- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 11, 1911
- Place of Birth
- Cardwell, Montana, USA
- Died
- March 20, 1974
Chet Huntley
Huntley began his radio newscast career in 1934 at Seattle's KIRO AM, later working on radio stations in Spokane (KHQ) and Portland. His time (1936–37) in Portland was with KGW-AM, owned by The Oregonian, a Portland daily newspaper. At KGW he was writer, newscaster, and announcer. In 1937 he went to work for KFI in Los Angeles, moving to CBS Radio from 1939 to 1951, then ABC Radio from 1951 to 1955. In 1955, he joined the NBC Radio network, viewed by network executives as "another Ed Murrow". In 1956, coverage of the national political party conventions was a major point of pride for the fledgling broadcast news organizations. NBC News executives were seeking to counter the growing popularity of CBS' Walter Cronkite, who had been a ratings success at the 1952 conventions. They decided to replace their current news anchor, John Cameron Swayze, but there was a disagreement on who the new …
Filmography
movieGloria: In Her Own Words
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991 · Self (archive footage)
tvVanished
1971 · Newscaster
movieFriars Club Roast of Don Rickles
1970 · Self
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieDisneyland Around the Seasons
1966 · Self
movieThe Decision to Drop the Bomb
1965 · Self
NBC White Paper: Angola – Journey to a War
movieNBC White Paper: Angola – Journey to a War
1961 · Self - Narrator
movieSit-In
1960 · Narrator
movieThe Thread of Life
1960 · Himself (opening narration) (voice) (uncredited)
tvKraft Music Hall
1958 · Self
movieThe Bonnie Parker Story
1958 · Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieCry Terror!
1958 · Himself
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
tvTonight Starring Jack Paar
1957 · Self
Huntley-Brinkley Report
tvHuntley-Brinkley Report
1956 · Himself
movieDay the World Ended
1955 · Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
movieMau-Mau
1955 · Narrator
movieExecutive Suite
1954 · Narrator / Voice of Tredway (voice) (uncredited)
movieThe Next Voice You Hear...
1950 · Radio News Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
movieI Cheated the Law
1949 · Himself, Chet Huntley
tvThe Emmy Awards
1949 · Self
movieAnd Ten Thousand More
1949 · Narrator
movieMr. Lucky
1943 · Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
movieFlight for Freedom
1943 · Radio Broadcaster (uncredited)
movieThe Big Street
1942 · Radio Announcer (voice) (uncredited)