Samuel Andrew Donaldson Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Samuel Andrew "Sam" Donaldson, Jr. (born March 11, 1934) is an American reporter and news anchor, serving with ABC News from 1967 to the present. He is best known as the network's White House Correspondent (1977–89 and 1998–99) and as a panelist and later co-anchor of the network's Sunday Program "This Week".
University of Texas at El Paso, New Mexico Military Institute
Nationality
American
Spouse
Sandra Martorelli
Children
Robert Donaldson, Samuel Donaldson III, Jennifer Donaldson, Thomas Donaldson
Parents
Samuel Donaldson, Chloe Donaldson
Awards
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story – Long Form, Special Classification for Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement - Programs
Nominations
News & Documentary Emmy Award for Outstanding Interview/Interviewer(s) - Segments
TV Shows
ABC 2000 Today, This Week, Primetime, The First and Essential Freedom
Star Sign
Pisces
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Call me a braggart, call me arrogant. People at ABC (and elsewhere) have called me worse. But when you need the job done on deadline, you'll call me.
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Fact
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Member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity at University of Texas-El Paso.
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Joined ABC News in 1967.
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In 1998 he received the "Broadcaster of the Year" award from the National Press Foundation.
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Was ABC's Chief White House Correspondent from 1977 until 1989.
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Holds a Bachelor degree from Texas Western College.
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Began his broadcasting career at KRLD-TV in Dallas in 1959.
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Backfire: How to Destroy a Presidential Candidate
2016
Documentary short
Himself
The '80s: The Decade That Made Us
2013
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - ABC News Reporter
Primary Issues
2011
TV Series
Himself - Host
The Truth About Money with Ric Edelman
2011
TV Series documentary
Himself
This Week
2005-2011
TV Series
Himself
Good Morning America
2010
TV Series
Himself
Nazi Hunters
2010
TV Series
Himself - ABC News Anchor
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
2009
TV Series
Himself - Expert
Real Time with Bill Maher
2009
TV Series
Himself
ABC News: Inauguration 2009
2009
TV Movie
Himself - Correspondent
Ronald Reagan: Rendezvous with Destiny
2009
Documentary
Himself
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story
2008
Documentary
Himself - White House Correspondent
Pacto de silencio
2007
TV Movie documentary
Himself
The Investigators
2007
TV Series documentary
Himself
18 in '08
2007
Documentary short
Former ABC News Anchor Sam Donaldson
Encore with John Palmer
2006
TV Series
Himself
Fuck
2005
Documentary
Himself
The Chris Matthews Show
2005
TV Series
Himself
Inside the U.S. Secret Service
2004
TV Movie documentary
Himself - ABC News
Da Ali G Show
2004
TV Series
Himself
E! True Hollywood Story
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1997-2002
TV Series
Himself
American Veteran Awards
2002
TV Special
Himself
ESPN SportsCentury
2000-2002
TV Series documentary
Himself
Breaking the News
2001
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Ronald Reagan: The Hollywood Years, the Presidential Years
2001
Video documentary
Himself
Roots of the Cuban Missile Crisis
2001
Video documentary
Himself
The Daily Show
2000-2001
TV Series
Himself
The Final Days
2000
Short
Himself
The Campaign Trail to the Road to the White House: Storytellers
2000
TV Special
Himself
Late Show with David Letterman
1993-2000
TV Series
Himself
ABC 2000: The Millennium
1999
TV Movie documentary
Anchor
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1997
TV Series
Himself
The Annual Friars Club Tribute Presents a Salute to Barbara Walters
1994
TV Movie
Himself
The War Room
1993
Documentary
Himself
Late Night with David Letterman
1984-1993
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Guest
Feed
1992
Documentary
Himself
Primetime
1989
TV Series documentary
Himself - Host
Live with Kelly and Michael
1989
TV Series
Himself
The 40th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
1988
TV Special
Himself - Presenter: Outstanding Drama / Comedy Special
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1987
TV Series
Himself
The Late Show
1987
TV Series
Himself
This Week with David Brinkley
1981
TV Series
Himself - Regular panelist (1981-1996)
20/20
1978
TV Series documentary
Himself - Contributing Anchor (1998-2000)
ABC Weekend News
1968
TV Series
Himself - Anchor
ABC World News Tonight with David Muir
1953
TV Series
Himself - Chief White House Correspondent (1977-1989)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Eighties
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - ABC News
Race for the White House
2016
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
Who Is Donald Trump?
2015
TV Movie documentary
Himself
A Football Life
2015
TV Series
Himself
The Seventies
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself - ABC News
Marxist Lucifer King
2015
Video documentary short
Himself - White House Correspondent
Dinosaur 13
2014
Documentary
Himself
Reagan
2011
Documentary
Himself - ABC News
Nazi Hunters
2010
TV Series
Himself
60 Minutes
2004
TV Series documentary
Himself - Reporter
Spin
1995
Documentary
Himself
The Panama Deception
1992
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Cover Up: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
1988
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Won Awards
Year
Award
Ceremony
Nomination
Movie
2010
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding Live Coverage of a Current News Story - Long Form
ABC News: Inauguration 2009 (2009)
2000
Emmy
News & Documentary Emmy Awards
Outstanding News and Documentary Program Achievement - Programs & Segments