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David McCullough
Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born July 7, 1933Died August 7, 2022 (89 years)
David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, and the Wright brothers. McCullough also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and he hosted the PBS television documentary series American Experience for twelve years. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize–winning books—Truman and John Adams.—were adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, and the Wright brothers. McCullough also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and he hosted the PBS television documentary series American Experience for twelve years. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize–winning books—Truman and John Adams.—were adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively.
David McCullough Filmography
| 2005 | The Colbert Report (TV Series) |
| 2003 | Seabiscuit · as Narrator |
| 1994 | FDR · as Narrator |
| 1993 | Degenerate Art · as Narrator |
| 1992 | |
| 1992 | The Donner Party · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 | The Civil War (TV Series) · as Narrator |
| 1988 | American Experience (TV Series) · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1985 | Huey Long · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1984 | The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God · as Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | The Words That Built America · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 2017 | Ken Burns: America's Storyteller · as Self |
| 2016 | California Typewriter · as Self |
| 2015 | Conspiracy Theorists Lie · as Self |
| 2014 | The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (TV Series) · as Self - Historian |
| 2012 | The Typewriter (in the 21st Century) · as Self - Author |
| 2012 | CBS Mornings (TV Series) · as Self - Author |
| 2008 | David McCullough: Painting with Words · as Self |
| 2002 | Founding Brothers · as Self |
| 2000 | Napoleon (2000) (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1999 | New York: A Documentary Film (TV Series) · as Self - Commentator |
| 1999 | The Century: America's Time (TV Series) · as Self - Historian |
| 1996 | The Daily Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | The Battle Over Citizen Kane · as Self - Host Of The American Experience |
| 1995 | The Way West · as Self |
| 1995 | Troublesome Creek: A Midwestern · as Self - Host |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1989 | The Congress · as Self - Writer / Narrator |
| 1985 | The Statue of Liberty · as Self - Historian / Narrator |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1984 | Smithsonian World (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1981 | Brooklyn Bridge · as Self - Narrator (voice) |
| 1970 | NBC Nightly News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1954 | Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan (TV Series) · as Self - Author |
| 1989 | |
| 1984 | Smithsonian World (TV Series) |
| 1974 | NOVA (TV Series) |
| 2008 | John Adams (TV Series) · as Book |
| 1995 | Truman · as Author |
| 1981 | Brooklyn Bridge · as Script Consultant |