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Robert MacNeil
Acting • Born 1931-01-19 – Died 2024-04-12
Acting0Montreal, 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.
Filmography
16 credits
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Movie • 1997
Narrator

Hamlet
Movie • 2000
Player King

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Movie • 2007
Self

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Movie • 1994
Host

An Empire of Reason
Movie • 1988
Self

The Violent Universe
Movie • 1969
Host

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
Movie • 1977
Narrator

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie • 1988
Self

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Movie • 1993
Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

JFK: Breaking the News
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)

America at a Crossroads
TV • 2007

Do You Speak American?
TV • 2005
Robert MacNeil

The American President
TV • 2000
James Monroe

Washington Week with The Atlantic
TV • 1967
Self - Moderator

PBS News Hour
TV • 1975
Self - Anchor

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV • 1979
Self – Host (uncredited)