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Dan Rather

 
General Information (Dan Rather)
  
Mostly Credited As: Dan Rather
Birth Name: Daniel Irvin Rather Jr.
Date Of Birth: October 31, 1931
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 Tonight Show with Jay Leno 
  • Dan Rather, Mike Rowe, Josh K ... 16x54: (Feb/04/2008) As Himself 
  • Dan Rather, bizarre food expe ... 15x113: (Mar/15/2007) As Himself 
 
Show: The Simpsons 
  • E. Pluribus Wiggum 19x10: (Jan/06/2008) As Himself 
 
Show: Dirty Sexy Money 
  • Pilot 01x01: (Sep/26/2007) As Himself 
 
Show: Real Time With Bill Maher 
  • Episode 95 05x05: (Mar/16/2007) As Himself 
 
Show: Late Show with David Letterman 
  • Dan Rather, Tricia Helfer, An ... 14x83: (Jan/19/2007) As Himself 
  • Dan Rather, Poppy Montgomery 12x112: (Mar/03/2005) As Himself 
  • Dan Rather, Penelope Ann Mill ... 01x38: (Oct/20/1993) As Himself 
 
Show: Live with Regis and Kelly 
  • Dan Rather and Carson Kressle ... 18x128: (Nov/29/2006) As Himself 
 
Show: Good Morning America 
  • Dan Rather, John Edwards, Gen ... 32x52: (Nov/14/2006) As Himself 
 
Show: The Colbert Report 
  • Dan Rather 02x143: (Nov/13/2006) As Himself 
 
Show: The O'Reilly Factor 
  • American leadership, behind t ... 11x138: (Aug/02/2006) As Himself 
 
 
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Dan Rather Trivia
  
One of the first to know of the death of John F. Kennedy.
 
 
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