Robert MacNeil

Actor

Born: January 19, 1931
Died: April 12, 2024 (age 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 (11)

Commitment to Life (2023)
Self (archive)
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater (2007)
Self
JFK: Breaking the News (2003)
Self (archive footage)
Hamlet (2000)
Player King
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age (1997)
Narrator
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol' (1994)
Host
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy (1993)
Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie (1988)
Self
An Empire of Reason (1988)
Self
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed (1977)
Narrator
The Violent Universe (1969)
Host