Robert MacNeil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 19, 1931
- Died
- April 12, 2024 (aged 93)
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Biography
Robert Breckenridge Ware MacNeil OC (1931-2024), often known as Robin MacNeil, was a Canadian-American journalist, writer, and television news anchor. He partnered with Jim Lehrer to create the landmark public television news program The Robert MacNeil Report in 1975. MacNeil co-anchored the program until 1995.
Known For
Hamlet
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
The Story of English
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Do You Speak American?
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
JFK: Breaking the News
America at a Crossroads
The American President
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
An Empire of Reason
Filmography
Commitment to Life
Movie · as Self (archive)
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Movie · as Self
America at a Crossroads
TV · 29 eps
Do You Speak American?
TV · as Robert MacNeil · 3 eps
JFK: Breaking the News
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hamlet
Movie · as Player King
The American President
TV · as James Monroe · 10 eps
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Movie · as Narrator
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Movie · as Host
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Movie · as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
An Empire of Reason
Movie · as Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie · as Self
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV · as Self – Host (uncredited) · 6 eps
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
Movie · as Narrator
PBS News Hour
TV · as Self - Anchor · 13 eps
The Violent Universe
Movie · as Host
Washington Week with The Atlantic
TV · as Self - Moderator · 4 eps