David Hartman (born May 19, 1935, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island) is a well-known American television personality, half brother to comedian/actor/director/telethon host Jerry Lewis, and is presently anchoring and hosting documentary programs on cable TV's "History Channel" and on PBS. Hartman is most known as the first and long running host of ABC's Good Morning America, from 1975-1987. May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (140th in leap years). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Pawtucket is a city in Providence County, Rhode Island, United States. ...

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. Northfield Mount Hermon School Northfield Mount Hermon School (NMH) is a ninth-twelfth grade private college-preparatory high school (secondary school) located in Gill, Massachusetts, U.S.A. // The school was originally founded by famed Protestant evangelist Dwight Lyman Moody (DLM) as two separate institutions: The Northfield Seminary for Young... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... Duke University is a private coeducational research university located in Durham, North Carolina, USA. The school, founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838, moved to Durham in 1892. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Seal of the Air Force. ... For the film of the same name, see Strategic Air Command (film) The Strategic Air Command (SAC) was the operational establishment of the United States Air Force in charge of Americas bomber-based and ballistic missile-based strategic nuclear arsenal from 1946 to 1992. ...

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. However, he was also the main actor of the movie Island At The Top Of The World (1974). The Bold Ones was an anthology umbrella television series on NBC from 1969-1973. ...

In 1973, Hartman did a popular remake of "Miracle on 34th Street", with actor (Sebastian Cabot). On the 1974-75 NBC series Lucas Tanner, Hartman played a retired baseball player turned unconventional high school teacher. The cancellation of his series marked the end of his 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. Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcasted on the ABC television network. ...

In 1996, David Brinkley decided to leave his Sunday morning series, "This Week". Hartman was considered a contender for the host position, due to his warm, common-sense approach. ABC eventually decided to make the series' roundtable commentators the hosts (as both Cokie Roberts and Sam Donaldson were already under contract, and George Will was a "contributor" from the shows' inception. Soon thereafter, Clinton staffer George Stephanopolis, became host, and Roberts and Donaldson were retired).

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)[1], A Walk Around Brooklyn with David Hartman and Historian Barry Lewis (2000)[2], A Walk Through Greenwich Village (2001), A Walk Through Central Park (2001)[3], A Walk Through Newark(2002), A Walk Through Hoboken (2003)[http://www.thirteen.org/hoboken/, A Walk Through Queens (2004)[4], and A Walk Through the Bronx (2005) [5]. The documentaries are produced by WNET New York.[6] The Series Producer is James Nicoloro. Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... The History Channel is a cable television channel, dedicated to the presentation of historical events and persons, often with frequent observations and explanations by noted historians as well as reenactors and witnesses to events, if possible. ... Note: Public Broadcasting Services is a broadcaster in Malta. ... WNET (Thirteen/WNET) is an American television station licensed by the FCC to serve Newark, New Jersey. ...

External link

• David Hartman at the Internet Movie Database