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