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Dan Rather
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General Information (Dan Rather) |
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| Mostly Credited As: | Dan Rather |
| Sometimes Credited As: | Dan Blather
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| Birth Name: | Daniel Irvin Rather Jr. |
| Date Of Birth: | October 31, 1931 (Age 78) |
| 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.
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Dan Rather TV Appearances |
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| Show: The Daily Show (1996) |
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• George Stephanopoulos |
14x62: (May/06/2009) |
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Himself, [Uncredited] |
| Show: 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 |
| Show: 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 |
| Show: The Simpsons (1989) |
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• E. Pluribus Wiggum |
19x10: (Jan/06/2008) |
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Himself |
| Show: Real Time With Bill Maher (2003) |
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• Episode 95 |
05x05: (Mar/16/2007) |
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Himself |
| Show: Late Show with David Letterman (1993) |
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• Dan Rather, Tricia Helfer, Andy Kindler |
14x83: (Jan/19/2007) |
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Himself |
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• Dan Rather, Poppy Montgomery |
12x112: (Mar/03/2005) |
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Himself |
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• Dan Rather, Penelope Ann Miller, Gin Blossoms |
01x38: (Oct/20/1993) |
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Himself |
| Show: Live with Regis and Kelly (1988) |
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• Dan Rather and Carson Kressley |
18x128: (Nov/29/2006) |
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Himself |
| Show: 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 |
| Show: The Colbert Report (2005) |
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• Dan Rather |
02x143: (Nov/13/2006) |
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Himself |
| Show: The O'Reilly Factor (1996) |
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• American Leadership: Behind the Times? |
11x138: (Aug/02/2006) |
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Himself |
| Show: American Masters (1986) |
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• Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes |
12x05: (May/01/1998) |
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Himself |
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Dan Rather Trivia |
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One of the first to know of the death of John F. Kennedy. |
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