David Brinkley

David Brinkley

Acting

Born July 10, 1920 · Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

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–Brink…

Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

1957

This Week

This Week

1981

The Movie Orgy

The Movie Orgy

1968

The Seventies

The Seventies

2015

The Sixties

The Sixties

2014

The Emmy Awards

The Emmy Awards

1949

NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News

1970

Acting(21)

2025Breakdown: 1975Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)

2020Whose Vote Counts, ExplainedSelf (archive footage)

2018Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the MediaSelf (archive footage)

2017AgnelliSelf (voice)

2015The SeventiesSelf

2014Nixon by Nixon: In His Own WordsSelf (archive footage)

2014The SixtiesSelf (archive footage)

2013Richard Pryor: Omit the LogicSelf (archive footage)

19974 Little GirlsSelf - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)

1997The Trial of Adolf EichmannSelf - Host

1996All Power to the People!Self (archive footage)

1988Powaqqatsi(archive footage)

1981This WeekSelf

1976NBC: The First Fifty YearsSelf

1970NBC Nightly News

1969Gunsmith of WilliamsburgNarrator

1968The Movie OrgySelf (archive footage)

1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny CarsonSelf (archive footage)

1957Tonight Starring Jack PaarSelf

1956Huntley-Brinkley ReportHimself

1949The Emmy AwardsSelf

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