David Brinkley: movies and TV shows
David Brinkley has 21 credits in the archive: 12 films and 9 TV series, from 1949 to 2025. Highest rated: Huntley-Brinkley Report (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1949 – 2025 · busiest year: 1970 (2 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self - Co-Host, NBC Nightly News (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 104 |
| 2020 | Whose Vote Counts, Explained | Self (archive footage) | TV | 6.7 | 99 |
| 2018 | Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 97 |
| 2017 | Agnelli | Self (voice) | Film | 7.4 | 96 |
| 2015 | The Seventies | Self | TV | 7.4 | 94 |
| 2014 | The Sixties | Self (archive footage) | TV | 7.5 | 93 |
| 2014 | Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 93 |
| 2013 | Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.1 | 92 |
| 1997 | 4 Little Girls | Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited) | Film | 7.1 | 76 |
| 1997 | The Trial of Adolf Eichmann | Self - Host | Film | 5.6 | 76 |
| 1996 | All Power to the People! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.3 | 75 |
| 1988 | Powaqqatsi | (archive footage) | Film | 7.2 | 67 |
| 1981 | This Week | Self | TV | 9.0 | 60 |
| 1976 | NBC: The First Fifty Years | Self | Film | — | 55 |
| 1970 | NBC Nightly News | TV | 6.4 | 49 | |
| 1970 | NBC Nightly News | Self | TV | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1969 | Gunsmith of Williamsburg | Narrator | Film | 5.2 | 48 |
| 1968 | The Movie Orgy | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.6 | 47 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 36 |
| 1956 | Huntley-Brinkley Report | Himself | TV | 9.5 | 35 |
| 1949 | The Emmy Awards | Self | TV | 7.9 | 28 |