Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
November 8, 1931
Place of Birth:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Morley Safer
Biography
Morley Safer (November 8, 1931 – May 19, 2016) was a Canadian-American broadcast journalist, reporter, and correspondent for CBS News. He was best known for his long tenure on the news magazine 60 Minutes, whose cast he joined in 1970 after its second year on television. He was the longest-serving reporter on 60 Minutes.
During his 60-year career as a broadcast journalist, Safer received numerous awards, including 12 Emmys, a Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, three Overseas Press Awards, three Peabody Awards, two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards, and the Paul White Award from the Radio-Television News Directors Association. In 2009, Safer donated his papers to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin.
Jeff Fager, executive producer of 60 Minutes, said "Morley has had a brilliant career as a reporter and as one of the most significant figures in CBS News history, on our broadcast and in many of our lives. Morley's curiosity, his sense of adventure and his superb writing, all made for exceptional work done by a remarkable man." He died a week after announcing his retirement from 60 Minutes.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | Self |
| 2019 | Mike Wallace Is Here | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Where's My Roy Cohn? | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Andre the Giant | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | Agnelli | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Being Canadian | Self |
| 2015 | Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots | Self (Archive Footage) |
| 2014 | The Sturgeon Queens | Self |
| 2010 | Morning Glory | Self |
| 1997 | Exodus 1947 | Narrator (voice) |
| 1990 | Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music | Self |
| 1986 | The Canadian Conspiracy | Self |
| 1986 | A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport | Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter |
| 1982 | Don't Touch That Dial! | Reporter |
| 1974 | The Public's Right to Know | Self |
| 1967 | Morley Safer’s Vietnam: A Personal Report | Self |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | No One Saw a Thing | CBS 60 minutes |
| 2005 | The Colbert Report | Self |
| 2000 | The American President | John Adams |
| 1988 | American Experience | Narrator (voice) |
| 1988 | American Experience | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes | Self - Correspondent |
| 1968 | 60 Minutes | Self |