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David Brinkley
Born 1920-07-10Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
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.
Screen work
Movies & roles
Breakdown: 1975Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaSelf (archive footage)AgnelliSelf (voice)Nixon by Nixon: In His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicSelf (archive footage)4 Little GirlsSelf - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)The Trial of Adolf EichmannSelf - HostAll Power to the People!Self (archive footage)Powaqqatsi(archive footage)NBC: The First Fifty YearsSelfGunsmith of WilliamsburgNarratorThe Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)