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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