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David Brinkley

David Brinkley

Acting

July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003 (died at 82)
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Male
12 Movies
10 TV Shows

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.

Powaqqatsi
Powaqqatsi

Powaqqatsi

1988 7.3

as (archive footage)

Age 67 (now 82)
Gunsmith of Williamsburg
GO

Gunsmith of Williamsburg

1969 5.2

as Narrator

Age 48 (now 82)
Huntley-Brinkley Report
HR

Huntley-Brinkley Report

1956 9.5

as Himself

Age 36 (now 82)
1 ep
NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News

1970 6.4
Age 50 (now 82)
Breakdown: 1975
Breakdown: 1975

Breakdown: 1975

2025 6.8

as Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)

Age 105 (now 82)
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

1968 6.6

as Self (archive footage)

Age 47 (now 82)
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997 6.1

as Self - Host

Age 76 (now 82)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013 7.0

as Self (archive footage)

Age 92 (now 82)
4 Little Girls
4 Little Girls

4 Little Girls

1997 7.2

as Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)

Age 76 (now 82)
NBC: The First Fifty Years
NBC: The First Fifty Years

NBC: The First Fifty Years

1976

as Self

Age 56 (now 82)
All Power to the People!
All Power to the People!

All Power to the People!

1996 6.3

as Self (archive footage)

Age 75 (now 82)
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

2014 7.2

as Self (archive footage)

Age 94 (now 82)
Agnelli
Agnelli

Agnelli

2017 7.5

as Self (voice)

Age 97 (now 82)
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

2018

as Self (archive footage)

Age 97 (now 82)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 7.5

as Self (archive footage)

Age 42 (now 82)
1 ep
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957 7.5

as Self

Age 37 (now 82)
1 ep