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Robert MacNeil

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Robert MacNeil

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Born: January 19, 1931
Died: April 12, 2024
From: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Also known as

Robin 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.

Known for

PBS News Hour

1975 Series 5.7

Do You Speak American?

2005 Series 7.8

America at a Crossroads

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

Washington Week with The Atlantic

1967 Series 9.7

Filmography

18 displayed · 18 matching · 18 total

2023

Commitment to Life

Acting (Self (archive))

2007

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

Acting (Self)

America at a Crossroads

Acting 29 EP

2005

Do You Speak American?

Acting (Robert MacNeil) 3 EPWriting (Writer) 3 EP

2003

JFK: Breaking the News

Acting (Self (archive footage))

2000

Acting (Player King)

The American President

Acting (James Monroe) 10 EP

1997

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age

Acting (Narrator)

1994

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

Acting (Host)

1993

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Acting (Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS)

1988

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Acting (Self)

An Empire of Reason

Acting (Self)

1986

The Story of English

Writing (Writer) 9 EP

1979

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Acting (Self – Host (uncredited)) 6 EP

1977

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

Acting (Narrator)

1975

PBS News Hour

Acting (Self - Anchor) 13 EPCreating (Creator)

1969

The Violent Universe

Acting (Host)

1967

Washington Week with The Atlantic

Acting (Self - Moderator) 4 EP