Morley Safer
Known For
Acting
Born
1931-11-08 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died
2016-05-19
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.
Most Known For
The Colbert Report
as Self
American Experience
as Narrator (voice)
American Experience
as Self (archive footage)
60 Minutes
as Self - Correspondent
60 Minutes
as Self
The American President
as John Adams
Morning Glory
as Self
No One Saw a Thing
as CBS 60 minutes
Being Canadian
as Self
Andre the Giant
as Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
Where's My Roy Cohn?
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
Agnelli
as Self (archive footage)
The Canadian Conspiracy
as Self
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
as Self
Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
as Self (archive footage)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
Exodus 1947
as Narrator (voice)
The Public's Right to Know
as Self