Personal Info
Robin MacNeil
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)
Hamlet
as Player King
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
as Narrator
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
as Host
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
An Empire of Reason
as Self
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
as Self
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
as Narrator
The Violent Universe
as Host
TV Shows
America at a Crossroads
29 ep.
Do You Speak American?
as Robert MacNeil · 3 ep.
The American President
as James Monroe · 10 ep.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
as Self – Host (uncredited) · 6 ep.
PBS News Hour
as Self - Anchor · 13 ep.
Washington Week with The Atlantic
as Self - Moderator · 4 ep.