5.6
PBS News Hour
1975· TV Series
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 19, 1931(93)
Day of Death
April 12, 2024
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Also Known As
Robin MacNeil
Robert MacNeil
Acting
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.
Known For
9.5
Washington Week with The Atlantic
1967· TV Series
7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979· TV Series
5.8
Hamlet
2000
The American President
2000· TV Series
5.6
6.0
6.0
10.0
America at a Crossroads
2007· TV Series
7.7
Do You Speak American?
2005· TV Series
Filmography
- 2007MovieMr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwateras Self
- 2007TVAmerica at a Crossroads
- 2005TVDo You Speak American?as Robert MacNeil
- 2003MovieJFK: Breaking the Newsas Self (archive footage)
- 2000MovieHamletas Player King
- 2000TVThe American Presidentas James Monroe
- 1997MovieInto the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Ageas Narrator
- 1993MovieBeyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracyas Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
- 1988MovieSesame Street: Put Down the Duckieas Self
- 1988MovieAn Empire of Reasonas Self
- 1979TVTinker Tailor Soldier Spyas Self – Host (uncredited)
- 1975TVPBS News Houras Self - Anchor
- 1969MovieThe Violent Universeas Host
- 1967TVWashington Week with The Atlanticas Self - Moderator