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Morley Safer

Morley Safer

Actor · Born 1931-11-08 · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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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 …

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Morning Glory (2010) — Self
  2. The Colbert Report (2005) — Self
  3. Andre the Giant (2018) — Self (archive footage)
  4. 60 Minutes (1968) — Self - Correspondent
  5. Late Night with David Letterman (1982) — Self - Guest
  6. Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) — Self (archive footage)
  7. American Experience (1988) — Narrator (voice)
  8. Being Canadian (2015) — Self
  9. Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time (2021) — Self
  10. Agnelli (2017) — Self (archive footage)
  11. Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  12. No One Saw a Thing (2019) — CBS 60 minutes
  13. Where's My Roy Cohn? (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  14. Mike Wallace Is Here (2019) — Self (archive footage)
  15. The Canadian Conspiracy (1986) — Self
  16. Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown (2015) — Self (archive footage)
  17. Don't Touch That Dial! (1982) — Reporter
  18. Exodus 1947 (1997) — Narrator (voice)
  19. Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music (1990) — Self
  20. The Sturgeon Queens (2014) — Self
  21. A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport (1986) — Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter
  22. The American President (2000) — John Adams
  23. Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots (2015) — Self (Archive Footage)
  24. The Public's Right to Know (1974) — Self
  25. Morley Safer’s Vietnam: A Personal Report (1967) — Self