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Roone Arledge
Producer, Additional Credits
Born July 8, 1931Died December 5, 2002 (71 years)
Roone Pinckney Arledge Jr. was an American sports and news broadcasting executive who was president of ABC Sports from 1968 until 1986 and ABC News from 1977 until 1998, and a key part of the company's rise to competition with the two other main television networks, NBC and CBS, in the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s. He created many programs still airing today, such as Monday Night Football, ABC World News Tonight, Primetime, Nightline and 20/20. John Heard portrayed him in the 2002 TNT movie Monday Night Mayhem.
Filmography
| 2006 | Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer · as Self |
| 2005 | The Top 5 Reasons You Can't Blame (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Wide World of Sports 40th Anniversary Special · as Self - Executive Producer, Wide World Of Sports |
| 1999 | Howard Cosell: Telling It Like It Is · as Self (exec. Producer Abc Sports 1961-1986 |
| 1999 | SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | 23rd Annual International Emmys Gala Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1986 | Our World (TV Series) · as Self - Abc Sports President |
| 1972 | Bill Moyers Journal (TV Series) · as Self - Abc News And Sports President |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple (TV Series) · as Roone Arledge |