Charles Osgood Biography (1933-)
Full name, Charles Osgood Wood III; born January 8, 1933, in New York, NY; son of Charles Osgood and Mary F. (maiden name, Wilson) Wood; married second wife Jean Crafton, December 5, 1973; children: (second marriage) Kathleen, Winston, Anne Elizabeth, Emily Jean, James Edward. Addresses: Agent: CBS-TV News Department, 524 West 57th St., New York, NY 10019-2902.
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- News broadcaster, journalist
- Birth Details
- January 8, 1933
- New York, New York
Famous Works
- CREDITS
- Television Appearances
- Series
- Reporter, Universe (also known as Walter Cronkite's Universe), 1980-81
- Sunday night anchor, CBS News, CBS, 1981-87
- CBS This Morning, CBS, 1987
- Host, CBS Sunday Morning, CBS, 1994-
- Specials
- Host/narrator, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Monsters ... But Were Afraid! (documentary), CBS, 1981
- CBS News Special: Lucy, CBS, 1989
- Host, The Century That Made America Great, The Disney Channel, 1995
- Remember When, PBS, 1995
- Radio Reporting
- Served as a CBS Radio correspondent, anchoring and writing The OsgoodFile, which is broadcast daily on the CBS Radio Network. Osgood's radio reporting work has also included Newsmark, a weekly CBS Radio public affairs broadcast.
- RECORDINGS
- Taped Readings
- Osgood on Speaking, NewStar Media, Inc., 1997
- See You on the Radio, Soundelux, 1999
- Also read Charles Osgood--More of See You on the Radio, SoundeluxAudio.
- WRITINGS
- For Television
- (With Walter Cronkite, David Anderson, Ray Brady, Jody Perkins, and Jonathan Ward) Walter Cronkite's Universe (series), CBS, 1980-82
- (With Joel Heller) Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Monsters ... But Were Afraid! (documentary; special), CBS, 1981
- Other Writings
- Nothing Could Be Finer Than a Crisis That Is Minor in the Morning,1979
- There's Nothing That I Wouldn't Do If You Would Be My POSSLQ, 1981
- Osgood on Speaking, 1988
- The Osgood Files, 1991
- (Editor) Killroy Was Here: The Best American Humor from World War II, Hyperion, 2001
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
- Broadcasting & Cable, November 13, 2000, p. S18
- Saturday Evening Post, July, 2000, p. 26