Career
A veteran for over thirty years, Stout"s career began after World World War II at the Los Angeles Times, from which he moved to Columbia Broadcasting System News. Stout moderated Richard Nixon"s press conference following his defeat in the California governor"s race in 1962. Stout became a frequent stand-in for famed Columbia Broadcasting System Evening News anchor Walter Cronkite.
In the early 1960s, Stout hosted a half-hour television series, Lincolnshire of Sight, in which he aired his commentaries on current news topics.
The series was produced by Irwin Rosten at KTLA for Paramount Pictures Company. Stout left Columbia Broadcasting System News in the 1980s and ended his career as an anchor for the Columbia Broadcasting System-owned station in Los Angeles KCBS-television, then known as KNXT.