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David Brinkley

David Brinkley

Acting · Born 1920-07-10 · Wilmington, 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.

Known For

movie 7.2 Powaqqatsi
Powaqqatsi
1988
movie 7.1 Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013
movie 7.1 4 Little Girls
4 Little Girls
1997
tv 6.7 Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
2020
movie 6.8 Breakdown: 1975
Breakdown: 1975
2025
tv 7.4 The Seventies
The Seventies
2015
movie 7.5 Agnelli
Agnelli
2017
tv 7.5 The Sixties
The Sixties
2014
movie 6.8 The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968
tv 6.6 NBC Nightly News
NBC Nightly News
1970
movie 7.2 Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014
tv 7.9 The Emmy Awards
The Emmy Awards
1949
movie 5.6 The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997
tv 7.5
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
movie 6.3 All Power to the People!
All Power to the People!
1996
tv 9.5
Huntley-Brinkley Report
1956
tv 9.0 This Week
This Week
1981
movie 5.2
Gunsmith of Williamsburg
1969