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Bill Kurtis‌

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Bill Kurtis

Pensacola, Florida, USA

Bill Kurtis

Pensacola, Florida, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1940-09-21

Popularity

star2.2

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.

Movie Credits

Making Waves

Making Waves‌
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Chasing October

Chasing October‌
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calendar 2007

Live at Mister Kelly's

Live at Mister Kelly's‌
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calendar 2021

Will Rogers and American Politics

Will Rogers and American Politics‌
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calendar 2010

The Atlanta Child Murders

The Atlanta Child Murders‌
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calendar 2001

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues‌
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calendar 2013

The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek

The New Explorers: The Science of Star Trek‌
star4.3
calendar 1995

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History

'85: The Greatest Team in Football History‌
star8.2
calendar 2016

U-505: Extend The Experience

U-505: Extend The Experience‌
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calendar 2006

William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas

William Allen White: What's the Matter with Kansas‌
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calendar 2018

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie

Wake Up, Ron Burgundy: The Lost Movie‌
star5.9
calendar 2004

Discovering Deerpath

Discovering Deerpath‌
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calendar 2009

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy‌
star6.7
calendar 2004

Tv Credits

The American Revolution

The American Revolution‌
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calendar 1994

The Mafia: Empire of Crime

The Mafia: Empire of Crime‌
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calendar 1993

American Justice: Who Is the LIpstick Killer?

American Justice: Who Is the LIpstick Killer?‌
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calendar

Investigating History

Investigating History‌
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calendar 2004

The Sopranos

The Sopranos‌
star8.6
calendar 1999

Investigative Reports

Investigative Reports‌
star8.0
calendar 1991

Cold Case Files

Cold Case Files‌
star8.5
calendar 1999

Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks

Cold Case Files: DNA Speaks‌
star9.0
calendar 2023

Saturday Night Live

Saturday Night Live‌
star6.9
calendar 1975

The Unexplained

The Unexplained‌
star8.8
calendar 1996

Cold Case Files

Cold Case Files‌
star7.9
calendar 2017

American Justice

American Justice‌
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calendar 1992