Actor · Director · Camera Operator
Born Nov 20, 1908 · Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Active 1933–2004 · Awards: Peabody Awards, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Benjamin Franklin Medal, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Alistair Cooke, KBE (20 November 1908 – 30 March 2004) was a British-American writer whose work as a journalist, television personality and radio broadcaster was done primarily in the United States.