Dan Rather Biography (1931-)

Full name, Daniel Irvin Rather, Jr.; born October 31, 1931, in Wharton, TX; son of Daniel Irvin (an oil pipeline worker) and Byrl (a waitress; maiden name, Page) Rather; married Jeannine Grace Goebel (a painter; name also cited asJean Gobel and Jean Goebel), c. 1957; children: Dawn Robin Rather Murray, Daniel "Danjack" Martin. Addresses: Office: CBS News, 524 West 57th St.,New York, NY 10019-2985.; Agent: N. S. Bienstock, 1740 Broadway, 24th Floor,New York, NY 10019.

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Television news anchor, television reporter, television writer
Birth Details
October 31, 1931
Wharton, Texas, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Television Appearances
  • Series
  • Correspondent, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite, CBS, 1972-1973
  • Anchor and correspondent, CBS Reports, CBS, 1974-1975
  • Correspondent, 60 Minutes, CBS, 1975-1981
  • Reporter, Who's Who, CBS, 1977
  • Anchor, CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS, 1981-
  • Anchor, 48 Hours (also known as 48 Hours Investigates), CBS, 1988-2002
  • Anchor, Real America: 48 Hours, CBS, 1997
  • Host, CBS Classics, CBS, 1997
  • Correspondent, 60 Minutes II, CBS, 1999-
  • Specials
  • CBS News Special Report: The Senate and the Watergate Affair, CBS,1973
  • Watergate: The White House Transcripts, CBS, 1973
  • Reporter, The Best Congress Money Can Buy, CBS, 1975
  • Anchor, Campaign '84, CBS, 1984
  • Anchor and chief correspondent, AIDS Hits Home, CBS, 1986
  • Anchor and chief correspondent, 48 Hours on Crack Street, CBS, 1986
  • Anchor and correspondent, Campaign '86: Election Night, CBS, 1986
  • Anchor, Catholics in America, CBS, 1987
  • Anchor and chief correspondent, The Soviet Union: Seven Days in May, CBS, 1987
  • Correspondent, The Battle for Afghanistan, CBS, 1987
  • Anchor, Campaign '88: The Democratic Convention, CBS, 1988
  • Anchor, Campaign '88: The Republican Convention, CBS, 1988
  • Anchor, Campaign '88: Election Night, CBS, 1988
  • Anchor, Four Days in November: The Assassination of President Kennedy, CBS, 1988
  • Correspondent, The Wall Within, CBS, 1988
  • JFK--A Time Remembered, PBS, 1988
  • Anchor, 48 Hours: Return to Crack Street, CBS, 1989
  • Anchor, The Moon Above, the Earth Below, CBS, 1989
  • Anchor, Presidential Inauguration, CBS, 1989
  • Host, CBS News Special: Lucy, CBS, 1989
  • Anchor, William S. Paley: Tribute to a Broadcasting Giant, CBS, 1990
  • Panelist, Hard Drugs, Hard Choices, PBS, 1990
  • A Day with Dan Rather, PBS, 1990
  • Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter, PBS, 1990
  • Setting the Summit, CBS, 1990
  • Dangerous Assignments, PBS, 1991
  • Anchor, America on the Line, CBS, 1992
  • Anchor, Eye on Earth, CBS, 1992
  • Anchor, Malcolm X: The Real Story (also known as The Real Malcolm X), CBS, 1992
  • See How They Run, E! Entertainment Television, 1992
  • Watergate: The Secret Story, 1992
  • Anchor, Who Killed JFK: The Final Chapter? (also known as Who Killed JFK? Facts Not Fiction), CBS, 1993
  • November 22, 1993: Where Were You? A Larry King Special Live from Washington, The Nashville Network, 1993
  • Schwarzkopf in Vietnam: A Soldier Returns, CBS, 1993
  • 60 Minutes ... 25 Years, CBS, 1993
  • Anchor, When America Trembled--Murrow/McCarthy, CBS, 1994
  • Anchor and correspondent, Legacy of Shame, CBS, 1995
  • Anchor and reporter, Faith and Politics: The Christian Right, CBS,1995
  • Anchor and reporter, Victory in the Pacific, CBS, 1995
  • Coanchor, In the Killing Fields of America, CBS, 1995
  • New York anchor, State of the Union: The President, the Congress, andYou, CBS, 1995
  • Anchor, State of the Union Address: The President, the Congress, and You, CBS, 1996
  • Anchor, Campaign '96: New Hampshire Primary, CBS, 1996
  • Anchor, Campaign '96: Super Tuesday, CBS, 1996
  • Anchor, 1996 Democratic National Convention, CBS, 1996
  • Anchor, 1996 Republican National Convention, CBS, 1996
  • Anchor, Election Night '96, CBS, 1996
  • Anchor, Incredible Journey: A Decade of "48 Hours," CBS, 1996
  • Anchor, The Last Revolutionary, CBS, 1996
  • Anchor and reporter, The Gulf War + 5, CBS, 1996
  • Host, anchor, and correspondent, Smithsonian Fantastic Journey (three specials), CBS, 1996
  • The People and the Power Game, PBS, 1996
  • Correspondent, The Class of 2000, CBS, 1997
  • All-Star Moms, CBS, 1997
  • 50 Years of Television: A Celebration of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Golden Anniversary, HBO, 1997
  • Hollywood and the News, American Movie Classics, 1997
  • Anchor, John Glenn: Return to Space, CBS, 1998
  • Anchor, Leaders and Revolutionaries (also known as Leaders andRevolutionaries: People of the Century: CBS News/Time 100), CBS, 1998
  • Guest host, CBS: The First 50 Years, CBS, 1998
  • Host, Unspoiled Country, The Nashville Network, 1998
  • AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies, CBS, 1998
  • 60 Minutes at 30, CBS, 1998
  • We Were There: CBS News at 50, CBS, 1998
  • Anchor, Person of the Century: CBS News/Time 100, CBS, 1999
  • Monica: The Untold Story, E! Entertainment Television, 1999
  • Anchor, Election Night 2000, CBS, 2000
  • Panelist, Disconnected: Politics, the Press, and the Public: A Fred Friendly Seminar, PBS, 2000
  • Kids Pick the Issues, Nickelodeon, 2000
  • Votefest 2000, MTV, 2000
  • Breaking the News, CBS, 2001
  • What Was That About? The Weird (but True) Story of Election 2000,Nickelodeon, 2001
  • Miniseries
  • Himself (in archive footage), Cold War, Cable News Network, 1998
  • Episodic
  • The Presidency and the Constitution, 1987
  • "Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1991
  • The Class of the 20th Century, CBS, 1992
  • I Remember, CBS, 1997
  • Narrator, Intimate Portrait: Ann Richards, Lifetime, 1998
  • "Walter Cronkite: Eyewitness to History," Biography, Arts and Entertainment, 1998
  • Intimate Portrait: Lesley Stahl, Lifetime, 1999
  • Guest host, Larry King Live, Cable News Network, 2000
  • Himself, The Late Show with David Letterman, CBS, 2001
  • Intimate Portrait: Paula Zahn, Lifetime, 2002
  • Appeared in episodes of other series, including another episode of TheLate Show with David Letterman, CBS.
  • Awards Presentations
  • Presenter, The 10th Annual Television Academy Hall of Fame, The Disney Channel, 1994
  • Narrator, The 1996 Horatio Alger Awards, PBS, 1996
  • American Veteran Awards, History Channel, 2001
  • Television Work
  • Series
  • (Coeditor) 60 Minutes, CBS, 1975-1981
  • (Coeditor) Who's Who, CBS, 1977
  • (Executive producer and managing editor) CBS Evening News with Dan Rather, CBS, 1981-
  • Film Appearances
  • Presenter, Man on the Moon, 1989
  • Himself (in archive footage), The Panama Deception (documentary),Empowerment Project, 1992
  • Himself, The Last Party, 1993
  • Himself (in archive footage), The Trials of Henry Kissinger (documentary), First Run, 2002
  • Radio Appearances
  • Anchor, Dan Rather Reporting (series), CBS, beginning in 1981
  • Cohost, Solutions to Violence: An Eye on Education (special), KYW-3 (Philadelphia, PA), 1999
  • RECORDINGS
  • Audiobooks
  • The American Dream: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation, Harper Audio, 2001
  • WRITINGS
  • Teleplays
  • Specials
  • Schwarzkopf in Vietnam: A Soldier Returns, CBS, 1993
  • Who Killed JFK: The Final Chapter? (also known as Who Killed JFK? Facts Not Fiction), CBS, 1993
  • When America Trembled--Murrow/McCarthy, CBS, 1994
  • Faith and Politics: The Christian Right, CBS, 1995
  • Legacy of Shame, CBS, 1995
  • Victory in the Pacific, CBS, 1995
  • The Last Revolutionary, CBS, 1996
  • The Class of 2000, CBS, 1997
  • Leaders and Revolutionaries (also known as Leaders and Revolutionaries: People of the Century: CBS News/Time 100), CBS, 1998
  • Nonfiction
  • (With Gary Paul Gates) The Palace Guard, Harper (New York City), 1974
  • (With Mickey Herskowitz) The Camera Never Blinks: Adventures of a TV Journalist (autobiography), Morrow (New York City), 1977
  • (With Peter Wyden) Memoirs: I Remember, Houghton Mifflin (Boston,MA), 1991, published as I Remember: Growing Up in Texas, Little, Brown(Boston, MA), 1992
  • (With Herskowitz) The Camera Never Blinks Twice: The Further Adventures of a Television Journalist, Morrow, 1994
  • (Editor) Mark Sullivan, Our Times: America at the Birth of the Twentieth Century, Scribner (New York City), 1995
  • Deadlines and Datelines: Essays at the Turn of the Century (collected columns), Morrow, 1999
  • Pearls of Wisdom from Grandma, HarperCollins, 1999
  • The American Dream: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation, Harper,2001
  • Author of a weekly syndicated newspaper column, "Part of Our World." Contributor to periodicals, including the Houston Chronicle, HuntsvilleItem, and Newsday.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

    Books
    • St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, St. James Press, 2000
    Periodicals
    • American Journalism Review, May, 1998, p. 36
    • Broadcasting & Cable, January 5, 1998, p. 26
    • New York, September 28, 1998, pp. 42-48
    • Parade, June 27, 1999, p. 14
    • People Weekly, October 17, 1994, p. 33; August 9, 1999, p. 141
    • Texas Monthly, October, 1997, p. 28
    • TV Guide, November 24, 2001, pp. 36-37, 67
    Electronic
    • CBS News, http://www.cbsnews.com, April 9, 2002

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