Robert MacNeil

1/19/1931 – 4/12/2024Montreal, 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.

Filmography (17 titles)

Commitment to LifeMovie

Commitment to Life

Self (archive) · 2023

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater6.0Movie

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

Self · 2007

America at a Crossroads10.0Show

America at a Crossroads

2007

Do You Speak American?7.8Show

Do You Speak American?

Robert MacNeil · 2005

JFK: Breaking the News10.0Movie

JFK: Breaking the News

Self (archive footage) · 2003

Hamlet5.8Movie

Hamlet

Player King · 2000

The American President8.0Show

The American President

James Monroe · 2000

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic AgeMovie

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age

Narrator · 1997

6.5Movie

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

Host · 1994

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy5.8Movie

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS · 1993

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie6.8Movie

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Self · 1988

An Empire of ReasonMovie

An Empire of Reason

Self · 1988

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy7.6Show

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Self – Host (uncredited) · 1979

8.0Movie

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

Narrator · 1977

PBS News Hour5.7Show

PBS News Hour

Self - Anchor · 1975

The Violent UniverseMovie

The Violent Universe

Host · 1969

Washington Week with The Atlantic9.7Show

Washington Week with The Atlantic

Self - Moderator · 1967