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Biography

Walter was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in November. In his early years, he worked at his college newspaper and eventually landed a job…more

Born

11/4/1916, St. Joseph, Missouri

Died

7/17/2009

Birth Name

Walter Wilcox

Gender

Male

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Star (5)

Role
- Liberty's Kids
  Dr. Benjamin Franklin
  - S 1: Ep 40 We the People
    4/4/03
  - S 1: Ep 39 Going Home
    4/3/03
  - S 1: Ep 38 The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
    4/2/03
  - S 1: Ep 37 Born Free and Equal
    4/1/03
  - S 1: Ep 36 Yorktown
    3/31/03
  - + 33 More Credits
- Two for the Money
  Quiz Authority (1955-1956)
  - S 1: Ep 1 two for the money
- CBS Evening News
  Anchor
- You Are There
  Host
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Bank Holiday Crisis of March 6, 1933
    6/9/57
  - S 5: Ep 10 Attempt to Assassinate Theodore Roosevelt
    6/2/57
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Overthrow of the Tweed Ring
    5/26/57
  - S 5: Ep 8 The End of the Dalton Gang
    5/12/57
  - S 5: Ep 7 Daniel Webster's Sacrifice to Save the Union
    10/28/56
  - + 142 More Credits
- Air Power
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 27 The New Doctrine
    5/5/57
  - S 1: Ep 26 Starfighter
    4/28/57
  - S 1: Ep 25 The Cold Decade - Korean Stalemate
    4/21/57
  - S 1: Ep 24 The Cold Decade - To The Yalu
    4/14/57
  - S 1: Ep 23 The Cold Decade - Airlift
    4/7/57
  - + 21 More Credits
Recurring Role (3)

Role
- Great Performances
  Host
  - S 35: Ep 12 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2007
    1/1/07
  - S 34: Ep 7 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2006
    1/1/06
  - S 31: Ep 7 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration (2003)
    1/1/03
  - S 30: Ep 7 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2002
    1/1/02
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 9: Ep 19 Show #1674
    9/20/01
  - S 6: Ep 48 Show #1113
    11/11/98
  - S 4: Ep 67 Show #0716
    12/18/96
  - S 3: Ep 154 Show #0593
    5/16/96
  - S 1: Ep 105 Show #0105
    2/7/94
- Great Performances
  Performer
  - S 9: Ep 10 Beverly! Her Farewell Performance
    1/5/81
Guest Star (33)

Role
- Great Performances
  Host
  - S 34: Ep 7 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2006
    1/1/06
  - S 33: Ep 9 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 2005
    1/1/05
  - S 32: Ep 8 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration
    1/1/04
  - S 28: Ep 7 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration (2000)
    1/1/00
  - S 26: Ep 6 From Vienna: The New Year's Celebration 1998
    1/1/98
  - + 3 More Credits
- Modern Marvels
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 8 Front Line Reporting
    3/19/04
- Late Night with Conan O'Brien
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 73 Walter Cronkite, Fred Armisen, Ben Harper
    2/20/04
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself - Video clip
  - S 1: Ep 56 Tuesday, November 25, 2003
    11/25/03
- Anderson Cooper 360°
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 Monday, September 8, 2003
    9/8/03
- Late Show with David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 9: Ep 93 Show #1748
    2/1/02
  - S 7: Ep 81 Show #1359
    1/12/00
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 53: Ep 1 The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    11/4/01
- SportsCentury
  Interviewee
  - — Pete Rozelle
    7/6/01
- Murphy Brown
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 20 And That's the Way it Was?
    2/25/97
  - S 2: Ep 9 Roasted
    11/20/89
- The Rosie O'Donnell Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 90 Show #90
    11/4/96
- The Bob Hope Show
  Himself
  - S 43: Ep 3 Bob Hope: The First 90 Years
    5/14/93
- Murphy Brown
  Voice of Himself
  - S 5: Ep 24 Ship of Phil's
    5/10/93
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest (cameo)
  - S 12: Ep 41 Show #1783
    4/27/93
- Late Night With David Letterman
  Guest
  - S 11: Ep 141 Show #1725
    12/15/92
- Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 47 The Taking of the Towers
    12/3/91
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Taking of the Shrew
    9/30/91
- People's Choice Awards
  Himself
  - S 17: Ep 1 The 17th Annual People's Choice Awards
    1/1/91
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
  Guest
  - S 29: Ep 12 Show #4242
    10/19/90
- Live! with Kelly
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 31 October 15, 1990
    10/15/90
- Disneyland
  Himself
  - S 28: Ep 12 Walt Disney...One Man's Dream
    12/12/81
- Dinah!
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 43 November 18, 1976
    11/18/76
  - S 2: Ep 47 November 18, 1975
    11/18/75
  - S 1: Ep 10 November 1, 1974
    11/1/74
- The Dick Cavett Show
  Himself
  - S 9: Ep 4 October 17, 1974
    10/17/74
  - S 4: Ep 68 April 3, 1970
    4/3/70
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 21 Ted Baxter Meets Walter Cronkite
    2/9/74
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 16 September 22, 1969
    9/22/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 245 August 29, 1969
    8/29/69
  - S 7: Ep 61 Week of December 2, 1968
    12/2/68
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 3 August 20, 1969
    8/20/69
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest #1
  - S 17: Ep 30 EPISODE #809
    3/27/66
- The Ed Sullivan Show
  Himself
  - S 19: Ep 27 The Young Rascals / Brenda Lee / Walter Cronkite / Abbe Lane
    3/20/66
  - S 12: Ep 9 Friar's Club roasts Ed Sullivan w/Walter Cronkite; Morey Amsterdam; Joey Bishop
    11/9/58
- The Armstrong Circle Theatre
  Narrator
  - S 12: Ep 17 The Dedicated American: The Story of Dr. Gordon Seagrave
    6/21/61
  - S 10: Ep 10 Case of a White Collar Bandit
    3/4/59
- The Steve Allen Show
  Himself
  - S 5: Ep 12 David Allen; Irene Kral; The Nicolais Dancers / The 10th Annual Magazine Awards
    12/28/59
- Playhouse 90
  Himself/Host
  - S 2: Ep 6 Around the World in 90 Minutes
    10/17/57
- What's My Line?
  Mystery Guest Team
  - S 7: Ep 50 EPISODE #323
    8/12/56
- Climax!
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Escape of Mendes-France
    7/14/55
- Suspense
  Narrator
  - S 5: Ep 35 Death of an Editor
    5/12/53
Cameo (1)

Role
- E! True Hollywood Story
  Himself
  - S 4: Ep 50 Patty Hearst
    11/12/00

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- Walter attended San Jacinto High School in Houston, TX.
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- Walter is the first non-astronaut to receive NASA's Ambassador of Exploration Award.
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- Walter has three children, Nancy Cronkite, Kathy Cronkite, and Walter (Chip) Cronkite III.
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- Walter: The perils of duck hunting are great ― especially for the duck.
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- Walter: We are not educated well enough to perform the necessary act of intelligently selecting our leaders.
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- Walter: When you're bringing in a fairly unknown candidate challenging a sitting president, the population needs a lot more information than reduced coverage provides.
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