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 News. Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

  • Title: David Brinkley
  • Popularity: 1.746
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1920-07-10
  • Place of Birth: Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
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  • Also Known As: David McClure Brinkley
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David Brinkley Movies

  • 1968
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    The Movie Orgy
    The Movie Orgy

    6.2 1968 HD

    Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and...

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  • 1969
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    Gunsmith of Williamsburg
    Gunsmith of Williamsburg

    5.2 1969 HD

    The gun was a vital part of life in colonial Williamsburg, and this docudrama demonstrates the expertise that went into the making of each weapon....

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  • 1997
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    4 Little Girls
    4 Little Girls

    7.2 1997 HD

    On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four young girls who were there for Sunday school. It was a...

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  • 2014
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    Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
    Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

    7.2 2014 HD

    From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes,...

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  • 2013
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    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
    Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

    7.096 2013 HD

    Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor - one of America's most brilliant, iconic comic minds.

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  • 2017
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    Agnelli
    Agnelli

    7.5 2017 HD

    Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.

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  • 2018
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    Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
    Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

    1 2018 HD

    A documentary following the civil rights movement and how the media, in particular the burgeoning TV, was used to fight for equality in the 1960s....

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  • 1996
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    All Power to the People!
    All Power to the People!

    5.8 1996 HD

    Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the...

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  • 1988
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    Powaqqatsi
    Powaqqatsi

    7.3 1988 HD

    An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.

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  • 1970
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    NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt
    NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt

    6.192 1970 HD

    NBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News, the news division of the NBC television network in the United...

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  • 1949
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    The Emmy Awards
    The Emmy Awards

    7.5 1949 HD

    An annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

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  • 1957
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    Tonight Starring Jack Paar
    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    6.5 1957 HD

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired...

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  • 1956
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    Huntley-Brinkley Report
    Huntley-Brinkley Report

    9.5 1956 HD

    The Huntley-Brinkley Report was the NBC television network's flagship evening news program from October 29, 1956, until July 31, 1970. It was...

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  • 2015
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    The Seventies
    The Seventies

    7.5 2015 HD

    A documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music industry, the Iran Hostage Crisis, the sexual...

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  • 2014
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    The Sixties
    The Sixties

    7.2 2014 HD

    The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped our history -- and changed the world. In...

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  • 2020
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    Whose Vote Counts, Explained
    Whose Vote Counts, Explained

    6.6 2020 HD

    The right to vote is at the foundation of America's democracy. But not every vote is created equal. How does the system work, and can it be fixed?

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