Acting
David Brinkley
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.
Acting
- 2020Whose Vote Counts, ExplainedSelf (archive footage)1 ep.
- 2015The SeventiesSelf8 ep.
- 2014The SixtiesSelf (archive footage)10 ep.
- 1981This WeekSelf127 ep.
- 1970NBC Nightly NewsSelf153 ep.
- 1956Huntley-Brinkley ReportHimself1 ep.
- 1949The Emmy AwardsSelf1 ep.
Guest appearances
- 2020Whose Vote Counts, ExplainedSelf (archive footage)1 ep.
- 1962Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf1 ep.
- 1962The Emmy AwardsSelf1 ep.
Also known as: David McClure Brinkley