Acting

Robert MacNeil

Born 1931-01-19 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Died 2024-04-12

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.

Credits

Newest first

Commitment to Life
as Self (archive)
2023
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2007
America at a Crossroads
2007
Do You Speak American?
as Robert MacNeil
2005
Do You Speak American?
Writer
2005
JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Hamlet
as Player King
2000
The American President
as James Monroe
2000
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
as Narrator
1997
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Host
1994
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
1993
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
1988
An Empire of Reason
as Self
1988
The Story of English
Writer
1986
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Self – Host (uncredited)
1979
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
as Narrator
1977
PBS News Hour
as Self - Anchor
1975
PBS News Hour
Creator
1975
The Violent Universe
as Host
1969
Washington Week with The Atlantic
as Self - Moderator
1967