What is David Hartman (TV personality)?
{{Infobox person | name = David Hartman | image = David Hartman at the Society of Experimental Test Pilots Oct 5, 2002.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Hartman at the Society of Experimental Test Pilots banquet in 2002 | birthname = David Downs Hartman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1935|5|19}} | birth_place = [[Pawtucket, Rhode Island]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | other_name = | occupation = Actor<br />Broadcaster | years_active = 1964&ndash;present | spouse = Maureen Downey (1974&ndash;1997) (her death)<br>Mary Clark Putman (2001&ndash;present) | website = }} '''David Downs Hartman''' (born May 19, 1935) is an American journalist and media host. He began his media career as an actor. He currently anchors and hosts documentary programs on cable TV's [[History (U.S. TV channel)|History]] and on [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]. Hartman is best known as the first host of ABC's ''[[Good Morning America]]'', from 1975 to 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.adweek.com/tvnewser/where-are-they-now-david-hartman/238235|title=Where Are They Now? David Hartman|publisher=adweek.com|access-date=2014-10-03}}</ref> 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 re-make of ''[[Miracle on 34th Street (1973 movie)|Miracle On 34th Street]]''. ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hartman, David}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American movie actors]] [[Category:American television actors]] [[Category:American television presenters]] [[Category:American television news anchors]] [[Category:Actors from Rhode Island]] [[Category:Writers from Rhode Island]] [[Category:People from Pawtucket, Rhode Island]] {{US-actor-stub}}