Robert MacNeil

Robert MacNeil

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.

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Known For

PBS News Hour

PBS News Hour

1975 • as Self - Anchor

PBS News Hour

PBS News Hour

1975 • Creator

Washington Week with The Atlantic

Washington Week with The Atlantic

1967 • as Self - Moderator

TV

America at a Crossroads

2007

Hamlet

Hamlet

2000 • as Player King

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

1993 • as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

Filmography

2007

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/31/2007
TV
America at a Crossroads
TV - Released: 4/15/2007

2005

Do You Speak American?
Do You Speak American?
as Robert MacNeil
TV - Released: 1/5/2005

2000

Hamlet
Hamlet
as Player King
Movie - Released: 5/12/2000
The American President
The American President
as James Monroe
TV - Released: 4/9/2000

1997

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997

1994

Movie
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Host
Movie - Released: 12/25/1994

1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
Movie - Released: 1/20/1993

1988

An Empire of Reason
An Empire of Reason
as Self
Movie - Released: 7/3/1988
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/5/1988

1977

Movie
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 12/3/1977

1975

PBS News Hour
PBS News Hour
as Self - Anchor
TV - Released: 10/20/1975

1969

The Violent Universe
The Violent Universe
as Host
Movie - Released: 4/11/1969

1967

Washington Week with The Atlantic
Washington Week with The Atlantic
as Self - Moderator
TV - Released: 2/23/1967