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 Mike Wallace was born on May 9, 1918 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for 60 Minutes (1968), The Sword and the Dragon (1956) and The Big Surprise (1955). He was previously married to Mary Yates, Lorraine Perigord, Buff Cobb and Norma Kaphan. He died on April 7, 2012 in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA.
Bio:
Mike Wallace was born on May 9, 1918 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for 60 Minutes (1968), The Sword and the Dragon (1956) and The Big Surprise (1955). He was previously married to Mary Yates, Lorraine Perigord, Buff Cobb and Norma Kaphan. He died on April 7, 2012 in New Canaan, Connecticut, USA.
Tivia:
Longtime friend of Nancy Reagan, having known her well before she married Ronald Reagan. Their friendship was strained when Wallace conducted critical interviews of Reagan after he became President, but the two reconciled after Reagan's death.Mike Wallace died on April 7, 2012, just five months after his former 60 Minutes (1968) co-anchor Andy Rooney.Kept his depression a secret for years.He buried his son, Peter, on what would've been his son's 20th birthday.Before he was a successful news correspondent, he served as the announcer for ABC and Mutual Radio's "Sky King" (1946-1954).The most shocking interview he had ever done on 60 Minutes (1968) was with Vietnam veteran Paul Meadlo, who confessed his role in the 'My Lai Massacre,' the Vietnam atrocity by American troops that shocked the nation. Wallace told Bradley about this, years after.Met a young, unfamiliar singer, Barbra Streisand, on the set of PM East (1961). Exactly thirty years later, he would later interview her on 60 Minutes (1968).Friends with: Bob Barker, Barbara Walters, Larry King, Johnny Carson, Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Charles Kuralt, Barbra Streisand, John F. Kennedy, Charles Osgood, Dan Rather, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Harry Smith, Andy Rooney, Don Hewitt, Vanessa Redgrave, Mickey Rooney, Philip Scheffler, Phil McGraw, Regis Philbin, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Carol Channing, Joan Rivers, Bob Schieffer, Roger Mudd, Tom Brokaw and Ted Koppel.His first 60 Minutes (1968) interview was with the former Attorney General, Ramsay Clark, who talked about police brutality.Used to play tennis with Johnny Carson.His family used to live not too far away from John F. Kennedy's house.His sister, Helen, was a pianist.Had a pacemaker for over 20 years.During the Iranian hostage crisis, he snared the exclusive interview with the Ayatollah Khomeini. [1979].In the early days of television, Mike Wallace appeared in TV commercials for Golden Fluffo Shortening.He initially aspired to be a radio broadcaster and applied for a position in Muskegon, Michigan upon graduating from the University of Michigan. After being turned down, he then applied to WOOD in Grand Rapids and was hired, marking the beginning of his broadcasting career.Friend of Ted Yates. After he died, later married his widow, Mary Yates.A week after his 80th birthday, he appeared on the final episode of Murphy Brown (1988).At Brookline High School, he was also on the boys track team and served as captain of the tennis team.In 1992, along with widow Mary Yates, he founded Wallace House at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a place where journalists all over the world can come to study and hone their craft.Spent the last several years of his life in a care facility in New Canaan, Connecticut.Was associated with CBS News from 1951, and again from 1963 to 2006.Of Russian-Jewish descent.Had successful triple bypass surgery [2008].After his departure from 60 Minutes (1968), Wallace continued working for CBS News as a 'Correspondent Emeritus,' albeit at a reduced pace, until leaving the network for good in 2008.He was one of Don Hewitt's first choices as the news correspondent of 60 Minutes (1968).Was a longtime friend of Johnny Carson, who was a devout fan of Wallace's show 60 Minutes (1968).Hosted the pilot episode for 'Nothing But the Truth,' which was helmed by Bud Collyer when it aired under the title, To Tell the Truth (1956). Coincidentally, Wallace was the most frequent panelist on that show.His final 60 Minutes (1968) interview was when he talked with a disgraced baseball star Roger Clemens about his alleged steroid use.Enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and served as a communications officer during World War II on the USS Anthedon, a submarine tender. He saw no combat, but traveled to Hawaii, Australia, and Subic Bay in the Philippines, then patrolling the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea and south of Japan. Wallace returned to Chicago after being discharged in 1946.Was a longtime friend of Joan Rivers.Childhood friend of John F. Kennedy and Nancy Reagan.Before he was hired as correspondent of 60 Minutes (1968), Wallace nearly quit CBS News for a job that would have landed him in the White House. He was covering the presidential election when Richard Nixon asked him to be his press secretary. Wallace was tempted.Mike Wallace's family's surname was originally Wallik.His favorite 60 Minutes (1968) interview was pianist Vladimir Horowitz.After his death, he left an impressive $21 million dollar fortune to his wife - Mary Yates, who would also die, 5 months later. His will was submitted to court.Originally wanted to be a lawyer.Had finally persuaded Dick Salant, who was the president of CBS News at the time, to hire him to work at CBS News, which revitalized Wallace's 43-year career in broadcasting.Was the oldest working news anchor on 60 Minutes (1968) until his retirement.Before he was a successful news correspondent, Wallace also announced Wrestling in Chicago in the late 1940s and early 1950s, sponsored by Tavern Pale beer.Once belonged to the Alpha Gamma Chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity.His father, Frank Wallace, worked at a grocery store as a teenager, later becoming the manager, until losing the store at the end of World War I.Wrote for his high school newspaper, the Brookline Chronicle, making $2 a column.Both he and CBS News were sued for libel by General William C. Westmoreland over a 1982 documentary which accused Westmoreland of deliberately falsifying estimates of enemy troop strength in the Vietnam War, to give the impression the war was being won (when the exact opposite was true) and avoid embarrassing then-President Lyndon B. Johnson. The lawsuit went to trial two years later, before being abruptly settled out of court in 1985. Wallace admitted years later that the trial worsened his depression (which had gone undiagnosed up to that point) and may have directly influenced a suicide attempt in 1986.Release of his book, "Between You and Me - A Memoir". (2005)Mike Wallace died on April 7, 2012. Just 5 months after his death, his fourth wife and widow, Mary Yates, also passed away.In 2008, his longtime friend Andy Rooney helped him celebrated his 90th birthday, by viewing clips of him, when Wallace hosted 60 Minutes (1968).In his 38 year run on 60 Minutes (1968), Wallace interviewed over 100 celebrities.During his last years, he also suffered dementia.Each week, viewers of 60 Minutes (1968) could expect Wallace to ask the questions they wanted answered by the world's leaders and headliners. He did not disappoint, often revealing more than the public ever hoped to see. |
| Name: |
Mike Wallace |
Type: |
Producer,Actor,Additional Crew (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
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IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Producer,Actor,Additional Crew |
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Producer,Actor,Additional Crew |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 03:41:51 |
| Height: |
6' (1.83 m) |
| Biography: |
Mike Wallace was born on May 9, 1918 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was a producer and actor, known for 60 Minutes (1968), The Sword and the Dragon (1956) and The Big Surprise (1955). He was previously married to Mary Yates, Lorraine Perigord, |
| Trivia: |
Longtime friend of Nancy Reagan, having known her well before she married Ronald Reagan. Their friendship was strained when Wallace conducted critical interviews of Reagan after he became President, but the two reconciled after Reagan's death.Mike Wallace died on April 7, 2012, just five months after his former 60 Minutes (1968) co-anchor Andy Rooney.Kept his depression a secret for years.He buried his son, Peter, on what would've been his son's 20th birthday.Before he was a successful news correspondent, he served as the announcer for ABC and Mutual Radio's "Sky King" (1946-1954).The most shocking interview he had ever done on 60 Minutes (1968) was with Vietnam veteran Paul Meadlo, who confessed his role in the 'My Lai Massacre,' the Vietnam atrocity by American troops that shocked the nation. Wallace told Bradley about this, years after.Met a young, unfamiliar singer, Barbra Streisand, on the set of PM East (1961). Exactly thirty years later, he would later interview her on 60 Minutes (1968).Friends with: Bob Barker, Barbara Walters, Larry King, Johnny Carson, Walter Cronkite, Harry Reasoner, Morley Safer, Charles Kuralt, Barbra Streisand, John F. Kennedy, Charles Osgood, Dan Rather, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, Harry Smith, Andy Rooney, Don Hewitt, Vanessa Redgrave, Mickey Rooney, Philip Scheffler, Phil McGraw, Regis Philbin, David Letterman, Oprah Winfrey, Rosie O'Donnell, Carol Channing, Joan Rivers, Bob Schieffer, Roger Mudd, Tom Brokaw and Ted Koppel.His first 60 Minutes (1968) interview was with the former Attorney General, Ramsay Clark, who talked about police brutality.Used to play tennis with Johnny Carson.His family used to live not too far away from John F. Kennedy's house.His sister, Helen, was a pianist.Had a pacemaker for over 20 years.During the Iranian hostage crisis, he snared the exclusive interview with the Ayatollah Khomeini. [1979].In the early days of television, Mike Wallace appeared in TV commercials for Golden Fluffo Shortening.He initially aspired to be a radio broadcaster and applied for a position in Muskegon, Michigan upon graduating from the University of Michigan. After being turned down, he then applied to WOOD in Grand Rapids and was hired, marking the beginning of his broadcasting career.Friend of Ted Yates. After he died, later married his widow, Mary Yates.A week after his 80th birthday, he appeared on the final episode of Murphy Brown (1988).At Brookline High School, he was also on the boys track team and served as captain of the tennis team.In 1992, along with widow Mary Yates, he founded Wallace House at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, a place where journalists all over the world can come to study and hone their craft.Spent the last several years of his life in a care facility in New Canaan, Connecticut.Was associated with CBS News from 1951, and again from 1963 to 2006.Of Russian-Jewish descent.Had successful triple bypass surgery [2008].After his departure from 60 Minutes (1968), Wallace continued working for CBS News as a 'Correspondent Emeritus,' albeit at a reduced pace, until leaving the network for good in 2008.He was one of Don Hewitt's first choices as the news correspondent of 60 Minutes (1968).Was a longtime friend of Johnny Carson, who was a devout fan of Wallace's show 60 Minutes (1968).Hosted the pilot episode for 'Nothing But the Truth,' which was helmed by Bud Collyer when it aired under the title, To Tell the Truth (1956). Coincidentally, Wallace was the most frequent panelist on that show.His final 60 Minutes (1968) interview was when he talked with a disgraced baseball star Roger Clemens about his alleged steroid use.Enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943 and served as a communications officer during World War II on the USS Anthedon, a submarine tender. He saw no combat, but traveled to Hawaii, Australia, and Subic Bay in the Philippines, then patrolling the South China Sea, the Philippine Sea and south of Japan. Wallace returned to Chicago after being discharged in 1946.Was a longtime friend of Joan Rivers.Childhood friend of John F. Kennedy and Nancy Reagan.Before he was hired as correspondent of 60 Minutes (1968), Wallace nearly quit CBS News for a job that would have landed him in the White House. He was covering the presidential election when Richard Nixon asked him to be his press secretary. Wallace was tempted.Mike Wallace's family's surname was originally Wallik.His favorite 60 Minutes (1968) interview was pianist Vladimir Horowitz.After his death, he left an impressive $21 million dollar fortune to his wife - Mary Yates, who would also die, 5 months later. His will was submitted to court.Originally wanted to be a lawyer.Had finally persuaded Dick Salant, who was the president of CBS News at the time, to hire him to work at CBS News, which revitalized Wallace's 43-year career in broadcasting.Was the oldest working news anchor on 60 Minutes (1968) until his retirement.Before he was a successful news correspondent, Wallace also announced Wrestling in Chicago in the late 1940s and early 1950s, sponsored by Tavern Pale beer.Once belonged to the Alpha Gamma Chapter of the Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity.His father, Frank Wallace, worked at a grocery store as a teenager, later becoming the manager, until losing the store at the end of World War I.Wrote for his high school newspaper, the Brookline Chronicle, making $2 a column.Both he and CBS News were sued for libel by General William C. Westmoreland over a 1982 documentary which accused Westmoreland of deliberately falsifying estimates of enemy troop strength in the Vietnam War, to give the impression the war was being won (when the exact opposite was true) and avoid embarrassing then-President Lyndon B. Johnson. The lawsuit went to trial two years later, before being abruptly settled out of court in 1985. Wallace admitted years later that the trial worsened his depression (which had gone undiagnosed up to that point) and may have directly influenced a suicide attempt in 1986.Release of his book, "Between You and Me - A Memoir". (2005)Mike Wallace died on April 7, 2012. Just 5 months after his death, his fourth wife and widow, Mary Yates, also passed away.In 2008, his longtime friend Andy Rooney helped him celebrated his 90th birthday, by viewing clips of him, when Wallace hosted 60 Minutes (1968).In his 38 year run on 60 Minutes (1968), Wallace interviewed over 100 celebrities.During his last years, he also suffered dementia.Each week, viewers of 60 Minutes (1968) could expect Wallace to ask the questions they wanted answered by the world's leaders and headliners. He did not disappoint, often revealing more than the public ever hoped to see. |
| Trademarks: |
Interviewing guests a lot of cold hard questions.
His gruff personality.
His catchphrase - "Forgive me!" |
| Quotes: |
[on surprise expressed when he retired in 2006] Let's face it. I'm not 85 anymore.
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The Westmoreland affair, professionally and personally, was one of the most difficult times of my life. It was just devastatingly difficult because my integrity was put to question, and as a reporter, that's the single most important thing you've got. |
| Job title: |
Producer,Actor,Additional Crew |
| Others works: |
TV commercial (PSA): Urging people with depression to stay on their medications (Wallace suffered for many years from depression).
(2010) Book (w/Beth Knobel): "Heat & Light: Advice for the Next Generation of Journalists". New York: Three River |
| Spouse: |
Mary Yates (June 28, 1986 - April 7, 2012) (his death)Lorraine Perigord (August 21, 1955 - 1986) (divorced)Buff Cobb (March 11, 1949 - May 1, 1955) (divorced)Norma Kaphan (August 30, 1940 - 1948) (divor |
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