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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
Character:Self (Archive Footage)
Release Date:08/09/2025
One to One: John & Yoko
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/04/2025
Sally
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/01/2025
The White House Effect
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/08/2024
Bad Hostage
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/06/2024
Apollo 13: Survival
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/03/2024
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/11/2023
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
Character:Self (voice) (archive sound)
Release Date:08/09/2022
The Janes
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:03/05/2022
The Martha Mitchell Effect
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/01/2022
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/08/2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Character:Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Release Date:02/07/2021
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/01/2021
The Real Right Stuff
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/11/2020
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/09/2020
Killing John F. Kennedy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/2020
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
Character:Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Release Date:23/08/2019
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:08/08/2019
Mike Wallace Is Here
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/07/2019
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/07/2019
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/07/2019
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Character:Self - CBS News (archive footage)
Release Date:07/07/2019
I Am Richard Pryor
Character:Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Release Date:12/03/2019
Apollo 11
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/03/2019
Reversing Roe
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/09/2018
Studio 54
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/06/2018
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/03/2018
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:28/09/2017
The Reagan Show
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:22/04/2017
Dateline: Saigon
Character:Self (archival footage)
Release Date:07/03/2017
Led Zeppelin Played Here
Character:Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
Release Date:11/10/2014
The Man Who Saved the World
Character:Self
Release Date:13/08/2014
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:04/08/2014
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/11/2013
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
Character:Self
Release Date:06/11/2013
Valentino's Ghost
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:17/05/2013
SS United States: Made in America
Character:Self
Release Date:01/03/2013
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/09/2012
Ethel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/01/2012
Gloria: In Her Own Words
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/08/2011
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/2011
Milk
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:05/11/2008
SS United States: Lady in Waiting
Character:Self
Release Date:03/05/2008
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
Character:Reporter
Release Date:01/01/2008
Legacy of War
Character:Host
Release Date:01/01/2008
The Pixar Story
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:28/08/2007
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Character:Self
Release Date:31/07/2007
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Character:Self
Release Date:15/09/2006
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
Character:Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
Release Date:05/05/2006
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2006
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2006
The Making of 'Network'
Character:Self
Release Date:28/02/2006
The Nuremberg Trials
Character:Self
Release Date:30/01/2006
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Character:Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:26/01/2006
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
Character:Host
Release Date:14/01/2006
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
Character:
Release Date:19/08/2005
Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years
Character:Host
Release Date:30/05/2005
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
Character:Self
Release Date:20/09/2004
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Character:Narrator
Release Date:03/08/2004
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/06/2004
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:25/11/2003
JFK: Breaking the News
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/11/2003
Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/2003
JFK II: The Bush Connection
Character:Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
Release Date:09/09/2003
Amateur Radio Today
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2003
S.O.S. Planet
Character:Self
Release Date:31/10/2002
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
Character:Self (voice)
Release Date:21/09/2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:05/02/2002
O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia
Character:Narrator
Release Date:25/12/2001
Korean War Stories
Character:
Release Date:27/05/2001
On Common Ground
Character:Self - Commentator
Release Date:01/01/2001
Thirteen Days
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:25/12/2000
Fail Safe
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:09/04/2000
Television: The First Fifty Years
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1999
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
Character:Host
Release Date:01/01/1998
4 Little Girls
Character:Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
Release Date:09/07/1997
Corwin
Character:Self
Release Date:14/06/1996
All Power to the People!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/06/1996
The Secret of the Wild Child
Character:Self
Release Date:18/10/1994
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Character:Captain Neweyes (voice)
Release Date:24/11/1993
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/11/1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Character:Self - CBS News
Release Date:20/01/1993
The Real Malcolm X
Character:
Release Date:18/11/1992
Titanic: Treasure of the Deep
Character:Self
Release Date:15/05/1992
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:13/11/1991
Night of 100 Stars III
Character:Self
Release Date:21/05/1990
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Character:Self
Release Date:16/05/1990
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:26/11/1989
Back to Neverland
Character:Walter Cronkite
Release Date:30/04/1989
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:11/04/1989
Who Shot President Kennedy?
Character:Self
Release Date:22/11/1988
An Empire of Reason
Character:Self
Release Date:03/07/1988
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/1988
The Dream Is Alive
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/06/1985
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:20/06/1984
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:26/04/1983
Why was Cairo Calm
Character:
Release Date:10/08/1982
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
Character:Self
Release Date:12/12/1981
A Private Battle
Character:Self
Release Date:07/10/1980
Hispanic America
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1980
Network
Character:Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Release Date:19/11/1976
All the President's Men
Character:Self (archive sound) (uncredited)
Release Date:09/04/1976
New England Our Way
Character:Self
Release Date:09/12/1974
The Movie Orgy
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1968
The Making of an Underground Film
Character:Self
Release Date:06/09/1965
The Incredible Turk
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/07/1958
The Price of Liberty
Character:Narrator(voice)
Release Date:30/07/1951
Television Appearances
Fiasco
Character:Self (archive footage)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Character:Self (archive footage)
Challenger: The Final Flight
Character:Self (archive footage)
The Seventies
Character:Self
The Sixties
Character:Self
The Sixties
Character:Self - CBS News (archive footage)
Liberty's Kids
Character:Benjamin Franklin (voice)
The American President
Character:George Washington
War and Civilization
Character:Self - Narrator
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Character:Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Character:Self - Guest
Dinosaur!
Character:Self - Host
Murphy Brown
Character:Walter Cronkite
American Experience
Character:Self
American Experience
Character:Self (archive footage)
American Masters
Character:Self - Interviewee (archive footage)
Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite
Character:Self
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self - Master of Ceremonies
Dinah!
Character:Self
Great Performances
Character:Self - Host
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Character:Walter Cronkite
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
Character:Himself - News Anchor
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
CBS Evening News
Character:Self - Anchor
CBS Evening News
Character:Self
The Twentieth Century
Character:
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Recipient
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
The Wonderful World of Disney
Character:Self
Climax!
Character:Self - Narrator (voice)
You Are There
Character:
Two for the Money
Character:
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
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