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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

39

Gender

Male

Birthday

1908-04-25

Day of Death

1965-04-27 (57 years old)

Place of Birth

Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

Also Known As

Edward Roscoe Murrow

Egbert Roscoe Murrow

Edward R. Murrow

Biography

Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys.

Known For

Acting

The Movie Orgy

1968

The Movie Orgy

as

Self (archive footage)

Is Everybody Listening?

1947

Is Everybody Listening?

as

Newscaster

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend

as

Self (archive footage)

The Challenge of Ideas

1961

The Challenge of Ideas

as

Self- Narrator

This Is England

1941

This Is England

as

Narrator

Harvest of Shame

1960

Harvest of Shame

as

Himself

Mike Wallace Is Here

2019

Mike Wallace Is Here

as

Self (archive footage)

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as

Self (archive footage)

Brando

2007

Brando

as

Self (archive footage)

Around the World in Eighty Days

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as

Prologue Narrator

Thomas Hart Benton

1989

Thomas Hart Benton

as

Himself (archive footage)

Dover

1942

Dover

as

Himself - Commentator

Sink the Bismarck!

1960

Sink the Bismarck!

as

Himself - Edward R. Murrow

Survival Under Atomic Attack

1951

Survival Under Atomic Attack

as

Narrator (voice)

Maria by Callas

2017

Maria by Callas

as

Self (archive footage)

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

2000

Backstory: 'How Green Was My Valley'

as

Self (archive footage)

The Soul of America

2020

The Soul of America

as

Self (archive footage)

Ethel

2012

Ethel

as

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

2024

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

as

Self (archive footage)

McCarthy

2020

McCarthy

as

Self - (archive footage)

One Plane, One Bomb

1953

One Plane, One Bomb

as

Self - Narrator

Studio One

Studio One

as

Narrator (voice)

Person to Person

Person to Person

as

Self - Host

Bobby Kennedy for President

Bobby Kennedy for President

as

Self (archive footage)

Small World

Small World

as

Self – Moderator

Production

Crew

Directing