David McCullough
Acting • Born 1933-07-07 – Died 2022-08-07
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 Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and he hosted the PBS television documentary series American Experience for twelve years. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize–winning books—Truman and John Adams.—were adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively.
Filmography
40 credits
Seabiscuit
Movie • 2003
Narrator
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
Movie • 1984
Narrator (voice)
The Congress
Movie • 1989
Self - Writer / Narrator
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Movie • 1996
Self - Host of The American Experience
The Donner Party
Movie • 1992
Narrator (voice)
The Hurricane of '38
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice)
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Featuring Natalie Cole
Movie • 2010
Self
David McCullough: Painting with Words
Movie • 2008
Self
Burden of Genius
Movie • 2017
Self – Author, Historian
New York Underground
Movie • 1997
Self - Host
The Statue of Liberty
Movie • 1985
Self - Historian / Narrator
Brooklyn Bridge
Movie • 1981
Self - Narrator (voice)
Napoleon
Movie • 2000
Narrator
California Typewriter
Movie • 2017
Self
Huey Long
Movie • 1985
Narrator (voice)
The Wyeths: A Father and His Family
Movie • 1986
Self
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
Movie • 1992
Host
The Wright Stuff
Movie • 1996
Self - Host
LBJ
Movie • 1991
Narrator
FDR
Movie • 1994
Narrator
Ike
Movie • 1993
Narrator (voice)
The Words That Built America
Movie • 2017
Self - Narrator (voice)
The World That Moses Built
Movie • 1989
Narrator
Truman
Movie • 1997
Self
Midnight Ramble
Movie • 1994
Introduction
Chicago 1968
Movie • 1995
Self - Host
Seabiscuit: Racing Through History
Movie • 2003
Self
'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
Movie • 2003
Self
Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Movie • 2003
Self
D-Day Remembered
Movie • 1994
Self - Narrator
The Daily Show
TV • 1996
Self
The Colbert Report
TV • 2005
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self
The Civil War
TV • 1990
Narrator
New York: A Documentary Film
TV • 1999
Self - Commentator
Napoleon
TV • 2000
Self - Narrator (voice)
American Experience
TV • 1988
Narrator (voice)
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
TV • 2014
Self - Historian
Smithsonian World
TV • 1984
Self - Host
American Experience
TV • 1988
Host