Chet Huntley

Personal Info

Birthday

December 11, 1911

Day of Death

1974-03-20

(62 years old)

Place of Birth

Cardwell, Montana, USA

Chet Huntley

Biography

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 1955. In 1955, he joined the NBC Radio network, viewed by network executives as "another Ed Murrow".

Known For

Vanished

Mr. Lucky

Day the World Ended

The Bonnie Parker Story

The Big Street

Flight for Freedom

Sit-In

Mau-Mau

Filmography

2011
Gloria: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
1991
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles
as Self
1966
Disneyland Around the Seasons
as Self
1965
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
as Self
1960
Sit-In
as Narrator
The Thread of Life
as Himself (opening narration) (voice) (uncredited)
1958
The Bonnie Parker Story
as Opening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Cry Terror!
as Himself
1955
Day the World Ended
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Mau-Mau
as Narrator
1949
I Cheated the Law
as Himself, Chet Huntley
And Ten Thousand More
as Narrator
1943
Mr. Lucky
as Radio Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
Flight for Freedom
as Radio Broadcaster (uncredited)
1942
The Big Street
as Radio Announcer (Voice) (Uncredited)