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Chet Huntley
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Film & TV
Cardwell, Montana, USA
Huntley began his radio newscast career in 1934 at Seattle's KIRO AM, later working on radio stations in Spokane (KHQ) and Portland. His time (1936–37) in Portland was with KGW-AM, owned by The Oregonian, a Portland daily newspaper. At KGW he was writer, newscaster, and announcer. In 1937 he went to work for KFI in Los Angeles, moving to CBS Radio from 1939 to 1951, then ABC Radio from 1951 to…
Known for
- Gloria: In Her Own Words — Self (archive footage)2011
- The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit — Self (archive footage)1991
- Vanished — Newscaster1971
- Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles — Self1970
- The Dick Cavett Show — Self - Guest1968
- Disneyland Around the Seasons — Self1966
- The Decision to Drop the Bomb — Self1965
- NBC White Paper: Angola – Journey to a War — Self - Narrator1961
- The Thread of Life — Himself (opening narration) (voice) (uncredited)1960
- Sit-In — Narrator1960
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Cardwell
- Place of death
- Big Sky
- Occupation
- actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Peabody Awards
- Image
- Chet Huntley 1968.JPG
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- writing language
- English language
- Commons category
- Chet Huntley
- date of birth
- 1911-12-10
- date of death
- 1974-03-20
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1934-00-00
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