- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 8, 1931
- Place of Birth
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- May 19, 2016
Morley Safer
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 care…
Filmography
movieJim Henson Idea Man
2024 · Self (archive footage)
movieKurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
2021 · Self
movieBully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieWhere's My Roy Cohn?
2019 · Self (archive footage)
tvNo One Saw a Thing
2019 · CBS 60 minutes
movieMike Wallace Is Here
2019 · Self (archive footage)
movieAndre the Giant
2018 · Self (archive footage)
movieAgnelli
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieKurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots
2015 · Self (Archive Footage)
movieTraficant: The Congressman of Crimetown
2015 · Self (archive footage)
movieBeing Canadian
2015 · Self
movieThe Sturgeon Queens
2014 · Self
movieMorning Glory
2010 · Self
tvThe Colbert Report
2005 · Self
tvThe American President
2000 · John Adams
movieExodus 1947
1997 · Narrator (voice)
movieSing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
1990 · Self
tvAmerican Experience
1988 · Narrator (voice), Self (archive footage)
movieA Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport
1986 · Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter
movieThe Canadian Conspiracy
1986 · Self
movieDon't Touch That Dial!
1982 · Reporter, Writer
tvLate Night with David Letterman
1982 · Self - Guest
movieThe Public's Right to Know
1974 · Self
tv60 Minutes
1968 · Self - Correspondent
Morley Safer’s Vietnam: A Personal Report
movieMorley Safer’s Vietnam: A Personal Report
1967 · Self, Producer