David Hartman

David Hartman (b. 1935) is an actor better known for his second career as the original male anchor on Good Morning America from 1975 to 1987. He interacted with the Muppets in several of their appearances during this time, including Kermit the Frog in his first appearance on the show in 1976.ToughPigs transcript. Feb. 1, 2002. 
With Miss Piggy, he sang a duet of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and interviewed her about her holiday desires in 1982.United Press International. Dec. 24, 1982. He interviewed her again in 1984 about The Muppets Take Manhattan and her love life (in keeping with her pretensions, she pronounces his name "Da-vide"). He asks her outright, about the marriage, "Did you and Kermie finally do it?" She gets distracted admiring the professionalism of his hairpiece, while Hartman asks if he can touch her hair.
Early in his career in the 1960s, Hartman played headwaiter Rudolph in the original Broadway production of Hello, Dolly! and was stage manager for two years. He had small film and TV roles followed by higher profile guest parts on The Virginian, Ironside (with Raymond Burr), and Marcus Welby, M.D.. He was a regular as the chief of medicine on The New Doctors (part of the rotating NBC wheel series The Bold Ones) from 1969 to 1973 and starred in TV movies. 
His only top-billed movie performance, in the 1974 Disney film The Island at the Top of the World (with Donald Sinden), garnered negative reviews. After the cancellation of his one-season teacher drama Lucas Tanner (1974-1975), Hartman took the Good Morning America job and quit acting. Later work includes hosting the WNET PBS A Walk Through... documentaries showcasing New York City boroughs.
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*IMDb
*Internet Broadway Database
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