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Caspar Weinberger(1917-2006)

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Caspar Weinberger
Caspar Weinberger was born on 18 August 1917 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was married to Rebecca Jane Dalton. He died on 28 March 2006 in Bangor, Maine, USA.
BornAugust 18, 1917
DiedMarch 28, 2006(88)
BornAugust 18, 1917
DiedMarch 28, 2006(88)
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Known for

World Business Review (1996)
World Business Review
TV Series
  • Self - Original host
  • 1996
This Week (1956)
This Week
6.3
TV Series
  • Self
USS Iowa (2023)
USS Iowa
  • Self - U.S. Secretary of defense
  • 2023
Dateline (1984)
Dateline
6.8
TV Series
  • Self - Defense Secretary

Credits

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Self

  • USS Iowa (2023)
    USS Iowa
    • Self - U.S. Secretary of defense
    • 2023
  • National Geographic: Inside 9/11 (2004)
    National Geographic: Inside 9/11
    8.0
    TV Mini Series
    • Self
    • 2005
  • Steve Doocy, Brian Kilmeade, Ainsley Earhardt, and Lawrence Jones in Fox and Friends (1998)
    Fox and Friends
    3.0
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 2005
  • In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed (2004)
    In the Face of Evil: Reagan's War in Word and Deed
    4.4
    Video
    • Self
    • 2004
  • Roter Stern über Deutschland (2001)
    Roter Stern über Deutschland
    TV Series
    • Self (as Caspar W. Weinberger)
    • 2001
  • Bulletproof: Reagan After Hinckley
    TV Movie
    • Self
    • 2001
  • Breakfast with Frost (1993)
    Breakfast with Frost
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 2001
  • Cold War (1998)
    Cold War
    8.7
    TV Mini Series
    • Self
    • 1999
  • American Experience (1988)
    American Experience
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1998
  • World Business Review (1996)
    World Business Review
    TV Series
    • Self - Original host
    • 1996–2006
  • Ben Wattenberg, Lani Guinier, John DiIulio, and Glenn Loury in Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg (1994)
    Think Tank with Ben Wattenberg
    5.3
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1994
  • But... Seriously (1993)
    But... Seriously
    6.7
    TV Special
    • Self (as Sparky Vacs)
    • 1993
  • First Tuesday (1983)
    First Tuesday
    TV Series
    • Self - Former US Secretary of Defense
    • 1993
  • Timewatch (1982)
    Timewatch
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Self
    • 1992
  • Churchill (1992)
    Churchill
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - United States Army, 1941
    • Self - Intelligence Officer, United States Army (as Casper Weinberger)
    • 1992

Archive Footage

  • Meltdown: Three Mile Island (2022)
    Meltdown: Three Mile Island
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - U.S. Secretary of Defense & V.P. of Bechtel (archive footage)
    • 2022
  • Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in Thatcher & Reagan: A Very Special Relationship (2022)
    Thatcher & Reagan: A Very Special Relationship
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2022
  • Spycraft (2020)
    Spycraft
    6.7
    TV Series
    • Self - Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
    • 2021
  • The Reagans (2020)
    The Reagans
    6.9
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
    • 2020
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards in The Nineties (2017)
    The Nineties
    8.1
    TV Mini Series
    • Self - Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
    • 2017
  • Muisti (2011)
    Muisti
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2015
  • Täuschung - Die Methode Reagan (2014)
    Täuschung - Die Methode Reagan
    8.3
    TV Movie
    • Self - US-Verteidigungsminister (archive footage)
    • 2014
  • Shadows of Liberty (2012)
    Shadows of Liberty
    7.7
    • Self - Guest on Hannity & Colmes (archive footage)
    • 2012
  • Reagan (2011)
    Reagan
    7.3
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2011
  • A Step Away from War
    TV Movie
    • Self - Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
    • 1986
  • Robert Lembke in Was bin ich? (1955)
    Was bin ich?
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 1984
  • Anne Bloom, Danny Breen, Mitchell Laurance, Stuart Pankin, and Lucy Webb in Not Necessarily the News (1982)
    Not Necessarily the News
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 1984
  • David Ogden Stiers, Stacy Keach, Neil Ross, Jay O. Sanders, Craig Sechler, J.T. Turner, and David Pogue in Nova (1974)
    Nova
    8.7
    TV Series
    • Self - Secretary of Defense (archive footage)
    • 1983

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Sparky Vacs
  • Born
    • August 18, 1917
    • San Francisco, California, USA
  • Died
    • March 28, 2006
    • Bangor, Maine, USA(pneumonia)
  • Spouse
    • Rebecca Jane DaltonAugust 12, 1942 - March 28, 2006 (his death, 2 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Portrayals
    • 2 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

  • Trivia
    U.S. Secretary of Defense (1981-1987).
  • Nicknames
    • Cap
    • Cap the Knife
    • Cap the Shovel

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