Walter Cronkite
Acting • Born 1916-11-04 – Died 2009-07-17
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.
Filmography
146 credits
The Movie Orgy
Movie • 1968
Self (archive footage)
Fail Safe
Movie • 2000
Self - Host
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Movie • 2002
Self (voice)
I Am Richard Pryor
Movie • 2019
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
The Dream Is Alive
Movie • 1985
Narrator
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Movie • 2006
Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Man Who Saved the World
Movie • 2014
Self
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Movie • 2014
Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Movie • 1993
Captain Neweyes (voice)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Movie • 2021
Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
Movie • 1998
Host
Milk
Movie • 2008
Self (archive footage)
The Janes
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Movie • 2007
Self
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Movie • 1989
Self - Host
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Movie • 2006
Self
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Movie • 2006
Self
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
Movie • 1993
Self (archive footage)
Reversing Roe
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Movie • 2005
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Self (archive footage)
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Movie • 1988
Self
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Movie • 1981
Self
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Movie • 2006
Self
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Movie • 2013
Self
Night of 100 Stars III
Movie • 1990
Self
Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
Movie • 2003
Self
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Movie • 2019
Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
A Private Battle
Movie • 1980
Self
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
Movie • 2011
Narrator
JFK II: The Bush Connection
Movie • 2003
Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
All the President's Men
Movie • 1976
Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years
Movie • 2005
Host
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Movie • 2022
Self (voice) (archive sound)
Killing John F. Kennedy
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
The Making of an Underground Film
Movie • 1965
Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
Movie • 1999
Self
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Movie • 2004
Self
Why was Cairo Calm
Movie • 1982
Who Shot President Kennedy?
Movie • 1988
Self
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Movie • 2002
Self (uncredited)
An Empire of Reason
Movie • 1988
Self
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
Movie • 2008
Reporter
4 Little Girls
Movie • 1997
Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
S.O.S. Planet
Movie • 2002
Self
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Back to Neverland
Movie • 1989
Walter Cronkite
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
Movie • 1989
Self - Host
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Movie • 1993
Self - CBS News
Amateur Radio Today
Movie • 2003
Self
The Reagan Show
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
Movie • 2004
Self (archive footage)
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Movie
Self
The Incredible Turk
Movie • 1958
Narrator
Apollo 11
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Movie • 2004
Narrator
Studio 54
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Movie • 1990
Self
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Movie • 2018
Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Movie • 2019
Self - CBS News (archive footage)
The Making of 'Network'
Movie • 2006
Self
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
Movie • 2006
Host
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia
Movie • 2001
Narrator
New England Our Way
Movie • 1974
Self
The Price of Liberty
Movie • 1951
Narrator(voice)
SS United States: Made in America
Movie • 2013
Self
SS United States: Lady in Waiting
Movie • 2008
Self
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Nuremberg Trials
Movie • 2006
Self
The Secret of the Wild Child
Movie • 1994
Self
Thirteen Days
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dateline: Saigon
Movie • 2017
Self (archival footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Valentino's Ghost
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
The Real Right Stuff
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Legacy of War
Movie • 2008
Host
Ethel
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
Movie • 2006
Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
All Power to the People!
Movie • 1996
Self (archive footage)
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Movie • 1983
Self - Host
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Movie • 2003
Narrator (voice)
Titanic: Treasure of the Deep
Movie • 1992
Self
Apollo 13: Survival
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Corwin
Movie • 1996
Self
Bad Hostage
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
JFK: Breaking the News
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
On Common Ground
Movie • 2001
Self - Commentator
One to One: John & Yoko
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
Sally
Movie • 2025
Self (archive footage)
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Movie • 1991
Self (archive footage)
Hispanic America
Movie • 1980
Self
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
Movie • 1984
Self - Narrator
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
Movie • 2025
Self (Archive Footage)
The Real Malcolm X
Movie • 1992
Korean War Stories
Movie • 2001
The White House Effect
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Movie • 2012
Self (archive footage)
Network
Movie • 1976
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint
Movie • 1961
Self - Narrator
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Two for the Money
TV • 1952
Liberty's Kids
TV • 2002
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
Climax!
TV • 1954
Self - Narrator (voice)
You Are There
TV • 1953
Self - Host
The Twentieth Century
TV • 1957
The Steve Allen Show
TV • 1956
Self
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
TV • 1970
Walter Cronkite
The Sixties
TV • 2014
Self
The Mike Douglas Show
TV • 1961
Self
War and Civilization
TV • 1998
Self - Narrator
The Ed Sullivan Show
TV • 1948
Self
The American President
TV • 2000
George Washington
The Seventies
TV • 2015
Self
Dinosaur!
TV • 1991
Self - Host
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
TV • 1969
Himself - News Anchor
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
TV • 1996
Self
American Experience
TV • 1988
Self
Murphy Brown
TV • 1988
Walter Cronkite
Fiasco
TV • 2021
Self (archive footage)
CBS Evening News
TV • 1961
Self - Anchor
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
TV • 1985
Self
The Dick Cavett Show
TV • 1968
Self - Guest
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Great Performances
TV • 1971
Self - Host
Challenger: The Final Flight
TV • 2020
Self (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Nominee
American Experience
TV • 1988
Self (archive footage)
Dinah!
TV • 1974
Self
The Wonderful World of Disney
TV • 1954
Self
The Sixties
TV • 2014
Self - CBS News (archive footage)
CBS Evening News
TV • 1961
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
TV • 1978
Self - Master of Ceremonies
American Masters
TV • 1986
Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
The Twentieth Century
TV • 1957
Self - Narrator
HARDtalk
TV • 1997