Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 9, 1916
Died
July 6, 2009
Age
93
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
Popularity
0.5
Robert McNamara
Acting
Biography
Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.
Also known as
Robert S. McNamara · Robert Strange McNamara
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Known For
6.5
American Experience
1988 · TV
7.0
World in Action
1963 · TV
9.5
Vietnam: A Television History
1983 · TV
8.2
The Vietnam War
2017 · TV
7.2
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
2025 · TV
7.7
The Fog of War
2003 · Movie
7.8
Bobby Kennedy for President
2018 · TV
8.0
Laboratory Greece
2019 · Movie
7.0
Why Vietnam?
1965 · Movie
7.4
The War at Home
1979 · Movie
7.4
The Most Dangerous Man in America
2009 · Movie
5.8
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004 · Movie
Filmography
2025
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
TV · Self (Archive Footage)
7.2
2023
The Lies That Led America To War In Vietnam
Movie · Himself (archive footage)
0.0
2019
Laboratory Greece
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.0
2018
Bobby Kennedy for President
TV · Self (archive footage)
7.8
2017
The Vietnam War
TV · Self - Politician (archive footage)
8.2
2011
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Movie · Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
6.2
2009
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.4
2005
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy
Movie · Self
0.0
2004
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Movie · Self
5.8
2003
The Fog of War
Movie · Self
7.7
2002
USS Liberty: Dead in the Water
Movie · Self (archive footage)
8.0
2002
Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs
Movie · Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968
8.0
1988
American Experience
TV · Self (archive footage)
6.5
1983
Vietnam: A Television History
TV · Self (archive footage)
9.5
1983
Vietnam: A Television History
TV · Self
9.5
1979
The War at Home
Movie · Self (archive footage)
7.4
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America's Lost Bombs: The True Story Of Broken Arrows
Movie · Self
0.0
1967
Death on a Rainy Day
Movie · Himself - 1960-1968 Secretary of Defense (archive footage) (uncredited)
6.5
1965
Why Vietnam?
Movie · Self
7.0
1963
World in Action
TV
7.0