Chet Huntley
Birthday
1911/12/11
Day of death
1974/03/20 (62 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Cardwell, Montana, USA
Also know as
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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". I...Read more
Acting
(1958) Cry Terror!
as Himself
(1958) The Bonnie Parker Story
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1943) Flight for Freedom
as Radio Broadcaster (uncredited)
(1949) I Cheated the Law
as Himself, Chet Huntley
(1965) The Decision to Drop the Bomb
as Self
(1949) And Ten Thousand More
as Narrator
(1955) Mau-Mau
as Narrator
(1960) The Thread of Life
as Himself (opening narration) (voice) (uncredited)
(1970) Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
as Self
(1943) Mr. Lucky
as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
(1966) Disneyland Around the Seasons
as Self
(1955) Day the World Ended
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
(1942) The Big Street
as Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)
(2011) Gloria: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
(1960) Sit-In
as Narrator
(1971) Vanished
as Newscaster
(1949) The Emmy Awards
as Self
(1957) Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
(1956) Huntley-Brinkley Report
as Himself
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
The Kraft Music Hall
as Self
(1958) Kraft Music Hall
as Self