Morley Safer

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.

Known For

The Colbert Report

American Experience

American Experience

60 Minutes

60 Minutes

Late Night with David Letterman

Morning Glory

The American President

All Movies (19)

• Jim Henson Idea Man2024 · as Self (archive footage)
• Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time2021 · as Self
• Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Where's My Roy Cohn?2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Mike Wallace Is Here2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• Andre the Giant2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• Agnelli2017 · as Self (archive footage)
• Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots2015 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown2015 · as Self (archive footage)
• Being Canadian2015 · as Self
• The Sturgeon Queens2014 · as Self
• Morning Glory2010 · as Self
• Exodus 19471997 · as Narrator (voice)
• Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music1990 · as Self
• A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport1986 · as Self - CBS '60 Minutes' Reporter
• The Canadian Conspiracy1986 · as Self
• Don't Touch That Dial!1982 · as Reporter
• The Public's Right to Know1974 · as Self
• Morley Safer’s Vietnam: A Personal Report1967 · as Self

All TV Shows (8)

• No One Saw a Thing2019 · as CBS 60 minutes
• The Colbert Report2005 · as Self
• The American President2000 · as John Adams
• American Experience1988 · as Narrator (voice)
• American Experience1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• Late Night with David Letterman1982 · as Self - Guest
• 60 Minutes1968 · as Self - Correspondent
• 60 Minutes1968 · as Self