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Mostly Credited As: Dan Rather Sometimes Credited As: Dan Blather Birth Name: Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. Date Of Birth: October 31, 1931 (Age 81) Country Of Birth:  USA Birth Place: Wharton, Texas
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Rather was born in Wharton, Texas and graduated from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, where he wanted to play football. He worked at local radio station KSAM in Huntsville during his college years. Following graduation he worked for radio station KTRK in Houston and went to work for KHOU-TV, the CBS affiliate in Houston. In 1961, he covered Hurricane Carla for KHOU-TV in Houston, Texas, and it caught the eye of CBS News executives, who hired him in 1962. He was in Dallas on November 22, 1963 and was CBS' lead anchor from Dallas during the coverage of the Kennedy assassination. In 1975, he became co-anchor of "60 Minutes" (1968) and in 1981 was selected to replace Walter Cronkite as anchor of the "CBS Evening News" (196)_ , where he remains as anchor to this day. The Communications Building on the campus of Sam Houston State University is named for Rather.
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Newsreaders (2013)
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• Pilot |
01x01: (Jan/17/2013) |
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The Daily Show (1996)
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• Dan Rather |
17x105: (May/30/2012) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
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• Dan Rather |
14x155: (Dec/07/2009) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
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• George Stephanopoulos |
14x62: (May/06/2009) |
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Himself, [Uncredited] |
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• George Carlin |
04x158: (Dec/16/1999) |
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Himself, [Uncredited] |
Real Time With Bill Maher (2003)
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• Season 10, Episode 17 |
10x17: (May/18/2012) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
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• Episode 95 |
05x05: (Mar/16/2007) |
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Himself |
The Colbert Report (2005)
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• Mary "Missy" Cummings |
07x97: (Jul/27/2011) |
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• Dan Rather |
02x143: (Nov/13/2006) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
The Simpsons (1989)
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• The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3-D! On Ice! |
(Jan/10/2010) |
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Himself |
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• E. Pluribus Wiggum |
19x10: (Jan/06/2008) |
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Himself |
Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
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• The Star Witness |
02x03: (Oct/22/2008) |
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Himself |
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• Pilot |
01x01: (Sep/26/2007) |
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Himself |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
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• Dan Rather, Mike Rowe, Josh Kelley |
16x54: (Feb/04/2008) |
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Himself |
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• Dan Rather, bizarre food expert Andrew Zimmern, Lloyd |
15x113: (Mar/15/2007) |
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Himself |
Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
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• Dan Rather, Tricia Helfer, Andy Kindler |
14x83: (Jan/19/2007) |
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• Dan Rather, Poppy Montgomery |
12x112: (Mar/03/2005) |
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Himself |
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• Anthony Clark, Joan Lunden, Eryka Badu |
04x129: (Apr/07/1997) |
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Himself (cameo) |
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• Dan Rather, Jane Leeves, Tori Amos |
04x89: (Jan/29/1997) |
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Himself, [Interviewees] |
Live with Kelly and Michael (1975)
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• Dan Rather and Carson Kressley |
25x128: (Nov/29/2006) |
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Himself |
Good Morning America (1975)
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• Dan Rather, John Edwards, Genie Francis, Anthony Geary |
32x52: (Nov/14/2006) |
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Himself |
The O'Reilly Factor (1996)
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• American Leadership: Behind the Times? |
11x138: (Aug/02/2006) |
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Himself |
American Masters (1986)
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• Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes |
12x05: (May/01/1998) |
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