Robert MacNeil
View on IMDb ↗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
America at a Crossroads
JFK: Breaking the News
Washington Week with The Atlantic
The American President
Do You Speak American?
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Hamlet
Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracyFilmography (17)
- 2023
Commitment to LifeSelf (archive) - 2007
America at a Crossroads - 2007
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on GoldwaterSelf - 2005
Do You Speak American?Robert MacNeil - 2003
JFK: Breaking the NewsSelf (archive footage) - 2000
The American PresidentJames Monroe - 2000
HamletPlayer King - 1997
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic AgeNarrator - 1994Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'Host
- 1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of ConspiracySelf - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS - 1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the DuckieSelf - 1988
An Empire of ReasonSelf - 1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpySelf – Host (uncredited) - 1977The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It GreedNarrator
- 1975
PBS News HourSelf - Anchor - 1969
The Violent UniverseHost - 1967
Washington Week with The AtlanticSelf - Moderator