David Hartman (TV personality)

David Downs Hartman (born May 19, 1935) is an American journalist and media host who began his media career as an actor. He currently anchors and hosts documentary programs on History and PBS. Hartman is best known as the first host of ABC's Good Morning America, from 1975 to 1987. As an actor, he starred in the 1970s as a young resident, Dr. Paul Hunter, on The Bold Ones: The New Doctors and as a teacher in the series Lucas Tanner. He acted in the 1973 TV movie remake of Miracle on 34th Street.

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Born

David Downs Hartman (1935-05-19) May 19, 1935 (age 90)Pawtucket, Rhode Island, U.S.

Occupation(s)

ActorBroadcaster

Years active

1964–present

Spouse(s)

Maureen Downey (1974–1997) (her death)Mary Clark Putman (2001–present)

Occupations

ActorBroadcaster

Tables

Films · Filmography

Title	Role	Director	Year	Notes #
The Ballad of Josie	Sheriff Fonse Pruitt	Andrew V. McLaglen	1967	Theatrical release
Nobody's Perfect	Boats McCafferty	Alan Rafkin	1968	Theatrical release
Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady?	Constable	Don Weis	1968	Theatrical release
The Virginian	David Sutton	Charles S. Dubin	1968	1968–1969 complete season 7 (26 episodes)
The Feminist and the Fuzz	Officer Jerry Frazer	Jerry Paris	1971	Made for television
I Love a Mystery	Doc Long	Leslie Stevens	1968	Unsold pilot filmed in 1966, later shown on NBC and in syndication
You'll Never See Me Again	Ned Bilss	Jeannot Szwarc	1973	Made for television
Miracle on 34th Street	Bill Schaffner	Fielder Cook	1973	Made for television
The Island at the Top of the World	Prof. Ivarsson	Robert Stevenson	1974	Theatrical release

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Preceded byPosition inaugurated

Good Morning America co-hostNovember 3, 1975–February 20, 1987with Nancy Dussault from 1975 to 1977, with Sandy Hill from 1977 to 1980, and with Joan Lunden from 1980 to 1987

Succeeded byCharles Gibson and Joan Lunden

References

"Hartman, David D. 1935– | Encyclopedia.com"
https://www.encyclopedia.com/education/news-wires-white-papers-and-books/hartman-david-d-1935
castalbums.org
https://castalbums.org/people/David-Hartman/17112
"40 Years Later, David Hartman on the Birth of 'Good Morning America'"
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/40-years-later-david-hartman-on-the-birth-of-good-morning-america/266552
BBC-TV "Breakfast Time," January 17, 1983 (premiere broadcast, greetings from David Hartman and Joan Lunden).
'GMA' Family Members Reminisce, Nov. 3, 2005, ABCNews.go.com.
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/GMATurns30/story?id=1273843&page=2
"A Walk Through Harlem"
http://www.thirteen.org/harlem/
"A Walk Around Brooklyn"
http://www.thirteen.org/brooklyn/
"A Walk Through Newark"
http://www.thirteen.org/newark/
"A Walk Through Hoboken"
http://www.thirteen.org/hoboken/
"A Walk Through Queens"
http://www.thirteen.org/queens
"A Walk Through the Bronx"
http://www.thirteen.org/bronx/
"A Walk Around Staten Island"
http://www.thirteen.org/statenisland
National Association of Broadcasters
https://www.nab.org/events/awards/pastAwardWinners.asp
"Where Are They Now? David Hartman"
http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/where-are-they-now-david-hartman/238235
IMDb - David Hartman (II), Filmography
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0366934/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm