David Brinkley

David Brinkley

Acting
Born 1920-07-10 - Died 2003-06-11Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

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.

Movies (12)

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
7.1

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2013Movie7.1
Breakdown: 1975
6.8

Breakdown: 1975

2025Movie6.8
The Movie Orgy
6.8

The Movie Orgy

1968Movie6.8
4 Little Girls
7.1

4 Little Girls

1997Movie7.1
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
5.6

The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

1997Movie5.6
Agnelli
7.4

Agnelli

2017Movie7.4
NBC: The First Fifty Years

NBC: The First Fifty Years

1976Movie
Powaqqatsi
7.2

Powaqqatsi

1988Movie7.2
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
7.2

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

2014Movie7.2
All Power to the People!
6.3

All Power to the People!

1996Movie6.3
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

2018Movie
Gunsmith of Williamsburg
5.2

Gunsmith of Williamsburg

1969Movie5.2

TV Shows (8)

Tonight Starring Jack Paar
7.5

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957Series7.5
This Week
9.0

This Week

1981Series9.0
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
6.7

Whose Vote Counts, Explained

2020Series6.7
NBC Nightly News
6.8

NBC Nightly News

1970Series6.8
The Seventies
7.4

The Seventies

2015Series7.4
The Sixties
7.5

The Sixties

2014Series7.5
The Emmy Awards
7.9

The Emmy Awards

1949Series7.9
Huntley-Brinkley Report
9.5

Huntley-Brinkley Report

1956Series9.5