David McCullough
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2017 · California Typewriter as Self
- 2017 · The Words That Built America as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 2017 · Burden of Genius as Self – Author, Historian
- 2014 · The Roosevelts: An Intimate History as Self - Historian
- 2010 · The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Featuring Natalie Cole as Self
- 2008 · David McCullough: Painting with Words as Self
- 2005 · The Colbert Report as
- 2003 · Seabiscuit as Narrator
- 2000 · Napoleon as Narrator
- 2000 · Napoleon as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1999 · New York: A Documentary Film as Self - Commentator
- 1997 · Truman as Self
- 1997 · New York Underground as Self - Host
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Wright Stuff as Self - Host
- 1996 · The Battle Over Citizen Kane as Self - Host of The American Experience
- 1995 · Chicago 1968 as Self - Host
- 1994 · Midnight Ramble as Introduction
- 1994 · FDR as Narrator
- 1993 · The Hurricane of '38 as Narrator (voice)
- 1993 · Ike as Narrator (voice)
- 1992 · George Washington: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King as Host
- 1992 · The Donner Party as Narrator (voice)
- 1991 · LBJ as Narrator
- 1990 · The Civil War as Narrator
- 1989 · The Congress as Self - Writer / Narrator
- 1989 · The World That Moses Built as Narrator
- 1988 · American Experience as Narrator (voice)
- 1988 · American Experience as Host
- 1986 · The Wyeths: A Father and His Family as Self
- 1985 · The Statue of Liberty as Self - Historian / Narrator
- 1985 · Huey Long as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 · The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God as Narrator (voice)
- 1984 · Smithsonian World as Self - Host
- 1981 · Brooklyn Bridge as Self - Narrator (voice)
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self