Morley Safer
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 8, 1931
- Died
- May 19, 2016 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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
Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Dolly Parton – An American Icon
Movie · as Self - Interviewer (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Movie · as Self
Mike Wallace Is Here
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Where's My Roy Cohn?
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
No One Saw a Thing
TV · as CBS 60 minutes · 2 eps
Andre the Giant
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Agnelli
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Being Canadian
Movie · as Self
Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots
Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)
The Sturgeon Queens
Movie · as Self
Morning Glory
Movie · as Self
The Colbert Report
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Reporting America at War
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The American President
TV · as John Adams · 10 eps
Exodus 1947
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Movie · as Self
American Experience
TV · as Narrator (voice), Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Canadian Conspiracy
Movie · as Self
A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport
Movie · as Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter
Don't Touch That Dial!
Movie · as Reporter
Late Night with David Letterman
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Public's Right to Know
Movie · as Self
60 Minutes
TV · as Self - Correspondent · 2 eps
Morley Safer’s Vietnam: A Personal Report
Movie · as Self