Alistair Cooke
Birthday: Born in 1908-11-20 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Deathday: 2004-03-30
TV Credits
ABC Stage 67
Character: Self - Host
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An...
Unknown Chaplin
Character: Self
A documentary series examining the film making methods and techniques of Charles Chaplin. Featuring previously unseen footage from Chaplin's private film archive....
Omnibus
Character: Self - Host
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series....
Movie Credits
The Unseen Alistair Cooke
Character: Self/Archival Footage
Alistair Cooke was known to millions as the graceful, amazingly well-read host of Masterpiece Theatre for 22 years. But this very public side of a very outgoing man was just the tip of the iceberg to a fascinating career extending back to the Jazz Age. The Unseen Alistair Cooke includes footage from 150 reels of film shot by Cooke from the 1930s on, recording his encounters with American scenes and celebrities. Discovered after his death, the treasure trove includes a short feature of his friend...
The Three Faces of Eve
Character: Himself (prologue narrator)
A doctor treats a woman suffering from multiple personality disorder....
King Lear
Character: Self – Host
In this abridged television production, Lear vows revenge against his conniving daughters after they try to take swift control of his power....
All at Sea
Character: Self
"All at Sea" is a short documentary of Cooke, Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard all on Chaplin's yacht on an afternoon sail....
Bacall on Bogart
Character: Self
Lauren Bacall tells the story of her late husband Humphrey Bogart, presenting clips from his movies and interview clips with his peers....
The Congress
Character: Self - Journalist
For 200 years, the United States Congress has been one of the country's most important and least understood institutions. In this elegant, thoughtful and often touching portrait, Ken Burns explores the history and promise of this unique American institution. Using historical photographs and newsreels, evocative live footage and interviews with David Broder, Alistair Cooke, Cokie Roberts, Charles McDowell and others, the award-winning film chronicles the personalities, events and issues that have...
Blitz on Britain
Character: Narrator
Featuring archival footage from both German and UK sources, this documentary examines the defense of Britain during the early years of World War II....
Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Character: Opening Sequence Narrator (uncredited)
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without....
Mr. Lincoln
Character: Self (Host)
A five-part biographic series about Abraham Lincoln for the educational TV series Omnibus, filmed on location in Hodgenville, Kentucky....
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Character:
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966....