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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
as Narrator
1997
Hamlet
as Player King
2000
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
2007
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Host
1994
An Empire of Reason
as Self
1988
The Violent Universe
as Host
1969
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
as Narrator
1977
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
1988
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
1993
JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)
2003
