "Understanding")
Understanding (1997-2002) -
Editorial Department
![The War of the Worlds: Great Books]( "The War of the Worlds: Great Books")
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![CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite]( "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite")
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Additional Crew
![JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America]( "JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America")
All Filmography
Videos
Did You Know
Trivia
Attended both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions in 1928. The former was on a boy scout field trip and the latter was during a visit to his grandparents in Kansas City.
Quotes
[About President Ford] "Ford was the genuine good fellow well met. He was the guy you wish you had known in college."
Trademark
Always closed his newscasts by saying "And that's the way it is"
Nickname
Walter Wilcox
Star Sign
Scorpio
Personal Details
Born
Walter Leland Cronkite Jr.
St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
Died
(age 92)
Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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