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Dan Rather

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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 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.

Dan Rather TV Appearances

Main cast

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

Episode Cast Credits

Show: The Daily Show (1996)
	• George Stephanopoulos	14x62: (May/06/2009)	As	Himself, [Uncredited]
Show: Dirty Sexy Money (2007)
	• The Star Witness	02x03: (Oct/22/2008)	As	Himself
	• Pilot	01x01: (Sep/26/2007)	As	Himself
Show: 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
Show: The Simpsons (1989)
	• E. Pluribus Wiggum	19x10: (Jan/06/2008)	As	Himself
Show: Real Time With Bill Maher (2003)
	• Episode 95	05x05: (Mar/16/2007)	As	Himself
Show: Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
	• Dan Rather, Tricia Helfer, Andy Kindler	14x83: (Jan/19/2007)	As	Himself
	• Dan Rather, Poppy Montgomery	12x112: (Mar/03/2005)	As	Himself
	• Dan Rather, Penelope Ann Miller, Gin Blossoms	01x38: (Oct/20/1993)	As	Himself
Show: Live with Regis and Kelly (1988)
	• Dan Rather and Carson Kressley	18x128: (Nov/29/2006)	As	Himself
Show: Good Morning America (1975)
	• Dan Rather, John Edwards, Genie Francis, Anthony Geary	32x52: (Nov/14/2006)	As	Himself
Show: The Colbert Report (2005)
	• Dan Rather	02x143: (Nov/13/2006)	As	Himself
Show: The O'Reilly Factor (1996)
	• American Leadership: Behind the Times?	11x138: (Aug/02/2006)	As	Himself
Show: American Masters (1986)
	• Don Hewitt: 90 Minutes on 60 Minutes	12x05: (May/01/1998)	As	Himself