People
Chet Huntley
Biography:
Huntley began his radio newscast career in 1934 at Seattle's KIRO AM, later working on radio stations in Spokane (KHQ) and Portland. His time (1936–37) in Portland was with KGW-AM, owned by The Oregonian, a Portland daily newspaper. At KGW he was writer, newscaster, and announcer. In 1937 he went to work for KFI in Los Angeles, moving to CBS Radio from 1939 to 1951, then ABC Radio from 1951 to 1955. In 1955, he joined the NBC Radio network, viewed by network executives as "another Ed Murrow".
In 1956, coverage of the national political party conventions was a major point of pride for the fledgling broadcast news organizations. NBC News executives were seeking to counter the growing... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Gloria: In Her Own Words as Self (archive footage) | 2011-08-15 |
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles as Self | 1970-09-30 |
Disneyland Around the Seasons as Self | 1966-12-18 |
The Decision to Drop the Bomb as Self | 1965-01-05 |
Sit-In as Narrator | 1960-12-20 |
The Thread of Life as Himself (opening narration) (voice) (uncredited) | 1960-12-09 |
The Bonnie Parker Story as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1958-05-28 |
Cry Terror! as Himself | 1958-05-02 |
Day the World Ended as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1955-12-01 |
Mau-Mau as Narrator | 1955-07-13 |
I Cheated the Law as Himself, Chet Huntley | 1949-03-04 |
And Ten Thousand More as Narrator | 1949-01-01 |
Mr. Lucky as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited) | 1943-07-01 |
Flight for Freedom as Radio Broadcaster (uncredited) | 1943-04-14 |
The Big Street as Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited) | 1942-08-13 |