David Brinkley

Acting

12 Movies 10 TV Shows

Born

July 10, 1920

Died

June 11, 2003

Place of Birth

Wilmington, North Carolina, USA

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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…