Robert McNamara

Biography

Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Fog of War (2003) — Self
2. The Vietnam War (2017) — Self - Politician (archive footage)
3. American Experience (1988) — Self (archive footage)
4. The Most Dangerous Man in America (2009) — Self (archive footage)
5. Turning Point: The Vietnam War (2025) — Self (Archive Footage)
6. Bobby Kennedy for President (2018) — Self (archive footage)
7. The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011) — Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
8. The War at Home (1979) — Self (archive footage)
9. No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat (2004) — Self
10. Laboratory Greece (2019) — Self (archive footage)
11. Death on a Rainy Day (1967) — Himself - 1960-1968 Secretary of Defense (archive footage) (uncredited)
12. World in Action (1963)
13. USS Liberty: Dead in the Water (2002) — Self (archive footage)
14. Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs (2002) — Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968
15. Why Vietnam? (1965) — Self
16. U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy (2005) — Self
17. America's Lost Bombs: The True Story Of Broken Arrows — Self
18. The Lies That Led America To War In Vietnam (2023) — Himself (archive footage)