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Bill Kurtis
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Acting
Birthday
1940-09-21,Pensacola, Florida, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
Bill Kurtis (born William Horton Kuretich; September 21, 1940) is an American television journalist, television producer, narrator, and news anchor. He has been noted for his sonorous voice throughout his career. He is most known for narrating A&E's true crime series Cold Case Files as well as American Justice. Kurtis was studying to become a lawyer in the 1960s, when he was asked to fill in on a temporary news assignment at a television station in Topeka, Kansas. His reporting on a devastating tornado outbreak, led to an on air news reporter and later a very successful news anchor position in Chicago. In 1982, Kurtis joined Diane Sawyer on The CBS Morning News, the network broadcast from New York City. The two were also on the CBS Early Morning News, which aired an hour earlier on most CBS stations. He also anchored three CBS Reports: The Plane That Fell from the Sky, The Golden Leaf, and The Gift of Life. He became especially interested in investigative in-depth reports and documentaries. When he returned to Chicago and for a time resumed his anchor duties, he also founded a production company, Kurtis Productions. Kurtis hosted or produced a number of crime and news documentary shows, including Investigative Reports, American Justice, and Cold Case Files. Kurtis is the scorekeeper/announcer for National Public Radio (NPR)'s news comedy/quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, and served as the host of Through the Decades, a documentary-style news magazine seen on Decades. Kurtis narrated nearly 1,000 documentaries, and Kurtis Productions produced nearly 500 documentaries for series like The New Explorers on PBS; Investigative Reports and Cold Case Files for the A&E; and Investigating History for the History Channel. He also hosted American Justice, produced by Towers Productions. For CNBC, the company has produced nearly 100 episodes of American Greed. Kurtis has received two Peabody Awards, numerous Emmy Awards, awards from the Overseas Press Club, a DuPont Award, and has been inducted into the Illinois and Kansas Halls of Fame. In 1998, he was awarded the University of Kansas William Allen White citation. Kurtis has also authored three books: On Assignment (1984), Death Penalty on Trial (2004), and Prairie Table Cookbook (2008). In the animated series South Park, Eric Cartman owns a board game called "Investigative Reports with Bill Kurtis", featuring a talking Bill Kurtis bust. The boys can be seen playing the game in South Park's season four episode "Cartman Joins NAMBLA" (2000) and season eight episode "Up the Down Steroid" (2004). The game can also be seen on the shelf of a hobby store in the episode "Cock Magic" (2014). A 1972 report by Bill Kurtis, while a correspondent for CBS News in Los Angeles, was used as the introduction to Dr. Dre's album Compton. Kurtis also contributed a spoken-word introduction to The Dandy Warhols' 2005 album Odditorium or Warlords of Mars.

Filmography

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Making Waves

Chasing October

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Chasing October
2007-03-23

Live at Mister Kelly's

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Live at Mister Kelly's
2021-09-17

Will Rogers and American Politics

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Will Rogers and American Politics
2010-11-30

The Atlanta Child Murders

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The Atlanta Child Murders
2001-01-01

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

6.1

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
2013-12-18

The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek

4.2

The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek
1995-01-18

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

8.2

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History
2016-10-01

U-505: Extend The Experience

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U-505: Extend The Experience
2006-10-01

William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas

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William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas
2018-04-25

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

5.9

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie
2004-12-28

Discovering Deerpath

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Discovering Deerpath
2009-12-01

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

6.7

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
2004-06-28

The American Revolution

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The American Revolution
1994-11-27

The Mafia: Empire of Crime

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The Mafia: Empire of Crime
1993-03-19

American Justice: Who Is the LIpstick Killer?

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American Justice: Who Is the LIpstick Killer?

Investigating History

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Investigating History
2004-04-19

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The Sopranos
1999-01-10

Investigative Reports

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Investigative Reports
1991-09-27

Cold Case Files

8.5

Cold Case Files
1999-01-01

Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks

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Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks
2023-08-17

Saturday Night Live

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Saturday Night Live
1975-10-11

The Unexplained

8.8

The Unexplained
1996-01-02

Cold Case Files

7.9

Cold Case Files
2017-02-27

American Justice

7.4

American Justice
1992-10-07