Robert MacNeil
Acting1931Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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
Hamlet
Player King
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Self – Host (uncredited)
PBS News Hour
Self - Anchor
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Self
Washington Week with The Atlantic
Self - Moderator
JFK: Breaking the News
Self (archive footage)
Acting History
2007
2003
JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)
2000
Hamlet
as Player King
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
1988
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TVas Self – Host (uncredited)
1975
PBS News Hour
TVas Self - Anchor
1967
Washington Week with The Atlantic
TVas Self - Moderator