Robert MacNeil
Acting
Born 1931-01-19
Montreal, 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.
Known For
Popular credits
Hamlet
Player King
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Self – Host (uncredited)
PBS News Hour
Self - Anchor
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
Do You Speak American?
Robert MacNeil
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
Washington Week with The Atlantic
Self - Moderator
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Host
America at a Crossroads
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Narrator
An Empire of Reason
Self
The Violent Universe
Host
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
Narrator
JFK: Breaking the News
Self (archive footage)
The American President
James Monroe