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