Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
January 19, 1931
Died
April 12, 2024
Age
93
Place of Birth
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Popularity
0.6
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.
Also known as
Robin MacNeil
Latest News
Known For
9.7
Washington Week with The Atlantic
1967 · TV
5.7
PBS News Hour
1975 · TV
7.6
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979 · TV
8.0
The American President
2000 · TV
0.0
Commitment to Life
2023 · Movie
5.8
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993 · Movie
5.8
Hamlet
2000 · Movie
0.0
An Empire of Reason
1988 · Movie
10.0
America at a Crossroads
2007 · TV
8.4
The Story of English
1986 · TV
6.8
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 · Movie
6.0
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007 · Movie
Filmography
2023
Commitment to Life
Movie · Self (archive)
0.0
2007
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Movie · Self
6.0
2007
America at a Crossroads
TV
10.0
2005
Do You Speak American?
TV · Robert MacNeil
7.8
2003
JFK: Breaking the News
Movie · Self (archive footage)
10.0
2000
Hamlet
Movie · Player King
5.8
2000
The American President
TV · James Monroe
8.0
1997
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Movie · Narrator
0.0
1994
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
Movie · Host
6.5
1993
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Movie · Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
5.8
1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Movie · Self
6.8
1988
An Empire of Reason
Movie · Self
0.0
1979
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
TV · Self – Host (uncredited)
7.6
1977
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
Movie · Narrator
8.0
1975
PBS News Hour
TV · Self - Anchor
5.7
1969
The Violent Universe
Movie · Host
0.0
1967
Washington Week with The Atlantic
TV · Self - Moderator
9.7