Cooke, (Alfred) Alistair
COOKE, (Alfred) Alistair
COOKE, (Alfred) Alistair. American (born England), b. 1908. Genres: Film, International relations/Current affairs, Social commentary, Biography, Essays. Career: Special corresp. in America, BBC, London, 1938- (BBC Film Critic, 1934-37; Writer-Narrator, BBC-TV series, America: A Personal History of the United States, 1972-73). Television Master of Ceremonies, Masterpiece Theatre, Public Broadcasting Service, U.S., 1971(with Omnibus Program, 1952-61, and U.N. TV Program, International Zone, 1961-67). Chief U.S. Correspondent, Guardian newspaper, London, 1948-72. Publications: Douglas Fairbanks: The Making of a Screen Character, 1940; A Generation on Trial: U.S.A. versus Alger Hiss, 1950; One Man's America (in UK as Letters from America), 1951; Christmas Eve, 1952; A Commencement Address, 1954; Around the World in Fifty Years, 1966; Talk about America, 1968; Alistair Cooke's America, 1973; Six Men, 1977; The Americans, 1979; (with R. Cameron) Above London, 1980; Masterpieces, 1981; The Patient Has the Floor, 1986; The Fulbright Lecture, 1987; America Observed, 1988; Fun and Games with Alistair Cooke, 1994; Memories of the Great and the Good, 1999. EDITOR: Garbo and the Night Watchmen, 1937; The Vintage Mencken, 1955. Died 2004.