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Walter Mondale

Born January 5, 1928Died April 19, 2021 (93 years)
Walter Frederick "Fritz" Mondale (January 5, 1928 – April 19, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 42nd vice president of the United States from 1977 to 1981 under President Jimmy Carter. A U.S. senator from Minnesota from 1964 to 1976, he was the Democratic Party's nominee in the 1984 presidential election, but lost to incumbent Ronald Reagan in an Electoral College and popular vote landslide. Reagan won 49 states while Mondale carried his home state of Minnesota and the District of Columbia. His vice presidential nominee, U.S. Representative Geraldine Ferraro from New York, was the first female vice-presidential nominee of any major party in U.S. history.

Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota, and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951 after attending Macalester College. He then served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War before earning a law degree in 1956. He married Joan Adams in 1955. Working as a lawyer in Minneapolis, Mondale was appointed Minnesota Attorney General in 1960 by Governor Orville Freeman and was elected to a full term as attorney general in 1962 with 60% of the vote. He was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Karl Rolvaag upon the resignation of Senator Hubert Humphrey following Humphrey's election as vice president in 1964. Mondale was elected to a full Senate term in 1966 and reelected in 1972, resigning in 1976 as he prepared to succeed to the vice presidency in 1977. While in the Senate, he supported consumer protection, fair housing, tax reform and the desegregation of schools; he served on the Church Committee.

Filmography

2021
Carterland · as Self
2020
2020
First Ladies (TV Series) · as Self (archive Footage)
2020
2019
Bombshell · as Self
2019
Cuba: The Revolution And The World (TV Series) · as Self - Us Vice President
2019
Desert One · as Self - U.s. Vice President
2018
The Front Runner · as Self (archive Footage) (uncredited)
2017
The Words That Built America · as Self - Reader: The Constitution
2016
2016
The Contenders - 16 for '16 (TV Series) · as Self
2016
2016
Race for the White House (TV Series) · as Self
2014
2014
Freedom Summer · as Self
2012
The Reagan Presidency (TV Series) · as Self - Vice President Of The United States
2011
2011
Ronald Reagan: An American Journey · as Self - 42nd Us Vice President
2011
2010
Hubert H Humphrey: The Art of the Possible · as Self - Vice President
2009
Iran and the West (TV Series) · as Self - Vice-President: Usa
2007
2006
2004
2002
2001
1999
SportsCentury (TV Series) · as Self
1995
Underground · as Self (at Funeral Of Tito)
1994
Freedom on My Mind · as Self (archive Footage)
1990
The Howard Stern Channel 9 Show (TV Series) · as Self
1988
American Experience (TV Series) · as Self - Vice President
1987
Eyes on the Prize (TV Series) · as Self
1983
1982
Not Necessarily the News (TV Series) · as Self
1975
Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Himself
1952
Today (TV Series) · as Self - Former Vice President Of The United States
1947
Meet the Press (TV Series) · as Self
1941
CBS Evening News (TV Series) · as Self - U.s. Vice President

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