Alistair Cooke
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1908
- Place of birth
- Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
- Died
- March 30, 2004
Biography
Alistair Cooke, KBE (20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and America: A Personal History of the United States, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theatre from 1971 to 1992. After holding the job for 22 years, and having worked in television for 42 years, Cooke retired in 1992, although he continued to present Letter from America until shortly before his death. He is the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke.
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Movies with Alistair Cooke
- The Three Faces of Eve 1957 · ★ 7.2
- Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973 · ★ 6.2
- The Real Charlie Chaplin 2021 · ★ 7.7
- Bacall on Bogart 1988 · ★ 6.2
- All at Sea 1933 · ★ 4.4
- The Congress 1989 · ★ 7.6
- Blitz on Britain 1960 · ★ 7.1
- King Lear 1953 · ★ 7.5
- The Unseen Alistair Cooke 2008
Movies directed by Alistair Cooke
- All at Sea 1933 · ★ 4.4