
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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.754 |
Birthday | 1920-07-10 |
Place of Birth | Wilmington, North Carolina, USA |
Also Known As | David McClure Brinkley, |

1968

The Movie Orgy
6.4/10
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...
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The Movie Orgy

1969

Gunsmith of Williamsburg
5.2/2
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. The...
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Gunsmith of Williamsburg

1997

4 Little Girls
7.2/42
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 cri...
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4 Little Girls

2014

Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
7.2/10
From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House. This film chronicles the content of those tapes, whic...
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

2013

Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
7.078/58
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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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic

2017

Agnelli
7.5/23
Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist and principal shareholder of Fiat.
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Agnelli

2018

Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
0/0
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. Fro...
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Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media

1996

All Power to the People!
5.8/5
Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA officers, All Power to the People documents the hi...
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All Power to the People!

1988

Powaqqatsi
7.3/163
An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to Western-style modernization has had on them.
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