Robert MacNeil

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Hamlet (2000) — Player King
2. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) — Self – Host (uncredited)
3. PBS News Hour (1975) — Self - Anchor
4. Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993) — Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
5. Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988) — Self
6. Do You Speak American? (2005) — Robert MacNeil
7. Washington Week with The Atlantic (1967) — Self - Moderator
8. Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater (2007) — Self
9. Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994) — Host
10. The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed (1977) — Narrator
11. JFK: Breaking the News (2003) — Self (archive footage)
12. America at a Crossroads (2007)
13. The American President (2000) — James Monroe
14. Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age (1997) — Narrator
15. An Empire of Reason (1988) — Self
16. The Violent Universe (1969) — Host
17. Commitment to Life (2023) — Self (archive)