- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 4, 1916
- Place of Birth
- St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
- Died
- July 17, 2009
Walter Cronkite
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 th…
Filmography
movieJFK Assassination: A New Perspective
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieOne to One: John & Yoko
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieSally
2025 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe White House Effect
2024 · Self (archive footage)
tvHollywood Black
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieBad Hostage
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieApollo 13: Survival
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieJFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
2023 · Self (archive footage)
movieLouis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022 · Self (voice) (archive sound)
movieUntold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Janes
2022 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Martha Mitchell Effect
2022 · Self (archive footage)
tvFiasco
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieSummer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021 · Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
movieCrack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Real Right Stuff
2020 · Self (archive footage)
tvWhose Vote Counts, Explained
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020 · Self (archive footage)
tvChallenger: The Final Flight
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieKilling John F. Kennedy
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieMiles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019 · Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
movieScary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieMike Wallace Is Here
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieApollo: The Forgotten Films
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieBreakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieApollo: Missions to the Moon
2019 · Self - CBS News (archive footage)
movieI Am Richard Pryor
2019 · Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
movieApollo 11
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieReversing Roe
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieStudio 54
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieMark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Fabulous Allan Carr
2017 · Self (archive)
movieThe Reagan Show
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieDateline: Saigon
2017 · Self (archival footage)
tvThe Seventies
2015 · Self
movieLed Zeppelin Played Here
2014 · Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
movieThe Man Who Saved the World
2014 · Self
movieNixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014 · Self (archive footage)
tvThe Sixties
2014 · Self (archive footage), Self - CBS News (archive footage)
movieJFK: One PM Central Standard Time
2013 · Self (archive footage)
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
2013 · Self
movieValentino's Ghost
2013 · Self (archive footage)
movieSS United States: Made in America
2013 · Self
movieFree Angela and All Political Prisoners
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieEthel
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieGloria: In Her Own Words
2011 · Self (archive footage)
movieHome Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
2011 · Narrator
movieMilk
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieSS United States: Lady in Waiting
2008 · Self
movieMan on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
2008 · Reporter
Legacy of War
2008 · Host
movieThe Pixar Story
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieWar Made Easy
2007 · Self (archive footage)
movieMr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007 · Self
movieThe U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006 · Self
movieThis Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006 · Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieApollo 13: The Inside Story
2006 · Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
movieOut of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006 · Self
movieWoodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006 · Self
movieThe Making of 'Network'
2006 · Self
movieThe Nuremberg Trials
2006 · Self
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
2006 · Host
movieA Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
movieEdward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years
2005 · Host
movieEmpire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004 · Self
movieAmerica's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2004 · Narrator
movieNegroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
2004 · Self (archive footage)
movieJournalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
2003 · Narrator (voice)
movieJFK: Breaking the News
2003 · Self (archive footage)
movieSilent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
2003 · Self
movieJFK II: The Bush Connection
2003 · Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
movieAmateur Radio Today
2003 · Self
movieS.O.S. Planet
2002 · Self
movieAmandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002 · Self (voice)
tvLiberty's Kids
2002 · Benjamin Franklin (voice)
movieAdded Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002 · Self (uncredited)
movieO Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia
2001 · Narrator
Korean War Stories
2001
On Common Ground
2001 · Self - Commentator
movieThirteen Days
2000 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieFail Safe
2000 · Self - Host
tvThe American President
2000 · George Washington
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999 · Self
War and Civilization
1998 · Self - Narrator
movieSilicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
1998 · Host
movie4 Little Girls
1997 · Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
tvHARDtalk
1997
tvE! True Hollywood Story
1996
Corwin
1996 · Self
tvThe Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996 · Self
movieAll Power to the People!
1996 · Self (archive footage)
movieApollo 13
1995 · Thanks
movieThe Secret of the Wild Child
1994 · Self
movieWe're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993 · Captain Neweyes (voice)
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
1993 · Self (archive footage)
tvLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
movieBeyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993 · Self - CBS News
movieThe Real Malcolm X
1992
movieTitanic: Treasure of the Deep
1992 · Self
movieThe Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991 · Self (archive footage)
tvDinosaur!
1991 · Self - Host
movieNight of 100 Stars III
1990 · Self
movieSing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990 · Self
movie50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
1989 · Self - Host
movieBack to Neverland
1989 · Walter Cronkite
movieJohn F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
1989 · Self - Host
movieWho Shot President Kennedy?
1988 · Self
tvMurphy Brown
1988 · Walter Cronkite
tvAmerican Experience
1988 · Self, Self (archive footage)
movieAn Empire of Reason
1988 · Self
movieIrving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988 · Self
tvAmerican Masters
1986 · Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
tvVietnam War with Walter Cronkite
1985 · Self
movieThe Dream Is Alive
1985 · Narrator
tvTelevision
1985
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
1984 · Self - Narrator
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
1983 · Self - Host
1984 Revisited
1983 · Himself
movieWhy was Cairo Calm
1982
movieWalt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981 · Self
movieA Private Battle
1980 · Self
movieHispanic America
1980 · Self
tvThe Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · Self - Master of Ceremonies
movieNetwork
1976 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieAll the President's Men
1976 · Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
movieNew England Our Way
1974 · Self
tvDinah!
1974 · Self
tvGreat Performances
1971 · Self - Host
tvThe Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970 · Walter Cronkite
tvMan on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
1969 · Himself - News Anchor
tvThe Dick Cavett Show
1968 · Self - Guest
movieThe Movie Orgy
1968 · Self (archive footage)
The Making of an Underground Film
1965 · Self
tvWorld in Action
1963
tvThe Mike Douglas Show
1961 · Self
movieCBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint
1961 · Self - Narrator
tvCBS Evening News
1961 · Self - Anchor
movieThe Incredible Turk
1958 · Narrator
tvThe Twentieth Century
1957 · , Self - Narrator
tvThe Steve Allen Show
1956 · Self
tvTony Awards
1956 · Self - Presenter
tvThe Wonderful World of Disney
1954 · Self
tvClimax!
1954 · Self - Narrator (voice)
tvYou Are There
1953 · Self - Host
Two for the Money
1952
The Price of Liberty
1951 · Narrator(voice)
tvThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee
movieMan on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
— · Self