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Aliases: David McClure Brinkley

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

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Movie Involvements: 7

TV Involvements: 4


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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.

Most Famous Work

4 Little Girls
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4 Little Girls

(1997) Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
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Whose Vote Counts, Explained

(2020) Self (archive footage)
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

(2013) Self (archive footage)
The Sixties
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The Sixties

(2014) Self
Agnelli
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Agnelli

(2017) Self (voice)
The Seventies
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The Seventies

(2015) Self
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

(2014) Self (archive footage)
The Emmy Awards
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The Emmy Awards

(1949) Self

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