David Brinkley
2 movies
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 10, 1920
- Died
- Jun 11, 2003 (age 82)
- Place of birth
- Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
- Also known as
- David McClure Brinkley
Biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
David Brinkley: movies and TV shows
Acting (2)
- 1988 Powaqqatsi
as (archive footage)
- 1969 Gunsmith of Williamsburg
as Narrator
Talk shows and appearances (18)
- 2025
- 2020 Whose Vote Counts, Explained
1 episode
- 2018
- 2017
- 2015 The Seventies
8 episodes
- 2014
- 2014 The Sixties
10 episodes
- 2013
- 1997
- 1997
- 1996
- 1981 This Week
127 episodes
- 1976
- 1970 NBC Nightly News
153 episodes
- 1968
- 1957 Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1 episode
- 1956 Huntley-Brinkley Report
1 episode
- 1949 The Emmy Awards
1 episode