Alistair Cooke

Alistair Cooke KBE (20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British journalist, television personality and broadcaster. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and Alistair Cooke's America, 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.

Personal facts

Alistair Cooke
Alias (AKA)Alfred Cooke
Birth dateNovember 20, 1908
Birth nameAlfred Cooke
Birth place
Lancashire , Salford Greater Manchester
Nationality
British American
Ethnicity
Anglo-Irish people
Date of deathMarch 30, 2004
Children
John Byrne Cooke

Search

Alistair Cooke on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00f6hbp