
Robert MacNeil
Known For
Acting
Born
1931-01-19 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died
2024-04-12
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.
Most Known For

PBS News Hour
as Self - Anchor

Washington Week with The Atlantic
as Self - Moderator

The American President
as James Monroe

Hamlet
as Player King

Do You Speak American?
as Robert MacNeil

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

An Empire of Reason
as Self

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Host

America at a Crossroads

The Violent Universe
as Host

JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
as Narrator

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
as Narrator