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Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty (2003) -- They are not soldiers. They are journalists. And they die while reporting their stories.
"D.C. Follies" (1987): : -- Barbara Walters, Sam Donaldson, Ted Kopel and Dan Rather do a song and dance. George Bush, in an effort to get into the spotlight, falls into a well. Fred rescues him, but his moment of glory is over shadowed by Sean Penn and Madonna's breakup.
"Biography" (1987): : -- "We were roughly, the same ages as the Kennedys, younger, but we saw ourselves as the same generation... that we identified with John Kennedy and Jacqueline Kennedy, not with their politics, but as a young couple..."
Hero for a Minute (1917) -- The clock starts on 60 Minutes • Clint was Hangin' High at the movies • Which Beatles song is #1?
Archive: Holy Smoke -- In 1979, Dan Rather reported on an Ethiopian Zion Coptic in Star Island, Florida. They believe that marijuana was given to them by God and that smoking it is a holy ritual they should practice.

Overview

Date of Birth:
31 October 1931, Wharton, Texas, USA more
Mini Biography:
Rather was born in Wharton, Texas and graduated from Sam Houston State... more
Trivia:
Has one daughter, Robin, and one son, Danjack. more
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(330 articles)
Dan Rather Returning To Afghanistan For HDNet
 (From iCelebz. 18 November 2009, 3:27 AM, PST)
Court Quashes Rather’S Remaining Complaints Against CBS
 (From Studio Briefing - TV News. 8 October 2009, 2:16 PM, PDT)
US TV Schedule:
Sat. Nov. 219:00 PMCBS 48 Hours MysteryCatch Her If You Canmore

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Producer, Writer, Thanks, Self, Archive Footage
Producer:
  1. A National Disgrace (2009) (post-production) (executive producer)

  2. "Dan Rather Reports" (2006) TV series (producer) (unknown episodes)
Writer:
  1. 1991: A Year to Remember (1991) (TV) (writer)
Thanks:
  1. "The American Experience" (special thanks) (1 episode, 2008)
        - Oswald's Ghost (2008) TV episode (special thanks)
  2. Charlie Wilson's War (2007) (thanks)
Self:
  1. A National Disgrace (2009) (post-production) (voice)
  2. Mile High: How to Win... and Lose... the White House (2009) (completed) .... Interviewee

  3. IKE: A Documentary (2009) .... Himself
  4. "The Daily Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2009)
    ... aka A Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
    ... aka Jon Stewart (Australia)
    ... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (USA: new title)
    ... aka The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Global Edition (International: English title: cut version)
        - Episode dated 17 June 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 6 May 2009 (2009) TV episode .... Himself
  5. "Dirty Sexy Money" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2007-2009)
        - The Facts (2009) TV episode .... Himself
        - The Star Witness (2008) TV episode .... Himself
        - Pilot (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  6. Graduation Day (2008/I) .... Himself
  7. "Dimanche +" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
        - Episode dated 2 November 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
  8. Beer for My Horses (2008) .... Himself
  9. Where I Stand: The Hank Greenspun Story (2008) .... Himself
  10. "The Chris Matthews Show" .... Himself (3 episodes, 2006-2008)
        - Episode dated 24 February 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 25 February 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 16 July 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  11. "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2007-2008)
    ... aka Jay Leno (Australia)
        - Episode dated 4 February 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 15 March 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  12. "The Simpsons" .... Himself (1 episode, 2008)
        - E Pluribus Wiggum (2008) TV episode (voice) .... Himself
  13. "Larry King Live" .... Himself / ... (11 episodes, 2000-2007)
        - Benazir Bhutto Assassinated (2007) TV episode .... Himself
        - Dan Rather (2007) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 20 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 8 August 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 2 June 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
          (6 more)
  14. Oswald's Ghost (2007) .... Himself
  15. Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007) (TV) .... Himself
  16. "Bill Moyers' Journal" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2007)
    ... aka Bill Moyers' Journal: International Report (USA: third and fourth season title)
        - D-Day Revisited (2007) TV episode .... Himself
        - Buying the War (2007) TV episode .... Himself
  17. That's the Way It Is: Celebrating Cronkite at 90 (2007) (TV)
  18. TV Junkie: Faces of Addiction (2007) (V) .... Himself
  19. "Real Time with Bill Maher" .... Himself (2 episodes, 2006-2007)
    ... aka Real Time with Bill Maher: Electile Dysfunction '08 (USA: promotional title)
        - Episode #5.5 (2007) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #4.24 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  20. "Late Show with David Letterman" .... Himself / ... (7 episodes, 1993-2007)
    ... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
    ... aka Letterman (Australia)
    ... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
        - Episode dated 19 January 2007 (2007) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
        - Episode dated 3 March 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode #9.16 (2001) TV episode .... Himself - Guest
        - Episode dated 7 April 1997 (1997) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 29 January 1997 (1997) TV episode .... Himself
          (2 more)
  21. "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
    ... aka Live with Regis (USA: new title)
    ... aka Live with Regis & Kelly (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 29 November 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  22. "Dan Rather Reports" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
        - Survivors of the Storms (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  23. "The Colbert Report" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
        - Episode dated 13 November 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  24. Indecision 2006: Election Night - Midterm Midtacular (2006) (TV) .... Himself
  25. "Tavis Smiley" .... Himself (1 episode, 2006)
        - Episode dated 30 October 2006 (2006) TV episode .... Himself
  26. "American Masters" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1988-2006)
        - Walter Cronkite: Witness to History (2006) TV episode .... Himself
        - Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter (1988) TV episode .... Himself
  27. The 57th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (2005) (TV) .... Himself
  28. "The Charlie Rose Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005)
    ... aka Charlie Rose (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 31 January 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  29. Why We Fight (2005) .... Himself
    ... aka Le Nerf de la guerre (France: TV title)
  30. "CBS Evening News with Dan Rather" .... Himself - Anchor / ... (23 episodes, 1981-2005)
        - Episode dated 6 October 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Anchor
        - Episode dated 7 April 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Anchor
        - Episode dated 6 April 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Anchor
        - Episode dated 5 April 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Anchor
        - Episode dated 31 March 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself - Anchor
          (18 more)
  31. 25th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards (2004) (TV) .... Presenter
  32. WMD: Weapons of Mass Deception (2004) .... Himself
  33. Barbecue: A Texas Love Story (2004) .... Himself
  34. Feeding the Beast: The 24-Hour News Revolution (2004) (TV) .... Himself
  35. Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty (2003) (TV) (voice) .... Himself
  36. CBS at 75 (2003) (TV)
  37. "Intimate Portrait" .... Himself (1 episode, 2002)
        - Paula Zahn (2002) TV episode .... Himself
  38. Breaking the News (2001) (TV) .... Himself
  39. "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1999-2001)
        - Episode dated 15 June 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 9 June 1999 (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  40. "The O'Reilly Factor" .... Himself (1 episode, 2001)
        - Episode dated 15 May 2001 (2001) TV episode .... Himself
  41. "48 Hours" .... Himself - Host (7 episodes, 1988-2002)
    ... aka 48 Hours Investigates (USA: alternative title)
    ... aka 48 Hours Mystery (USA: alternative title)
        - Episode dated 7 September 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Living Better Longer (2000) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode dated 1 June 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode dated 24 February 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Himself - Host
        - Episode dated 20 January 2000 (2000) TV episode .... Himself - Host
          (2 more)
  42. Disconnected: Politics, the Press and the Public (2000) (TV) .... Himself

  43. "60 Minutes II" (1999) TV series .... Himself - Correspondent (unknown episodes, 1999-2005)
    ... aka 60 Minutes (USA: new title)
    ... aka 60 Minutes Wednesday (USA: new title)
  44. "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" .... Himself (1 episode, 1999)
    ... aka Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Australia)
        - Episode dated 8 July 1999 (1999) TV episode .... Himself
  45. AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies (1998) (TV) .... Himself
    ... aka AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies: America's Greatest Movies (USA: long title)
  46. CBS: The First 50 Years (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  47. Unspoiled Country (1998) (TV) .... Host
  48. We Were There: CBS News at 50 (1998) (TV) .... Himself
  49. 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Golden Anniversary (1997) (TV) .... Himself
  50. Victory in the Pacific (1995) (TV) .... Himself - Co-host
  51. Legacy of Shame (1995) (TV) .... Himself
  52. "Naked News" .... Himself (1 episode, 1995)
        - Anchors (1995) TV episode .... Himself
  53. 10th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame (1994) (TV) .... Himself
  54. The Last Party (1993) (uncredited) .... Himself (at Democrat, GOP conventions)
  55. "The Howard Stern Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1992)
    ... aka The Howard Stern Summer Show (USA: promotional title)
        - Episode dated 18 January 1992 (1992) TV episode .... Himself
  56. Who Killed JFK? Facts Not Fiction (1992) (TV) (also archive footage) .... Himself - Correspondent
  57. The Real Malcolm X (1992) (TV) .... Narrator/Interviewer
  58. Remembering Pearl Harbor (1991) (TV) .... Himself
  59. 1991: A Year to Remember (1991) (TV)
  60. "The Phil Donahue Show" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1978-1990)
    ... aka Donahue (USA: new title)
        - Episode dated 16 May 1990 (1990) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 11 September 1978 (1978) TV episode .... Himself
  61. "This Reporter" (1990) TV mini-series .... Himself

  62. Man on the Moon (1989) (V) .... Presenter

  63. "The Merv Griffin Show" .... Himself (1 episode, 1977)
        - Episode dated 25 July 1977 (1977) TV episode .... Himself
  64. "Who's Who" (1977) TV series .... Himself - Reporter
  65. "60 Minutes" (1968) TV series .... Himself - Correspondent (unknown episodes, 1975-1981)
    ... aka TV Land Legends: The 60 Minutes Interviews (USA: rerun title)

  66. "CBS Reports" .... Himself - Reporter (1 episode, 1968)
    ... aka CBS Reports with Ed Bradley (USA: new title)
        - The Riot Report, What Happened to It? (1968) TV episode .... Himself - Reporter
  67. "The Twentieth Century" .... Correspondent (1 episode, 1966)
        - How to Fight a Guerrilla War (1966) TV episode .... Correspondent
  68. "CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite" (1962) TV series .... Himself - Correspondent (unknown episodes)
Archive Footage:
  1. JFK: 3 Shots That Changed America (2009) (TV) .... Himself
  2. Cleanflix (2009) .... Himself
  3. Consuming Kids: The Commercialization of Childhood (2008) .... Himself
  4. "Earth: The Climate Wars"
        - Fight for the Future (2008) TV episode (uncredited) .... Himself
  5. "The O'Reilly Factor"
        - Episode dated 5 June 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 15 April 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 26 February 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
        - Episode dated 10 January 2008 (2008) TV episode .... Himself
        - Miller Time! (2008) TV episode .... Himself
  6. Charlie Wilson's War (2007) (uncredited) .... Himself
  7. Everything's Cool (2007) .... Himself
  8. Larry Flynt: The Right to Be Left Alone (2007) .... Himself
  9. 9/11: Press for Truth (2006) (V) .... Himself
  10. TV Junkie (2006) .... Himself
  11. Maxed Out: Hard Times, Easy Credit and the Era of Predatory Lenders (2006) (uncredited) .... Himself
  12. This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) (uncredited) .... Himself
  13. "The American Experience"
        - Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 2 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
        - Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  14. "Frontline"
        - The O.J. Verdict (2005) TV episode .... Himself
        - Karl Rove: The Architect (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  15. "Larry King Live"
        - Episode dated 30 September 2005 (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  16. Class Dismissed: How TV Frames the Working Class (2005) (V) .... Himself
  17. "Best Week Ever"
        - Michael Jackson trial, the OC and More (2005) TV episode .... Himself
  18. "Hardball with Chris Matthews"
        - Episode dated 23 November 2004 (2004) TV episode .... Himself
  19. JFK: Breaking the News (2004) (TV) .... Himself
  20. Celsius 41.11: The Temperature at Which the Brain... Begins to Die (2004) .... Himself
  21. Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism (2004) .... Himself
  22. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) (uncredited) .... Himself
  23. Live from Baghdad (2002) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself - with Saddam Hussein
  24. The Trials of Henry Kissinger (2002) (uncredited) .... Himself
  25. Pink Floyd The Wall Redux (2002) (uncredited) .... Himself
  26. "ESPN SportsCentury"
        - Pete Rose (2000) TV episode .... Himself
  27. "Cold War" (1998) (uncredited) .... Himself
  28. "Cronkite Remembers" (1997) (uncredited) .... Himself (at the Democratic National Convention)
  29. Spin (1995) .... Himself
  30. Commercial Entertainment Product (1992) (V) .... Himself
  31. The Panama Deception (1992) (uncredited) .... Himself
  32. Roger & Me (1989) .... Himself
  33. Powaqqatsi (1988)

Additional Details

Other Works:
Book: "The Palace Guard", with Gary Gates, more
Publicity Listings:
1 Print Biography | 3 Interviews | 16 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo more
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News | Documentary | Talk-Show | Comedy more
Plot Keywords:
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