Morley Safer
Born: 1931-11-08 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died: 2016-05-19
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
2021
- Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time as Self
2019
- No One Saw a Thing as CBS 60 minutes
- Where's My Roy Cohn? as Self (archive footage)
- Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn as Self (archive footage)
- Mike Wallace Is Here as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Andre the Giant as Self (archive footage)
2017
- Agnelli as Self (archive footage)
2015
- Being Canadian as Self
- Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown as Self (archive footage)
- Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots as Self (Archive Footage)
2014
- The Sturgeon Queens as Self
2010
- Morning Glory as Self
2005
- The Colbert Report as Self
2000
- The American President as John Adams
1997
- Exodus 1947 as Narrator (voice)
1988
- American Experience as Narrator (voice)
1986
- The Canadian Conspiracy as Self
- A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport as Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter
1982
- Late Night with David Letterman as Self - Guest
- Don't Touch That Dial! as Reporter
1974
- The Public's Right to Know as Self
1968
- 60 Minutes as Self - Correspondent