Edward R. Murrow

Born:April 25, 1908

Place of Birth:Guilford County, North Carolina, USA

Died:April 27, 1965

Known For:Acting

Biography

Edward Roscoe Murrow (born Egbert Roscoe Murrow; April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent. He first gained prominence during World War II with a series of live radio broadcasts from Europe for the news division of CBS. During the war he recruited and worked closely with a team of war correspondents who came to be known as the Murrow Boys.

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Edward R. Murrow

Filmography

Acting

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Around the World in Eighty Days

Prologue Narrator

1956

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Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Self (archive footage)

2024

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Sink the Bismarck!

Himself - Edward R. Murrow

1960

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