Morley Safer

Morley Safer

Known for

Acting

Born

November 8, 1931

Birthplace

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died

May 19, 2016 (aged 84)

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 20...

Best known work

Morning Glory
Morning Glory
2010
The Colbert Report
The Colbert Report
2005
Andre the Giant
Andre the Giant
2018
60 Minutes
60 Minutes
1968
Late Night with David Letterman
Late Night with David Letterman
1982
Jim Henson Idea Man
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
American Experience
American Experience
1988
Being Canadian
Being Canadian
2015
Agnelli
Agnelli
2017
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
2021

Filmography

  1. 2026

    Dolly Parton: An American Original – Special Edition of 20/20

    as Self (archive footage)

  2. 2026

    Dolly Parton – An American Icon

    as Self - Interviewer (archive footage)

  3. 2024

    Jim Henson Idea Man

    as Self (archive footage)

  4. 2021

  5. 2019

  6. 2019

    Where's My Roy Cohn?

    as Self (archive footage)

  7. 2019

    No One Saw a ThingTV

    as CBS 60 minutes (2 episodes)

  8. 2019

    Mike Wallace Is Here

    as Self (archive footage)

  9. 2018

    Andre the Giant

    as Self (archive footage)

  10. 2017

    Agnelli

    as Self (archive footage)

  11. 2015

  12. 2015

  13. 2015

  14. 2014

  15. 2010

  16. 2005

    The Colbert ReportTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  17. 2000

    The American PresidentTV

    as John Adams (10 episodes)

  18. 1997

    Exodus 1947

    as Narrator (voice)

  19. 1990

  20. 1988

    American ExperienceTV

    as Narrator (voice) (1 episode), as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)

  21. 1986

    A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

    as Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter

  22. 1986

  23. 1982

    Don't Touch That Dial!

    as Reporter, Writer

  24. 1982

    Late Night with David LettermanTV

    as Self - Guest (1 episode)

  25. 1974

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