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David Brinkley

Acting Born Jul 10, 1920 Wilmington, North Carolina, USA 22 credits

Biography

David Brinkley works in acting. Born July 10, 1920 in Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. Archytele lists 22 screen credits below. A full profile for this page is being written and will appear here once verified against sources.

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Known for

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self (archive footage)
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Tonight Starring Jack Paar

as Self
Film

The Grudge 2

as Self
Film

The Bridge on the River Kwai

1957
Film

The Bridge on the River Kwai

as Self
Film

The Movie Orgy

as Self (archive footage)
Film

Head Above Water

as Himself

Frequent co-stars

Tom Llamas 1 shared title
Brian Williams 1 shared title
Tom Brokaw 1 shared title
Lester Holt 1 shared title
Jessica Savitch 1 shared title
Chet Huntley 1 shared title

Career timeline

Breakdown: 1975
Whose Vote Counts, Explained
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
Agnelli
The Seventies
The SixtiesNixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
4 Little GirlsThe Trial of Adolf Eichmann
All Power to the People!
Powaqqatsi
This Week
NBC: The First Fifty Years
NBC Nightly NewsNBC Nightly News
Gunsmith of Williamsburg
The Movie Orgy
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Huntley-Brinkley Report
The Emmy Awards

Full filmography

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self (archive footage)
  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar (1957) as Self
  • This Week (1981) as Self
  • The Emmy Awards (1949) as Self
  • The Sixties (2014) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Seventies (2015) as Self
  • Breakdown: 1975 (2025) as Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage)
  • NBC Nightly News (1970)
  • NBC Nightly News (1970) as Self
  • Whose Vote Counts, Explained (2020) as Self (archive footage)
  • The Movie Orgy (1968) as Self (archive footage)
  • Powaqqatsi (1988) as (archive footage)
  • 4 Little Girls (1997) as Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)
  • NBC: The First Fifty Years (1976) as Self
  • Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013) as Self (archive footage)
  • Huntley-Brinkley Report (1956) as Himself
  • The Trial of Adolf Eichmann (1997) as Self - Host
  • Agnelli (2017) as Self (voice)
  • Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words (2014) as Self (archive footage)
  • All Power to the People! (1996) as Self (archive footage)
  • Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media (2018) as Self (archive footage)
  • Gunsmith of Williamsburg (1969) as Narrator