Robert MacNeil

Robert MacNeil

Known for

Acting

Born

January 19, 1931

Birthplace

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Died

April 12, 2024 (aged 93)

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.

Best known work

Hamlet

Hamlet

2000

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1979

PBS News Hour

PBS News Hour

1975

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

1993

The Story of English

The Story of English

1986

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988

Do You Speak American?

Do You Speak American?

2005

Washington Week with The Atlantic

Washington Week with The Atlantic

1967

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

2007

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

1994

Filmography

2023
Commitment to Life
as Self (archive)
2007
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2007
America at a CrossroadsTV
2005
Do You Speak American?TV
as Robert MacNeil (3 episodes), Writer
2003
JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Hamlet
as Player King
2000
The American PresidentTV
as James Monroe (10 episodes)
1997
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
as Narrator
1994
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Host
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
1988
An Empire of Reason
as Self
1986
The Story of EnglishTV
Writer
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyTV
as Self – Host (uncredited) (6 episodes)
1977
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
as Narrator
1975
PBS News HourTV
as Self - Anchor (13 episodes), Creator
1969
The Violent Universe
as Host
1967
Washington Week with The AtlanticTV
as Self - Moderator (4 episodes)