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Dan Rather


Rather was born in Wharton, Texas and graduated from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, where he wanted to play football. He worked at local radio station KSAM in Huntsville during his college years. Following graduation he worked for radio station KTRK in Houston and went to work for KHOU-TV... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideProducer (2 titles)
2009 A National Disgrace (documentary) (executive producer) (post-production)
 
2006 Dan Rather Reports (TV series) (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (1 title)
1991 1991: A Year to Remember (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1964 After Ten Years: The Court and the Schools (TV movie)
Correspondent
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2008 The American Experience (TV series documentary) (special thanks - 1 episode)
Oswald's Ghost (2008) (special thanks)
 
2007 Charlie Wilson's War (thanks)
 
2007 Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (TV documentary) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (99 titles)
2009 A National Disgrace (documentary) (voice) (post-production)
 
2013 Of By For (documentary) (completed)
 
2011-2013 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 May 2013 (2013) … Himself
Episode dated 4 March 2013 (2013) … Himself
Episode dated 8 November 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 15 October 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 12 September 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2013 Project Censored the Movie (documentary)
Himself - Journalist
 
2013 Newsreaders (TV series)
Himself
CCSI: Boston (2013) … Himself
Fit Town, Fat Town (2013) … Himself
Hedge Fun (2013) … Himself
Auto Erotic (2013) … Himself
 
2011-2012 The Rachel Maddow Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 13 December 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 5 November 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 18 September 2012 (2012) … Himself
Episode dated 14 February 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2012 Ann Richards' Texas (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Citizen Hearst (documentary)
Himself
 
2011-2012 The Wendy Williams Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 1 June 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 10 May 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2006-2012 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (TV series)
Himself
Dan Rather (2012) … Himself
Dan Rather (2009) … Himself
George Stephanopoulos (2009) … Himself
 
2012 Watch What Happens: Live (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Dan Rather & John Mayer (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2006-2012 Real Time with Bill Maher (TV series)
Himself
Episode #10.18 (2012) … Himself
Episode #5.5 (2007) … Himself
Episode #4.24 (2006) … Himself
 
2006-2012 Dan Rather Reports (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Correspondent / Himself - Host
Case of the Century (2012) … Himself
The Un-Banked (2011) … Himself
What Really Happened at Bari Alai (2011) … Himself - Host
A National Disgrace (2011) … Himself - Correspondent
 
2012 Good Morning America (TV series)
Himself - Guest
Episode dated 30 April 2012 (2012) … Himself - Guest
 
2012 Shadows of Liberty (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Out of Chaos (documentary short)
 
2011 Talk Stoop with Cat Greenleaf (TV series)
Himself
Stories Behind the Stories (2011) … Himself
 
2011 The Love We Make (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 When Pop Culture Saved America: A 9-11 Story (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006-2011 The Colbert Report (TV series)
Himself
Missy Cummings (2011) … Himself
Dan Rather (2006) … Himself
 
2011 Reagan (documentary)
Himself - CBS News
 
2010 The War You Don't See (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The President's Book of Secrets (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2000-2010 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Host
Human Traffing in America (2010) … Himself
Benazir Bhutto Assassinated (2007) … Himself
Dan Rather (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 20 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
Episode dated 8 August 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2010 The IFC Media Project (TV series)
Himself
Disaster (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Himself
Roads to Memphis (2010) … Himself
 
2010 The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: In 3-D! On Ice! (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2009 30 for 30 (TV series)
Himself
The Legend of Jimmy the Greek (2009) … Himself
 
2009 IKE: A Documentary (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Dark Arts in a Long Plastic Hallway (documentary)
Himself
 
2007-2009 Dirty Sexy Money (TV series)
Himself
The Facts (2009) … Himself
The Star Witness (2008) … Himself
Pilot (2007) … Himself
 
2009 Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House (documentary)
Himself - Interviewee
 
2008/I Graduation Day (short)
Himself
 
2008 Dimanche + (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 2 November 2008 (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Beer for My Horses
Himself
 
2008 Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2006-2008 The Chris Matthews Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 February 2008 (2008) … Himself
Episode dated 25 February 2007 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 16 July 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
1999-2008 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
Himself
Episode #16.24 (2008) … Himself
Episode #15.48 (2007) … Himself
Episode dated 22 June 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
2008 The Simpsons (TV series)
Himself
E Pluribus Wiggum (2008) … Himself (voice)
 
2007 Oswald's Ghost (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Bill Moyers' Journal (TV series documentary)
Himself
D-Day Revisited (2007) … Himself
Buying the War (2007) … Himself
 
2007 That's the Way It Is: Celebrating Cronkite at 90 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 TV Junkie: Faces of Addiction (video documentary)
Himself
 
1993-2007 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest
Episode dated 19 January 2007 (2007) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 3 March 2005 (2005) … Himself
Episode #9.16 (2001) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 7 April 1997 (1997) … Himself
Episode dated 29 January 1997 (1997) … Himself
 
2006 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 29 November 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Tavis Smiley (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 30 October 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
1990-2006 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Himself
Walter Cronkite: Witness to History (2006) … Himself
Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter (1990) … Himself
 
1975-2006 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
Himself - Correspondent / Himself - Correspondent (segment "A Different Kind of Grocery") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Fighting AIDS") / …
Dying to Get In/A Different Kind of Grocery/Carl Hiaasen (2006) … Himself - Correspondent (segment "A Different Kind of Grocery")
Sallie Mae/The Ethanol Solution/Long John Daly (2006) … Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Ethanol Solution")
Is the Price Right?/The Court Martial of Willie Brand/The Prince of Pot (2006) … Himself - Correspondent (segment "Is the Price Right?")
Superstars (2006) … Himself - Correspondent (segment "George Clooney")
Bring 'Em Home Murtha/The Hermit Kingdom/Felicity (2006) … Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Hermit Kingdom")
 
2005 The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself
 
1999-2005 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Bonnie") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Classic: Arthur Miller") / …
Katrina/Great Expectations/Shadow Divers (2005) … Himself - Host
Stressed Cells/AARP/Camille/The Awful Truth (2005) … Himself - Correspondent (segment "AARP")
The Thailand Tsunami (2005) … Himself - Correspondent
Bonnie/It's Not Unusual/Madonna at 40 (1999) … Himself - Correspondent (segment "Bonnie")
 
1994-2005 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself - Guest / Himself
Episode dated 31 January 2005 (2005) … Himself
Episode dated 27 January 2004 (2004) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 28 February 2003 (2003) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 5 June 2001 (2001) … Himself - Guest
Episode dated 28 June 1999 (1999) … Himself - Guest
 
2005 Why We Fight (documentary)
Himself
 
1981-2005 CBS Evening News with Dan Rather (TV series)
Himself - Anchor
Episode dated 6 October 2004 (2004) … Himself - Anchor
Episode dated 7 April 2004 (2004) … Himself - Anchor
Episode dated 6 April 2004 (2004) … Himself - Anchor
Episode dated 5 April 2004 (2004) … Himself - Anchor
Episode dated 31 March 2004 (2004) … Himself - Anchor
 
2004 25th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Presenter
 
2004 WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Barbecue: A Texas Love Story (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty (TV documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
2003 CBS at 75 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Intimate Portrait (TV series documentary)
Himself
Paula Zahn (2002) … Himself
 
2001 Breaking the News (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999-2001 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 June 2001 (2001) … Himself
Episode dated 9 June 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
2001 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 15 May 2001 (2001) … Himself
 
2001 American Veteran Awards (TV movie)
Himself
 
1988-2002 48 Hours (TV series documentary)
Himself - Host
Episode dated 7 September 2000 (2000) … Himself - Host
Living Better Longer (2000) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 1 June 2000 (2000) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 24 February 2000 (2000) … Himself - Host
Episode dated 20 January 2000 (2000) … Himself - Host
 
2000 Disconnected: Politics, the Press and the Public (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 8 July 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1998 AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
1998 CBS: The First 50 Years (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Unspoiled Country (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1998 We Were There: CBS News at 50 (TV special)
Himself
 
1995 Victory in the Pacific (TV movie)
Himself - Co-Host
 
1995 Legacy of Shame (TV movie)
Himself
 
1995 Naked News (TV series documentary)
Himself
Anchors (1995) … Himself
 
1995 CBS Reports: In the Killing Fields of America (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The 10th TV Academy Hall of Fame (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 The Last Party (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1992 The Howard Stern Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 18 January 1992 (1992) … Himself
 
1992 Who Killed JFK? Facts Not Fiction (TV documentary)
Himself - Correspondent (also archive footage)
 
1992 The Real Malcolm X (TV documentary)
Himself - Narrator/Interviewer
 
1991 Remembering Pearl Harbor (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1991 1991: A Year to Remember (TV documentary)
 
1978-1990 Donahue (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 16 May 1990 (1990) … Himself
Episode dated 11 September 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1990 This Reporter (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
 
1989 The Moon Above, the Earth Below (TV documentary)
Himself - Host
 
1989 Man on the Moon (video documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
1977 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 25 July 1977 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Who's Who (TV series)
Himself - Reporter
 
1973 What's It All About? (TV series)
Himself
 
1971 All in the Family (TV series)
Himself
The Man in the Street (1971) … Himself (uncredited)
 
1968 CBS Reports (TV series documentary)
Himself - Reporter
The Riot Report, What Happened to It? (1968) … Himself - Reporter
 
1967 A CBS News Inquiry: The Warren Report (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1966 The Twentieth Century (TV series documentary)
Correspondent
How to Fight a Guerrilla War (1966) … Correspondent
 
1964 November 22nd and the Warren Report (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1963 Eyewitness to History (TV series documentary)
Correspondent
The Color Line on Campus (1963) … Correspondent
 
1962 CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (TV series)
Himself - Correspondent
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (50 titles)
2013 Could We Survive a Mega-Tsunami? (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Witness (TV mini-series documentary)
 
2012 Big Miracle
Himself (uncredited)
 
2012 Elvis Found Alive (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Gloria: In Her Own Words (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2011 The 2011 Comedy Awards
Himself
 
2009-2010 30 for 30 (TV series)
 
2010 Freakonomics (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2009 JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Cleanflix (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Double Take (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2009 The Shock Doctrine (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2008 Earth: The Climate Wars (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Food, Inc. (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The O'Reilly Factor (TV series)
 
2008 Secrecy (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Charlie Wilson's War
Himself (uncredited)
 
2007 Everything's Cool (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 9/11: Press for Truth (video documentary)
Himself
 
2006 60 Minutes (TV series documentary)
 
2006 TV Junkie (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 This Film Is Not Yet Rated (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2005 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Frontline (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Larry King Live (TV series)
 
2005 Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Hardball with Chris Matthews (TV series)
 
2004 JFK: Breaking the News (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Democracy Now! (TV series)
 
2004 Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Fahrenheit 9/11 (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Live from Baghdad (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 The Trials of Henry Kissinger (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2002 Pink Floyd The Wall Redux
Himself (uncredited)
 
2000 ESPN SportsCentury (TV series documentary)
 
1998 Cold War (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1997 Cronkite Remembers
Himself (at the Democratic National Convention) (uncredited)
 
1996 Fear & Favor in the Newsroom (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Spin (documentary)
Himself
 
1992 EBN: Commercial Entertainment Product (video short)
Himself
 
1992 The Panama Deception (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1989 Roger & Me (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Powaqqatsi (documentary)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1974) Release of his book: "The Palace Guard", by Dan with Gary Paul Gates. See more »

Publicity Listings:

4 Print Biographies  | 3 Interviews  | 19 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 11" (1.80 m)
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Personal Quote:

Apologizing for CBS News failing to verify questionable documents about President George W. Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard: "We made a mistake in judgment, and for that I am sorry. It was an error that was made, however, in good faith and in the spirit of trying to carry on a CBS News tradition of investigative reporting without fear or favoritism. - September 20, 2004 See more »

Trivia:

Announced that he is stepping down as anchor of "The CBS Evening News" in March 2005, on the 24th anniversary of his first broadcast as anchor. He will remain with CBS News as a correspondent for "60 Minutes Sunday" and "60 Minutes Wednesday." [November 2004] See more »

Trademark:

In the 1980s, he used to sign off each news broadcast with the word "Courage". See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio