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Alistair Cooke
Actor, Additional Credits
Born November 20, 1908Died March 30, 2004 (95 years)
Alistair Cooke was a British-born American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and America: A Personal History of the United States, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for 42 years, Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present Letter from America until shortly before his death. He was the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke.
Filmography
| 2024 | Bogart: Life Comes in Flashes · as Self - Journalist |
| 2021 | The Real Charlie Chaplin · as Self |
| 2008 | The Unseen Alistair Cooke · as Self |
| 2004 | The 56th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self - In Memoriam |
| 2000 | James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times · as Self |
| 1991 | Charlie Rose (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1989 | The Congress · as Self - Journalist |
| 1986 | The Story of English (TV Series) · as Self - Writer And Broadcaster |
| 1983 | James Bond: The First 21 Years · as Self |
| 1983 | Unknown Chaplin (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Arena (1975) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1974 | Dinah! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Alistair Cooke's America (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1972 | Pebble Mill at One (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Country Matters (TV Series) · as Self - Narrator |
| 1971 | Parkinson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Masterpiece (2017) (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1967 | Omnibus (1967) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1967 | NBC Experiment in Television (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1966 | Firing Line (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1963 | World in Action (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1960 | Blitz on Britain · as Self - Commentary |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1950 | The Paul Winchell Show (TV Series) · as Self |