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Alistair Cooke was a British-born 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 was the father of author and folk singer John Byrne Cooke.
Birth Name
Alfred Alistair Cooke
Born
Friday, 20 November 1908
Died
Tuesday, 30 March 2004
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Real Charlie Chaplin | Self | 2021 |
| The Seventies | Self | 2015 |
| James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times | Self | 2014 |
| Stingers | S.O.G. | 1998 |
| The Congress | Himself - Journalist / Self - Journalist | 1989 |
| James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983 |
| Unknown Chaplin | Self | 1983 |
| Did You See..? | Self | 1980 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Real Charlie Chaplin | Self | 2021 |
| The Seventies | Self | 2015 |
| James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times | Self | 2014 |
| Stingers | S.O.G. | 1998 |
| The Congress | Himself - Journalist / Self - Journalist | 1989 |
| James Bond: The First 21 Years | Self | 1983 |
| Unknown Chaplin | Self | 1983 |
| Did You See..? | Self | 1980 |
| Arena | Himself | 1975 |
| Dinah! | Self | 1974 |
| America | Self - Host | 1972 |
| Country Matters | Self - Narrator | 1972 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| Great Performances | Self | 1971 |
| Masterpiece | Self - Host | 1971 |
| Man of the Decade | Self | 1969 |
| NBC Experiment in Television | Self - Host | 1967 |
| ABC Stage 67 | Self - Host | 1966 |
| Horizon | Self | 1964 |
| World in Action | Self | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Himself - Guest | 1962 |
| Blitz on Britain | Self - Commentary / Narrator | 1960 |
| The Three Faces of Eve | Narrator / Himself (prologue narrator) | 1957 |
| Omnibus | Self - Host / Narrator (segment "Requiem") | 1952 |
| Critic at Large | Correspondent / Self - Writer | 1948 |
| All at Sea | Himself / Self | 1933 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1975 | Emmy | Special Classification of Outstanding Program and Individual Achievement | Won |
