Portrait of Walter Cronkite

Walter Cronkite

Acting

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.​

Born: November 4, 1916

Place of Birth: St. Joseph, Missouri, USA

Filmography

2025
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective

as Self (Archive Footage)

2025
One to One: John & Yoko

as Self (archive footage)

2025
Sally

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Bad Hostage

as Self (archive footage)

2024
Apollo 13: Survival

as Self (archive footage)

2023
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

as Self (voice) (archive sound)

2022
The Janes

as Self (archive footage)

2022
The Martha Mitchell Effect

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Fiasco

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2020
The Real Right Stuff

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Whose Vote Counts, Explained

as Self (archive footage)

2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Challenger: The Final Flight

as Self (archive footage)

2020
Killing John F. Kennedy

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool

as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

2019
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Mike Wallace Is Here

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Apollo: The Forgotten Films

as Self (archive footage)

2019
2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon

as Self - CBS News (archive footage)

2019
I Am Richard Pryor

as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)

2019
Apollo 11

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Reversing Roe

as Self (archive footage)

2018
Studio 54

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2017
The Reagan Show

as Self (archive footage)

2017
Dateline: Saigon

as Self (archival footage)

2015
2014
Led Zeppelin Played Here

as Self - Newscaster (archive footage)

2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

as Self (archive footage)

2014
2014
The Sixties

as Self - CBS News (archive footage)

2013
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time

as Self (archive footage)

2013
Valentino's Ghost

as Self (archive footage)

2012
Ethel

as Self (archive footage)

2011
Gloria: In Her Own Words

as Self (archive footage)

2008
Milk

as Self (archive footage)

2007
The Pixar Story

as Self (archive footage)

2006
Apollo 13: The Inside Story

as Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman

2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated

as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
JFK: Breaking the News

as Self (archive footage)

2003
JFK II: The Bush Connection

as Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)

2002
2002
Liberty's Kids

as Benjamin Franklin (voice)

2000
Thirteen Days

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000
Fail Safe

as Self - Host

2000
The American President

as George Washington

1997
4 Little Girls

as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News

1996
All Power to the People!

as Self (archive footage)

1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

as Captain Neweyes (voice)

1991
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit

as Self (archive footage)

1991
Dinosaur!

as Self - Host

1989
Back to Neverland

as Walter Cronkite

1988
Murphy Brown

as Walter Cronkite

1988
American Experience

as Self (archive footage)

1985
1980
1980
1976
All the President's Men

as Self (archive sound) (uncredited)

1974
Dinah!

as Self

1971
Great Performances

as Self - Host

1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

as Walter Cronkite

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1968
The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)

1961
CBS Evening News

as Self - Anchor

1961
1958
1956
The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Recipient

1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

1954
Climax!

as Self - Narrator (voice)

1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee