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Morley Safer 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, the most watched and most profitable program in television history.
Born
Sunday, 08 November 1931
Died
Thursday, 19 May 2016
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey | Self | 2022 |
| Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes | Self - 60 Minutes, Correspondent | 2022 |
| White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch | Self - 60 Minutes, Correspondent | 2022 |
| Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | Self | 2021 |
| Gossip | Self | 2021 |
| WWE's Most Wanted Treasures | Self - '60 Minutes' | 2021 |
| Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
| Where's My Roy Cohn? | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
| No One Saw a Thing | Self - CBS 60 Minutes Reporter / Self - CBS 60 minutes | 2019 |
| Mike Wallace Is Here | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey | Self | 2022 |
| Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes | Self - 60 Minutes, Correspondent | 2022 |
| White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch | Self - 60 Minutes, Correspondent | 2022 |
| Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time | Self | 2021 |
| Gossip | Self | 2021 |
| WWE's Most Wanted Treasures | Self - '60 Minutes' | 2021 |
| Bully. Coward. Victim. The Story of Roy Cohn | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2020 |
| Where's My Roy Cohn? | Self (archive footage) / Self | 2019 |
| No One Saw a Thing | Self - CBS 60 Minutes Reporter / Self - CBS 60 minutes | 2019 |
| Mike Wallace Is Here | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2019 |
| God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut | Self | 2018 |
| Andre the Giant | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2018 |
| Agnelli | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2017 |
| The Vietnam War | Self - CBS Reporter | 2017 |
| The Wizard of Lies | Self | 2017 |
| Traficant: The Congressman of Crimetown | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2016 |
| The 68th Primetime Emmy Awards | Self - In Memoriam | 2016 |
| The Eighties | Self - 60 Minutes | 2016 |
| Being Canadian | Self | 2015 |
| The Seventies | Self - CBS News | 2015 |
| The Sturgeon Queens | Self | 2014 |
| The Sixties | Self - Journalist, 60 Minutes / Self - CBS News | 2013 |
| Birth of the Living Dead | Self | 2013 |
| House of Cards | Morley Safer | 2013 |
| 60 Minutes Sports | Self - Correspondent (segment "Secretariat") | 2013 |
| The Vision of Paolo Soleri: Prophet in the Desert | Self - Journalist | 2013 |
| Morning Glory | Self / Morley Safer | 2010 |
| 30 for 30 | Self | 2009 |
| An Unlikely Weapon | Self | 2009 |
| War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death | Self | 2007 |
| The Colbert Report | Self | 2005 |
| Inside Deep Throat | Self - Correspondent, 60 Minutes | 2005 |
| Reporting America at War | Self | 2003 |
| Texas Monthly Talks | Self - Interviewee | 2003 |
| Inside Edition | Self | 2003 |
| The American President | John Adams | 2000 |
| 60 Minutes II | Self - Correspondent (segment "Classic: Nadja") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Classic: Joyce Brown is in Jail") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Classic: Grand Central") / Self - Correspondent / Self - Correspondent (segment "Baptism of Fire") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Classic: Genius (II)") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Classic: Genius") / Self - Correspondent (segment "Classic: The Forgotten Veterans") | 1999 |
| Cold War | Self | 1998 |
| Exodus 1947 | Narrator | 1997 |
| Life and Times | Self | 1996 |
| Murphy Brown | Morley Safer | 1988 |
| American Experience | Self / Narrator | 1988 |
| American Masters | Self / Narrator | 1986 |
| The Canadian Conspiracy | Self | 1985 |
| Late Night with David Letterman | Self | 1982 |
| Entertainment Tonight | Self | 1981 |
| Did You See..? | Self | 1980 |
| 60 Minutes | Self - Reporter | 1979 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| 60 Minutes | Himself - Host / Himself - Correspondent / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Library") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Diva Next Door") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Alec Baldwin") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Adopt Me") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Saving History") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Fat City") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Kinkade") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Michael Tilson Thomas") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Submission") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Stat Man") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "McCullough") / Himself / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Gross National Happiness") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Ben Zander") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Bering Strait") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Malden Mills") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "SUV") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Small, Cheap and Deadly") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Skull and Bones") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "See No Evil") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "School for the Homeless") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Redshirting") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Quarterback Guru") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Prisoner 05A4820") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "President Simmons") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Prescriptions and Profit") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Trillion Dollar Question") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Scuffed Halls Of Ivy: Emory University") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Royal Treatment") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Pursuit of Happiness") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Pump") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Power of Positive Speaking") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Lost Leonardo") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Lobbyist") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Liquidator") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Life and Death of Vincent Van Gogh") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Governor") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Flavorists") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Eyes") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Dame") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Colbert Report") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Cartoonist") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Candy Man") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Bird Man of Idaho") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Archbishop") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Age Wave") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Here Come the Millennials") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Help Wanted") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Guiding Light") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Growing Body Parts") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Gold in Them Thar Schools") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Give Peace a Chance") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Giant Killer") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Elaine Stritch") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Dr. Evil") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Dolly") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Dog Nut") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "DNA Dragnet") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Discovered") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Cruising for Fun and Profit") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Come Dancing") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Columbine Effect") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Capturing History") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Cameron's Avatar") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "A Dog's Nose") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Boy Wonder") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "All in the Family") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "All-American") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Andy Rooney") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Any Given Sunday") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Pot Shops") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Out of India") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Mr. Feinberg") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Mr. Ayers and Mr. Lopez") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Married Priests") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Market Street") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Marfa, Texas") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Made to Order") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Long John Daly") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Living Large") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Kinky for Governor") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Vice Versa") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Vogue, Anna Wintour") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Waiving the Rules") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Wikimania") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Wine Rx") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Wynton") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Young, American and Muslim") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Young and the Restless") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Undercover Marketing") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Unlocking Parkinson's") / Himself - Correspondent (segment 'All in the Family) / Himself (segment "The Many Meryls") (archive footage) / Himself (archive footage) / Himself - Reporter / Himself - Corresponent (segment "Faith, Hope & Politics") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "You've Got Mail") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Walking Away") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "They Didn't Ask, He Didn't Tell") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Year of the Woman") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Sudbury Way") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Silent Service") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Sick Building Syndrome") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Rosenberg Case") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Preacher's Daughter") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Paper") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Many Meryls") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Man in the White Suit") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Look") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Long Gray Line") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Last Supper") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Great One") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Go-To Guy") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Gift ") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Gates") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Devil's Advocate") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Country Next Door") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Commissioner") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Calendar Girls") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "The Billionaire") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Texas") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Ted Turner") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Tango Finlandia") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Tales from the Crypt") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "A Fractured Mind") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "A Death in the Family") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Starchitect") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Special Ops") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Slam!") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Shadow of Shame") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Send in the Spies") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Schnabel") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Scam") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Running from Home") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Rumpole of the Bailey") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Ready, Willing & Able") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Quinacrine") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Prisoner of Pain") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Presidente Fox") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Pork Power") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Pope John Paul II: Part II") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Playing Ball with the KGB") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Pigeon Fever") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Picking Up the Pieces") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Patented") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Nation Building") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Myron") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Ms. Swift") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Marty's Big Idea") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Martha Stewart") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Madoffs") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Joe the Jailer") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "JFK Jr.") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Jake") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Jackpot Justice") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "I've Got a Secret") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Innocence Lost") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Immortality") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Hooked") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Here Comes the Girls") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Helicopter Down") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "God, Women and Medicine") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Geno's Game") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Find the Gun") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Duty, Honor, Country") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Dunblane") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Dropping Out") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Drones Over America") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Dr. Torrey's War") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Darryl Strawberry") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "D.U.") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Counting on the Count") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Ciao Venezia") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Cheaters") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Call Me Mister!") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "By Faith Alone") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Buried in the Fine Print") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Buddy") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Brain Man") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Bobby Jindal") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Bob Simon") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "BET") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "B.S. Rules!") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "Art Market") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "ADD Grows Up") / Himself - Correspondent (segment "A True Confession") | 1968 |
| The Twentieth Century | Reporter | 1957 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1969 | Emmy | Outstanding Achievement within Regularly Scheduled News | Nominated |
