David Hartman (TV personality)
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David Hartman (born May 19, 1935, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is a well-known American television personality.
Hartman attended Mount Hermon School (now Northfield Mount Hermon) and was actually geared toward professional baseball in high school. However, he turned down a baseball scholarship to attend Duke University where he majored in economics. After college, he served three years active duty as an officer in the U.S. Air Force, Strategic Air Command.
After working in films that didn't pan out, such as The Ballad of Josie (1967) and Did You Hear the One About the Traveling Saleslady? (1968), he refocused on television, and won serious attention as a dedicated doctor on The Bold Ones series.
On the 1974-75 NBC series Lucas Tanner, Hartman played a retired baseball player turned unconventional high school teacher; the series' cancellation marked the end of Hartman's acting career.
Just a few months later, in November of 1975, Hartman became the co-host of ABC's new show Good Morning America (1975-1987). During his 11 years as host, GMA became the highest rated morning news program. He conducted more than 12,000 interviews.
More recently, Hartman has been an anchor and host of a series of well-regarded documentaries on the History Channel and the Public Broadcasting System's Thirteen/WNET New York. The PBS documentaries include A Walk Down 42nd Street (August 1998), A Walk Up Broadway (March 1999), A Walk Through Harlem (December 1999)[link], A Walk Around Brooklyn with David Hartman and Historian Barry Lewis (2000)[link], A Walk Through Greenwich Village (2001), A Walk Through Central Park (2001)[link], A Walk Through Newark[http://www.thirteen.org/newark/ (2002), A Walk Through Hoboken (2003)[link], A Walk Through Queens (2004)[link], and A Walk Through the Bronx (2005) [link]. The documentaries are produced by [WNET New York][link]. The Series Producer is James Nicoloro.
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| Preceded by: None | Good Morning America co-host 1975–1987 with Nancy Dussault from 1975 to 1977, with Sandy Hill from 1977 to 1980, and with Joan Lunden from 1980 to 1987 | Followed by: Charles Gibson and Joan Lunden |
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