Robert MacNeil
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
- Acting
- Born
- 1931-01-19 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Died
- 2024-04-12
Known for
- Hamlet (2000) — Player King
- Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) — Self – Host (uncredited)
- PBS News Hour (1975) — Self - Anchor
- Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993) — Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
- The Story of English (1986) — Writer
- Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988) — Self
- Do You Speak American? (2005) — Robert MacNeil
- Washington Week with The Atlantic (1967) — Self - Moderator
- Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater (2007) — Self
- Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994) — Host
- The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed (1977) — Narrator
- JFK: Breaking the News (2003) — Self (archive footage)
- America at a Crossroads (2007)
- The American President (2000) — James Monroe
- Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age (1997) — Narrator
- An Empire of Reason (1988) — Self