Morley Safer

Known for ActingBorn 1931-11-08Died 2016-05-19Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.Read more

Movies & web series

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

A Wing and a Prayer – The Story of Knock Airport

Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown

Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

Don't Touch That Dial!

Jim Henson Idea Man

The American President

Exodus 1947

Andre the Giant

Agnelli

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

The Colbert Report

No One Saw a Thing

Mike Wallace Is Here

Morning Glory

American Experience

Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn

60 Minutes

The Sturgeon Queens

Late Night with David Letterman

Where's My Roy Cohn?

Being Canadian

The Canadian Conspiracy

Dolly Parton – An American Icon

Kurt Vonnegut’s Indianapolis: A Writer’s Roots

The Public's Right to Know

Morley Safer’s Vietnam: A Personal Report