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Chet Huntley

Chet Huntley
  • Name: Chet Huntley
  • Birthday: 1911-12-11
  • Place of birth: Cardwell, Montana, USA
  • Popularity: 0.358
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

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Title Release date
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