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David Brinkley

Acting
Known For

82 Years Old

David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular Sunday This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election night coverage for ABC News. Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Born

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA on 10th July 1920

Died

11th June 2003

All Credits

NBC Nightly News Image
NBC Nightly News
Whose Vote Counts, Explained Image
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Self (archive footage)
The Sixties Image
The Sixties
Self
The Emmy Awards Image
The Emmy Awards
Self
The Seventies Image
The Seventies
Self
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Self
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Huntley-Brinkley Report
Himself
The Movie Orgy Image
The Movie Orgy
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Image
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Self (archive footage)
Agnelli Image
Agnelli
Self (voice)
Powaqqatsi Image
Powaqqatsi
(archive footage)
4 Little Girls Image
4 Little Girls
Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words Image
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Self (archive footage)
All Power to the People! Image
All Power to the People!
Self (archive footage)
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann Image
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Self - Host
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Self (archive footage)
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Gunsmith of Williamsburg
Narrator