Robert MacNeil

Personal Info:

KNOWN FOR

Acting

GENDER

male

BIRTHDAY

1931-01-19

DAY OF DEATH

2024-04-12

PLACE OF BIRTH

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

ALSO KNOWN AS

Robin MacNeil

Robert MacNeil

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.

POPULAR MOVIES

TV SHOWS APPEARANCE

acting

2007

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

as

Self

2007

America at a Crossroads

2005

Do You Speak American?

as

Robert MacNeil

2000

Hamlet

as

Player King

2000

The American President

as

James Monroe

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: An All-Star Musical Special

as

Self

1988

An Empire of Reason

as

Self

1977

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

as

Narrator

1975

PBS News Hour

as

Self - Anchor

1969

The Violent Universe

as

Host

1967

Washington Week with The Atlantic

as

Self - Moderator

writing

2005

Do You Speak American?

-

Writer

1986

The Story of English

-

Writer