Dan Rather
Biography
Dan Rather is an American journalist and broadcaster who began in Texas newspapers and radio before becoming a network television news anchor. Born in Wharton County, Texas, and raised in Houston, he covered Hurricane Carla from Galveston in 1961, using a radar image that helped persuade more than 350,000 people to evacuate. He joined CBS in 1962 and later reported from the White House, London and Vietnam, covering Richard Nixon's presidency, his trip to China and the Watergate scandal. He took over the CBS Evening News in 1981 and held the anchor chair for 24 years, alongside Peter Jennings of ABC and Tom Brokaw of NBC, forming the trio of dominant evening news figures. After leaving CBS in 2006, he hosted Dan Rather Reports and The Big Interview on AXS TV, launched an online newscast in 2018, and writes the Substack newsletter Steady. He has won Emmy and Peabody Awards.
95years old
Turns 96 on October 31in 355 days
- Born Wharton
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Daniel Irvin Rather and Daniel Rather
Movie Career
- Films
- 7
- Career span
- 37 years1988 to 2025
Genres
- Documentary100%, 7 films
- History29%, 2 films
- Adventure14%, 1 film
- Biography14%, 1 film
- Comedy14%, 1 film
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A first
While covering Hurricane Carla for KHOU-TV in September 1961, Rather broadcast the first TV radar image of a hurricane. He laid a clear map on top of the radar screen so viewers could grasp Carla's size, and over 350,000 people left the area, the biggest known evacuation up to then.
A change of course
Rather spent four seasons calling play-by-play for University of Houston football. In the 1959 minor league baseball season, he announced Texas League Houston Buffs games on radio.
First role
Rather began his television career in 1959 on a weekly Coaches Show for the University of Houston on KTRK-TV, then was hired in 1960 as anchor and news director for KHOU-TV.
Big break
In December 1975 Rather joined 60 Minutes as a correspondent. His success on the program helped him move ahead of Roger Mudd, another longtime correspondent, who had been in line to take over from Walter Cronkite at The CBS Evening News.
Dan Rather movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Worked with
Dan Rather shares two films with Bill Clinton, and one with each of the others. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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George Bush's page
Robin Williams's page
George W. Bush's page
Ronald Reagan's page
Willie Nelson's page
All films by Godfrey Reggio
Stanley NelsonDirector, 1 film, 2021
All films by Stanley Nelson
All films by Laura Poitras
Awards
Nine awards and honors from 1990 to 2017, one of them major.
| Year | Award | Film | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emmy Awards | |||
| 1990 | News and Documentary Emmy Awards | 48 Hours: Hurricane Watch | Won |
| Other honors | |||
| 2017 | Jane Fonda Humanitarian Award | Won | |
| 2013 | Trustees Award | Won | |
| 2012 | Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award | Won | |
| Academy of Achievement | Won | ||
| Four Freedoms Award – Freedom of Speech | Won | ||
| Peabody Awards | Won | ||
| Radio Television Digital News Association | Won | ||
| Television Hall of Fame | Won | ||
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.