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Dan Rather
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

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.

TV Appearances

Main cast

Star Wars: The Legacy Revealed (2007)	As: Himself (Commentator)
Dan Rather Reports (2006)	As: Host
60 Minutes II (1999)	As: Himself
60 Minutes (US) (1968)	As: Himself (Host 1975-1981; 2005-2006)
CBS Evening News (1948)	As: Himself (1981-2005)

Episode Cast Credits

Newsreaders (2013)
	• Pilot	01x01: (Jan/17/2013)	As	Himself
The Daily Show (1996)
	• Dan Rather	17x105: (May/30/2012)	As	Himself, [Interviewees]
	• Dan Rather	14x155: (Dec/07/2009)	As	Himself, [Interviewees]
	• George Stephanopoulos	14x62: (May/06/2009)	As	Himself, [Uncredited]
	• George Carlin	04x158: (Dec/16/1999)	As	Himself, [Uncredited]
Real Time With Bill Maher (2003)
	• Season 10, Episode 17	10x17: (May/18/2012)	As	Himself, [Interviewees]
	• Episode 95	05x05: (Mar/16/2007)	As	Himself
The Colbert Report (2005)
	• Mary "Missy" Cummings	07x97: (Jul/27/2011)	As	Himself
	• Dan Rather	02x143: (Nov/13/2006)	As	Himself, [Interviewees]
The Simpsons (1989)
	• The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special - In 3-D! On Ice!	(Jan/10/2010)	As	Himself
	• E. Pluribus Wiggum	19x10: (Jan/06/2008)	*Voiced*	Himself
Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
	• The Star Witness	02x03: (Oct/22/2008)	As	Himself
	• Pilot	01x01: (Sep/26/2007)	As	Himself
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)
	• Dan Rather, Mike Rowe, Josh Kelley	16x54: (Feb/04/2008)	As	Himself
	• Dan Rather, bizarre food expert Andrew Zimmern, Lloyd	15x113: (Mar/15/2007)	As	Himself
Late Show with David Letterman (1993) Show all 16 episode cast credits
	• Dan Rather, Tricia Helfer, Andy Kindler	14x83: (Jan/19/2007)	As	Himself
	• Dan Rather, Poppy Montgomery	12x112: (Mar/03/2005)	As	Himself
	• Anthony Clark, Joan Lunden, Eryka Badu	04x129: (Apr/07/1997)	As	Himself (cameo)
	• Dan Rather, Jane Leeves, Tori Amos	04x89: (Jan/29/1997)	As	Himself, [Interviewees]
Live with Kelly and Michael (1975)
	• Dan Rather and Carson Kressley	25x128: (Nov/29/2006)	As	Himself
Good Morning America (1975)
	• Dan Rather, John Edwards, Genie Francis, Anthony Geary	32x52: (Nov/14/2006)	As	Himself
The O'Reilly Factor (1996)
	• American Leadership: Behind the Times?	11x138: (Aug/02/2006)	As	Himself
American Masters (1986)
	• Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes	12x05: (May/01/1998)	As	Himself

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