Robert MacNeil
Actor
- Born
- January 19, 1931 · Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Died
- April 12, 2024 (age 93)
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
Hamlet
May 12, 2000
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
January 20, 1993
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
October 5, 1988
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
July 31, 2007
JFK: Breaking the News
November 19, 2003
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
January 1, 1997
An Empire of Reason
July 3, 1988
The Violent Universe
April 11, 1969
Commitment to Life
February 10, 2023
Acting11
- 2023Commitment to Life as Self (archive)
- 2007Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater as Self
- 2003JFK: Breaking the News as Self (archive footage)
- 2000Hamlet as Player King
- 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