Edward R. Murrow

Birthday: April 25, 1908 in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA

Birth Name: Egbert Roscoe Murrow

Pioneering radio and TV reporter who was the dominant figure in American broadcast journalism during its early years. His dramatic, in-person coverage of the Anschluss (German union with Austria), the ...Show More

[about television] The instrument can teach, it can illuminate. Yes, and it can even inspire. But it Show more [about television] The instrument can teach, it can illuminate. Yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise, it is merely lights and wires in a box. Hide

"Dear Sir or Madam: You may be right." This was Murrow's standard postcard reply to any and all crit Show more "Dear Sir or Madam: You may be right." This was Murrow's standard postcard reply to any and all critics who wrote to him. Hide

Edward R. Murrow's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (19)

American Masters - Season 38

The Soul of America

Mike Wallace Is Here

Time After Time

American Masters - Season 36

Maria by Callas [Sub: Eng]

Sink the Bismarck (1960)

Panorama - Season 72

Panorama - Season 74

American Masters - Season 40

Sinatra: All or Nothing at All - Season 1

Panorama - Season 71

Listen to Me Marlon

Jazz - Season 1

Around the World in 80 Days (1956)

American Masters - Season 39

Panorama - Season 73

Becoming Katharine Graham

The Kid Stays in the Picture