Robert MacNeil

Known for: Acting

Born: 1931-01-19 – 2024-04-12 (aged 93)

From: 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.

Filmography (17)

MOVIE
Commitment to Life
2023
as Self (archive)
MOVIE★ 6.0
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007
as Self
TV★ 10.0
America at a Crossroads
2007
TV★ 7.8
Do You Speak American?
2005
as Robert MacNeil
MOVIE★ 10.0
JFK: Breaking the News
2003
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 5.8
Hamlet
2000
as Player King
TV★ 8.0
The American President
2000
as James Monroe
MOVIE
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
1997
as Narrator
MOVIE★ 6.5
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
as Host
MOVIE★ 5.8
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
MOVIE★ 6.8
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988
as Self
MOVIE
An Empire of Reason
1988
as Self
TV★ 7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
as Self – Host (uncredited)
MOVIE★ 8.0
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
1977
as Narrator
TV★ 5.7
PBS News Hour
1975
as Self - Anchor
MOVIE
The Violent Universe
1969
as Host
TV★ 9.7
Washington Week with The Atlantic
1967
as Self - Moderator