Robert MacNeil
Birthday
1931/01/19
Day of death
2024/04/12 (93 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Also know as
Robin MacNeil
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.
Acting
(1997) Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
as Narrator
(2000) Hamlet
as Player King
(2007) Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
(1994) Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Host
(1988) An Empire of Reason
as Self
(1969) The Violent Universe
as Host
(1977) The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
as Narrator
(1988) Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
(1993) Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
(2003) JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) America at a Crossroads
as ---
(2005) Do You Speak American?
as Robert MacNeil
(2000) The American President
as James Monroe
(1967) Washington Week with The Atlantic
as Self - Moderator
(1975) PBS News Hour
as Self - Anchor