Walter Cronkite
Known for Acting · 151 credits
- Born
- 1916-11-04
- Died
- 2009-07-17
- Place of birth
- St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
- Also known as
- Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr.
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (37)
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
Great Performances
1971
as Self - Host
American Experience
1988
as Self / Self (archive footage)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Murphy Brown
1988
as Walter Cronkite
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1970
as Walter Cronkite
Climax!
1954
as Self - Narrator (voice)
American Masters
1986
as Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
Dinah!
1974
as Self
The Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self
World in Action
1963
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self - Master of Ceremonies
You Are There
1953
as Self - Host
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
as Self
Liberty's Kids
2002
as Benjamin Franklin (voice)
The Twentieth Century
1957
as Self - Narrator
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
HARDtalk
1997
Television
1985
The Sixties
2014
as Self (archive footage) / Self - CBS News (archive footage)
The Seventies
2015
as Self
Challenger: The Final Flight
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
CBS Evening News
1961
as Self - Anchor
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
2020
as Self (archive footage)
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The American President
2000
as George Washington
Two for the Money
1952
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
1969
as Himself - News Anchor
War and Civilization
1998
as Self - Narrator
Fiasco
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Dinosaur!
1991
as Self - Host
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
1985
as Self
Movies (114)
All the President's Men
1976
as Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Network
1976
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Milk
2008
as Self (archive footage)
Thirteen Days
2000
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Dateline: Saigon
2017
as Self (archival footage)
Apollo 13: Survival
2024
as Self (archive footage)
The Pixar Story
2007
as Self (archive footage)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
1993
as Captain Neweyes (voice)
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
2017
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Apollo 11
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
2004
as Self
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Sally
2025
as Self (archive footage)
The White House Effect
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
1990
as Self
Hispanic America
1980
as Self
4 Little Girls
1997
as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
Fail Safe
2000
as Self - Host
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Studio 54
2018
as Self (archive footage)
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
2006
as Self
The Real Malcolm X
1992
1984 Revisited
1983
as Himself
The Real Right Stuff
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Man Who Saved the World
2014
as Self
Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
as Self
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
2022
as Self (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
2019
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
1998
as Host
Led Zeppelin Played Here
2014
as Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
2017
as Self (archive)
Gloria: In Her Own Words
2011
as Self (archive footage)
CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint
1961
as Self - Narrator
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
2019
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
The Incredible Turk
1958
as Narrator
The Dream Is Alive
1985
as Narrator
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
2022
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
1981
as Self
An Empire of Reason
1988
as Self
Reversing Roe
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self - CBS News
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
2004
as Narrator
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
2002
as Self (voice)
New England Our Way
1974
as Self
All Power to the People!
1996
as Self (archive footage)
Titanic: Treasure of the Deep
1992
as Self
Ethel
2012
as Self (archive footage)
The Nuremberg Trials
2006
as Self
On Common Ground
2001
as Self - Commentator
The Making of 'Network'
2006
as Self
Korean War Stories
2001
O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia
2001
as Narrator
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
2019
as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
2020
as Self (archive footage)
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
1984
as Self - Narrator
8 Days: To the Moon and Back
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
1988
as Self
The Janes
2022
as Self (archive footage)
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
2025
as Self (archive footage)
SS United States: Made in America
2013
as Self
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
1983
as Self - Host
Corwin
1996
as Self
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
2008
as Reporter
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990
as Self
Back to Neverland
1989
as Walter Cronkite
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
1989
as Self - Host
Amateur Radio Today
2003
as Self
The Martha Mitchell Effect
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
2002
as Self (uncredited)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
2006
as Self
The Secret of the Wild Child
1994
as Self
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
2011
as Narrator
S.O.S. Planet
2002
as Self
The Price of Liberty
1951
as Narrator(voice)
Killing John F. Kennedy
2020
as Self (archive footage)
JFK: Breaking the News
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007
as Self
JFK II: The Bush Connection
2003
as Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years
2005
as Host
Why was Cairo Calm
1982
Who Shot President Kennedy?
1988
as Self
Valentino's Ghost
2013
as Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
1989
as Self - Host
Nixon
1990
as Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
2006
as Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
The Reagan Show
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
2006
as Self
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
1991
as Self (archive footage)
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
2013
as Self (archive footage)
War Made Easy
2007
as Self (archive footage)
Legacy of War
2008
as Host
SS United States: Lady in Waiting
2008
as Self
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
2005
A Private Battle
1980
as Self
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
2003
as Narrator (voice)
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
2013
as Self
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
1993
as Self (archive footage)
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
2003
as Self
The Making of an Underground Film
1965
as Self
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
2006
as Host
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
as Self
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
2004
as Self (archive footage)
About 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… With 151 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Walter Cronkite has appeared in 114 films and 37 TV shows.
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Most Popular Walter Cronkite Movies
- All the President's Men (1976) — as Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (2019) — as Self (archive footage)
- Network (1976) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Milk (2008) — as Self (archive footage)
- Thirteen Days (2000) — as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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