Walter Cronkite
Acting
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Acting Credits
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,...
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Filmography
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Sally
2025
as Self (archive footage)
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The White House Effect
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Apollo 13: Survival
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Janes
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Martha Mitchell Effect
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
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 & Conspiracy
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Fiasco
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Killing John F. Kennedy
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Right Stuff
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Challenger: The Final Flight
2020
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Apollo 11
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
2019
as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as Self (archive footage)
8 Days: To the Moon and Back
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Reversing Roe
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Studio 54
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The Reagan Show
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dateline: Saigon
2017
as Self (archival footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Seventies
2015
as Self
The Man Who Saved the World
2014
as Self
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014
as Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Sixties
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Sixties
2014
as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
2013
as Self
SS United States: Made in America
2013
as Self
Valentino's Ghost
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Ethel
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
2011
as Narrator
Gloria: In Her Own Words
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Milk
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
2008
as Reporter
SS United States: Lady in Waiting
2008
as Self
Legacy of War
2008
as Host
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007
as Self
The Pixar Story
2007
as Self (archive footage)
War Made Easy
2007
as Self (archive footage)
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006
as Self
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006
as Self
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
as Self
The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
2006
as Host
The Nuremberg Trials
2006
as Self
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
2006
as Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years
2005
as Host
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
as Self
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
2004
as Self (archive footage)
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2004
as Narrator
Liberty's Kids - The Boston Tea Party
2004
as Benjamin Franklin
Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
2003
as Self
JFK II: The Bush Connection
2003
as Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
Amateur Radio Today
2003
as Self
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
2003
as Narrator (voice)
JFK: Breaking the News
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
as Self (voice)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
as Self (uncredited)
S.O.S. Planet
2002
as Self
Liberty's Kids
2002
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia
2001
as Narrator
On Common Ground
2001
as Self - Commentator
Korean War Stories
2001
Fail Safe
2000
as Self - Host
Thirteen Days
2000
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The American President
2000
as George Washington
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
1998
as Host
War and Civilization
1998
as Self - Narrator
4 Little Girls
1997
as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
HARDtalk
1997
All Power to the People!
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Corwin
1996
as Self
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
The Secret of the Wild Child
1994
as Self
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
as Captain Neweyes (voice)
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self - CBS News
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Titanic: Treasure of the Deep
1992
as Self
The Real Malcolm X
1992
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
as Self (archive footage)
Dinosaur!
1991
as Self - Host
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990
as Self
Nixon
1990
as Self (archive footage)
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
1989
as Self - Host
Back to Neverland
1989
as Walter Cronkite
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
1989
as Self - Host
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
Who Shot President Kennedy?
1988
as Self
An Empire of Reason
1988
as Self
American Experience
1988
as Self
Murphy Brown
1988
as Walter Cronkite
American Experience
1988
as Self (archive footage)
American Masters
1986
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
The Dream Is Alive
1985
as Narrator
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
1985
as Self
Television
1985
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
1984
as Self - Narrator
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
1983
as Self - Host
1984 Revisited
1983
as Himself
Vietnam: A Television History
1983
as Self (archive footage)
Why was Cairo Calm
1982
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981
as Self
A Private Battle
1980
as Self
Hispanic America
1980
as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
New England Our Way
1974
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
Great Performances
1971
as Self - Host
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Walter Cronkite
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
1969
as Himself - News Anchor
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
The Making of an Underground Film
1965
as Self
World in Action
1963
CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint
1961
as Self - Narrator
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
CBS Evening News
1961
as Self - Anchor
CBS Evening News
1961
as Self
The Incredible Turk
1958
as Narrator
The Twentieth Century
1957
The Twentieth Century
1957
as Self - Narrator
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Climax!
1954
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Self
You Are There
1953
as Self - Host
Two for the Money
1952
The Price of Liberty
1951
as Narrator(voice)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee