Mike Wallace
Birth Name:
Myron Leon Wallace
Birth Place:
Brookline, Massachusetts, United States
Profession
Actor, Writer
Fast Facts
- During World War II, Wallace served his country as a naval comuncations officer
- Quote: "(On being offered the job of press secretary during Richard Nixon's presidential campaign but turning it down) "I thought very, very seriously about it․" I regarded him with great respect․ He was savvy, smart, hard working․""
- Quote: "(On speaking about his interview style) "[I walk] a fine line between sadism and intellectual curiosity․""
- Acted in the 1954 Broadway play "Reclining Figure․"
- Best known for his aggressive, award-winning jounalistic style on the long-running CBS TV news program "60 Minutes․"
- Was the first western reporter to interview the Ayatollah Khomeini after the American hostage crisis
- Had a friendship with Nancy Reagan and her family that spanned 75 years, long before she married Ronald Reagan
- Was called by Barbara Walters "The best interviewer in all of television, past, present and probably future․"
Awards
- 1958Golden Globe - Television Achievement:Winner
- 1987Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Segments:Winner
- 1993Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story - Segments:Winner
- 1995Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Segments:Nominated
- 1995Emmy - Outstanding Interview/Interviewer - Segments:Nominated
- 1999Emmy - Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story - Segments:Nominated
- 1999Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Segments:Nominated
- 1999Emmy - Outstanding Interview/Interviewer:Nominated
- 2000Emmy - Outstanding Informational or Cultural Programming - Segments:Nominated
- 2001Emmy - Outstanding Interview/Interviewer:Nominated
- 2001Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story - Segments:Winner
- 2001Emmy - Outstanding Coverage of a Continuing News Story - Segments:Nominated
- 2002Emmy - Outstanding Investigative Journalism - Long Form:Nominated
- 2003Emmy - Outstanding Interview:Nominated
- 2007Emmy - Outstanding Interview:Winner
- 2007Emmy - Outstanding Arts & Culture Programming:Nominated