Robert McNamara
Acting·June 9, 1916·† July 6, 2009 — 93 years old·San Francisco, California, USA
Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Known For
The Fog of War
2003·7.7
The Vietnam War
2017·8.2
American Experience
1988·6.5
The Most Dangerous Man in America
2009·7.4
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
2025·7.2
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018·7.8
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
2011·6.3
The War at Home
1979·7.4
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004·5.8
Laboratory Greece
2019·8.0
Death on a Rainy Day
1967·6.5
World in Action
1963·7.0
Filmography · 18
—America's Lost Bombs: The True Story Of Broken ArrowsSelf2025Turning Point: The Vietnam WarTVSelf (Archive Footage)2023The Lies That Led America To War In VietnamHimself (archive footage)2019Laboratory GreeceSelf (archive footage)2018Bobby Kennedy for PresidentTVSelf (archive footage)2017The Vietnam WarTVSelf - Politician (archive footage)2011The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William ColbySelf - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)2009The Most Dangerous Man in AmericaSelf (archive footage)2005U.S. Strategic Nuclear PolicySelf2004No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear ThreatSelf2003The Fog of WarSelf2002USS Liberty: Dead in the WaterSelf (archive footage)2002Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret SubsHimself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-19681988American ExperienceTVSelf (archive footage)1979The War at HomeSelf (archive footage)1967Death on a Rainy DayHimself - 1960-1968 Secretary of Defense (archive footage) (uncredited)1965Why Vietnam?Self1963World in ActionTV