Known For
Acting
Known Credits
17
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 19, 1931 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Montreal, 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.
Hamlet
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
PBS News Hour
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Do You Speak American?
Washington Week with The Atlantic
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
| 2023 | Commitment to Lifeas Self (archive) | |
| 2007 | Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwateras Self | |
| 2007 | America at a Crossroadsas | |
| 2005 | Do You Speak American?as Robert MacNeil | |
| 2003 | JFK: Breaking the Newsas Self (archive footage) | |
| 2000 | Hamletas Player King | |
| 2000 | The American Presidentas James Monroe | |
| 1997 | Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Ageas Narrator | |
| 1994 | Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'as Host | |
| 1993 | Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracyas Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS | |
| 1988 | Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckieas Self | |
| 1988 | An Empire of Reasonas Self | |
| 1979 | Tinker Tailor Soldier Spyas Self – Host (uncredited) | |
| 1977 | The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greedas Narrator | |
| 1975 | PBS News Houras Self - Anchor | |
| 1969 | The Violent Universeas Host | |
| 1967 | Washington Week with The Atlanticas Self - Moderator |
| 2005 | Do You Speak American?...Writer | |
| 1986 | The Story of English...Writer | |
| 1975 | PBS News Hour...Creator |
