Robert MacNeil
Acting
January 19, 1931 — April 12, 2024Montreal, 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.
Known for
2007Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Self
2003JFK: Breaking the News
Self (archive footage)
2000Hamlet
Player King
1997Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Narrator
1993Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
1988An Empire of Reason
Self
1988Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
1969The Violent Universe
Host