Robert MacNeil

Robert MacNeil

Acting

1931-01-19

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Died: 2024-04-12

Biography

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.

Appears In

Hamlet
⭐ 5.8
Hamlet
2000

as Player King

The Violent Universe
⭐ 0.0
The Violent Universe
1969

as Host

PBS News Hour
⭐ 5.6
PBS News Hour
1975

as Self - Anchor

The American President
⭐ 0.0
The American President
2000

as James Monroe

Washington Week with The Atlantic
⭐ 9.5
Washington Week with The Atlantic
1967

as Self - Moderator

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
⭐ 5.6
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993

as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
⭐ 6.0
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988

as Self

An Empire of Reason
⭐ 0.0
An Empire of Reason
1988

as Self

JFK: Breaking the News
⭐ 0.0
JFK: Breaking the News
2003

as Self (archive footage)

Do You Speak American?
⭐ 7.7
Do You Speak American?
2005

as Robert MacNeil

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
⭐ 6.0
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007

as Self

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
⭐ 0.0
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
1997

as Narrator