David Brinkley

actor • writer

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, ...

Born: July 10, 1920 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Died: June 11, 2003 (age 82)

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Known For

7.9

The Sixties

Movies & TV Credits

16 total credits across film and television

Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Whose Vote Counts, Explained Limited Series	7.1	Actor	Self (archive footage)(1 Episode)	2020
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media Movie	6.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2018
Agnelli Movie	7.4	Actor	Self (voice)	2017
The Seventies Limited Series	8.0	Actor	Self(8 Episodes)	2015
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words Movie	7.3	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2014
The Sixties Limited Series	8.2	Actor	Self(10 Episodes)	2014
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic Movie	7.4	Actor	Self (archive footage)	2013
4 Little Girls Movie	7.9	Actor	Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)	1997
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann Movie	7.0	Actor	Self - Host	1997
All Power to the People! Movie	7.1	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1996
Powaqqatsi Movie	7.4	Actor	(archive footage)	1988
NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas TV Show	5.7	Actor	—	1970
The Movie Orgy Movie	7.6	Actor	Self (archive footage)	1968
The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar TV Show	8.1	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1957
The Huntley-Brinkley Report TV Show	8.3	Actor	Himself(1 Episode)	1956
The Emmy Awards TV Show	—	Actor	Self(1 Episode)	1949

David Brinkley

Known For

4 Little Girls

Powaqqatsi

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

The Sixties

Movies & TV Credits