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David Brinkley

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 Ne

Born

Jul 10, 1920

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

Died

Jun 11, 2003

Known For

Acting

Movies

12 acting

0 crew

Popularity

0.2

Known For

Breakdown: 1975
Breakdown: 1975
2025 as Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)
★ 6.8
The Movie Orgy
The Movie Orgy
1968 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.6
Powaqqatsi
Powaqqatsi
1988 as (archive footage)
★ 7.3
4 Little Girls
4 Little Girls
1997 as Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
★ 7.2
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
1997 as Self - Host
★ 6.1
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
2013 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.0
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
2014 as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.2
All Power to the People!
All Power to the People!
1996 as Self (archive footage)
★ 6.3
Agnelli
Agnelli
2017 as Self (voice)
★ 7.5
movie
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
2018 as Self (archive footage)
movie
Gunsmith of Williamsburg
1969 as Narrator
★ 5.2