Cast & creator
David McCullough
Best known for The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, American Experience
David Gaub McCullough (July 7, 1933 – August 7, 2022) was an American popular historian. He was a two-time winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In 2006, he was given the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian award. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, McCullough earned a degree in English literature from Yale University. His first book was The Johnstown Flood (1968), and he wrote nine more on such topics as Harry S. Truman, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Panama Canal, and the Wright brothers. McCullough also narrated numerous documentaries, such as The Civil War by Ken Burns, as well as the 2003 film Seabiscuit, and he hosted the PBS television documentary series American Experience for twelve years. McCullough's two Pulitzer Prize–winning books—Truman and John Adams.—were adapted by HBO into a TV film and a miniseries, respectively.
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1968–2017 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (48)
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The Daily Show
Self
1996
The Colbert Report
2005
American Experience
Narrator (voice)
1988American Experience
Self - Host
1988
60 Minutes
Self
1968
New York
Self - Commentator
1999
The Civil War
Narrator (voice)
1990
John Adams
Book
2008
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
Self - Historian
2014
Seabiscuit
Narrator
2003
The Statue of Liberty
Self - Historian / Narrator
1985
The Words That Built America
Self - Narrator (voice)
2017
Napoleon
Self - Narrator (voice)
2000
The Hurricane of '38
Narrator (voice)
1993Winners' Circle: The Heroes Behind the Legend
Self
2003
The Donner Party
Narrator (voice)
1992
Brooklyn Bridge
Self - Narrator (voice)
1981Brooklyn Bridge
Script Consultant
1981
The Battle Over Citizen Kane
Self - Host of The American Experience
1996
The Congress
Self - Writer / Narrator
1989The Congress
Writer
1989'Seabiscuit': The Making of a Legend
Self
2003
California Typewriter
Self
2017
David McCullough: Painting with Words
Self
2008
Truman
Author
1995
Huey Long
Narrator (voice)
1985
The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
Narrator (voice)
1984
FDR
Narrator
1994
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Featuring Natalie Cole
Self
2010Truman
Self
1997
Napoleon
Narrator
2000Smithsonian World
Self - Host
1984
Ike
Narrator (voice)
1993Burden of Genius
Self – Author, Historian
2017The World That Moses Built
Narrator
1989Seabiscuit: Racing Through History
Self
2003
George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
Host
1992
New York Underground
Self - Host
1997
American Experience: LBJ
Self
1991
Rescue at Sea
Narrator
1999
Midnight Ramble
Introduction
1994
The Wright Stuff
Self - Host
1996The Wyeths: A Father and His Family
Self
1986The Wyeths: A Father and His Family
Writer
1986America 1900
Narrator
1998
D-Day Remembered
Self - Narrator
1994
LBJ
Narrator
1991Chicago 1968
Self - Host
1995