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.​

Known For

The Mike Douglas Show

Golden Globe Awards

Tony Awards

American Experience

American Experience

Great Performances

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

Climax!

All Movies (112)

• JFK Assassination: A New Perspective2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• One to One: John & Yoko2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Sally2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• The White House Effect2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Bad Hostage2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Apollo 13: Survival2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World2023 · as Self (archive footage)
• Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues2022 · as Self (voice) (archive sound)
• Untold: Caitlyn Jenner2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Janes2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Martha Mitchell Effect2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021 · as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
• Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Real Right Stuff2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Killing John F. Kennedy2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool2019 · as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
• Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mike Wallace Is Here2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Apollo: The Forgotten Films2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Apollo: Missions to the Moon2019 · as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
• I Am Richard Pryor2019 · as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
• Apollo 112019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Reversing Roe2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Studio 542018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House2017 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• The Fabulous Allan Carr2017 · as Self (archive)
• The Reagan Show2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dateline: Saigon2017 · as Self (archival footage)
• Led Zeppelin Played Here2014 · as Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
• The Man Who Saved the World2014 · as Self
• Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• JFK: One PM Central Standard Time2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World2013 · as Self
• Valentino's Ghost2013 · as Self (archive footage)
• SS United States: Made in America2013 · as Self
• Free Angela and All Political Prisoners2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Ethel2012 · as Self (archive footage)
• Gloria: In Her Own Words2011 · as Self (archive footage)
• Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland2011 · as Narrator
• Milk2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• SS United States: Lady in Waiting2008 · as Self
• Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite2008 · as Reporter
• Legacy of War2008 · as Host
• The Pixar Story2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• War Made Easy2007 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater2007 · as Self
• The U.S. vs. John Lennon2006 · as Self
• This Film Is Not Yet Rated2006 · as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Apollo 13: The Inside Story2006 · as Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
• Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat2006 · as Self
• Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire2006 · as Self
• The Making of 'Network'2006 · as Self
• The Nuremberg Trials2006 · as Self
• Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story2006 · as Host
• A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin2005
• Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years2005 · as Host
• Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy2004 · as Self
• America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir2004 · as Narrator
• Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power2004 · as Self (archive footage)
• Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty2003 · as Narrator (voice)
• JFK: Breaking the News2003 · as Self (archive footage)
• Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite2003 · as Self
• JFK II: The Bush Connection2003 · as Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
• Amateur Radio Today2003 · as Self
• S.O.S. Planet2002 · as Self
• Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony2002 · as Self (voice)
• Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story2002 · as Self (uncredited)
• O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia2001 · as Narrator
• Korean War Stories2001
• On Common Ground2001 · as Self - Commentator
• Thirteen Days2000 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Fail Safe2000 · as Self - Host
• Television: The First Fifty Years1999 · as Self
• Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance1998 · as Host
• 4 Little Girls1997 · as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
• Corwin1996 · as Self
• All Power to the People!1996 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Secret of the Wild Child1994 · as Self
• We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story1993 · as Captain Neweyes (voice)
• As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy1993 · as Self (archive footage)
• Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy1993 · as Self - CBS News
• The Real Malcolm X1992
• Titanic: Treasure of the Deep1992 · as Self
• The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit1991 · as Self (archive footage)
• Night of 100 Stars III1990 · as Self
• Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music1990 · as Self
• 50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration1989 · as Self - Host
• Back to Neverland1989 · as Walter Cronkite
• John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation1989 · as Self - Host
• Who Shot President Kennedy?1988 · as Self
• An Empire of Reason1988 · as Self
• Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration1988 · as Self
• The Dream Is Alive1985 · as Narrator
• J.F.K.: A One-Man Show1984 · as Self - Narrator
• I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind1983 · as Self - Host
• 1984 Revisited1983 · as Himself
• Why was Cairo Calm1982
• Walt Disney: One Man's Dream1981 · as Self
• A Private Battle1980 · as Self
• Hispanic America1980 · as Self
• Network1976 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• All the President's Men1976 · as Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
• New England Our Way1974 · as Self
• The Movie Orgy1968 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Making of an Underground Film1965 · as Self
• CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint1961 · as Self - Narrator
• The Incredible Turk1958 · as Narrator
• The Price of Liberty1951 · as Narrator(voice)
• Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11— · as Self

All TV Shows (41)

• Hollywood Black2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Fiasco2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Whose Vote Counts, Explained2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Challenger: The Final Flight2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Seventies2015 · as Self
• The Sixties2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Sixties2014 · as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
• Liberty's Kids2002 · as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
• The American President2000 · as George Washington
• War and Civilization1998 · as Self - Narrator
• HARDtalk1997
• E! True Hollywood Story1996
• The Rosie O'Donnell Show1996 · as Self
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien1993 · as Self - Guest
• Dinosaur!1991 · as Self - Host
• Murphy Brown1988 · as Walter Cronkite
• American Experience1988 · as Self
• American Experience1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• American Masters1986 · as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
• Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite1985 · as Self
• Television1985
• The Kennedy Center Honors1978 · as Self - Master of Ceremonies
• Dinah!1974 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self - Host
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show1970 · as Walter Cronkite
• Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 111969 · as Himself - News Anchor
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• World in Action1963
• The Mike Douglas Show1961 · as Self
• CBS Evening News1961 · as Self - Anchor
• CBS Evening News1961 · as Self
• The Twentieth Century1957
• The Twentieth Century1957 · as Self - Narrator
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self
• Tony Awards1956 · as Self - Presenter
• The Wonderful World of Disney1954 · as Self
• Climax!1954 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• You Are There1953 · as Self - Host
• Two for the Money1952
• The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee