Robert MacNeil
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Washington Week with The Atlantic
Self - Moderator
1967
Series
PBS News Hour
Self - Anchor
1975
Series
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Self – Host (uncredited)
1979
Series
The American President
James Monroe
2000
Film
Commitment to Life
Self (archive)
2023
Film
Hamlet
Player King
2000
Series
America at a Crossroads
2007
Film
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
1993
Film
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
1988
Film
An Empire of Reason
Self
1988
Film
The Violent Universe
Host
1969
Series
Do You Speak American?
Robert MacNeil
2005
Film
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Self
2007
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Host
1994
Film
JFK: Breaking the News
Self (archive footage)
2003
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
Narrator
1977
Film
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Narrator
1997