Robert MacNeil
Acting·January 19, 1931·† April 12, 2024 — 93 years old·Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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
Hamlet
2000·5.8
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979·7.6
PBS News Hour
1975·5.7
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993·5.8
The Story of English
1986·8.4
Do You Speak American?
2005·7.8
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988·6.8
Washington Week with The Atlantic
1967·9.7
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007·6.0
America at a Crossroads
2007·10.0
JFK: Breaking the News
2003·10.0
The American President
2000·8.0
Filmography · 18
2023Commitment to LifeSelf (archive)2007Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on GoldwaterSelf2007America at a CrossroadsTV2005Do You Speak American?TVRobert MacNeil · Writer2003JFK: Breaking the NewsSelf (archive footage)2000HamletPlayer King2000The American PresidentTVJames Monroe1997Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic AgeNarrator1994Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'Host1993Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracySelf - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS1988Sesame Street: Put Down the DuckieSelf1988An Empire of ReasonSelf1986The Story of EnglishTVWriter1979Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyTVSelf – Host (uncredited)1977The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It GreedNarrator1975PBS News HourTVSelf - Anchor · Creator1969The Violent UniverseHost1967Washington Week with The AtlanticTVSelf - Moderator