Robert MacNeil
Born: 1931-01-19 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died: 2024-04-12
Known For: Acting
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
2023
- Commitment to Life as Self (archive)
2005
- Do You Speak American? as Robert MacNeil
2003
- JFK: Breaking the News as Self (archive footage)
2000
- The American President as James Monroe
- Hamlet as Player King
1993
- Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
1988
- An Empire of Reason as Self
- Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie as Self
1986
- The Story of English ... (Writer)
1979
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy as Self – Host (uncredited)
1977
- The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed as Narrator
1975
- PBS News Hour as Self - Anchor
1969
- The Violent Universe as Host
1967
- Washington Week with The Atlantic as Self - Moderator