Robert MacNeil

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

14

Gender

Male

Birthday

1931-01-19

Day of death

2024-04-12 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Robert 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

  • Washington Week with The Atlantic

    Washington Week with The Atlantic

  • Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

    Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

  • Hamlet

    Hamlet

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

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

  • An Empire of Reason

    An Empire of Reason

  • Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

    Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

  • PBS News Hour

    PBS News Hour

  • Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

    Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

  • The Violent Universe

    The Violent Universe

  • The American President

    The American President

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

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

  • America at a Crossroads

    America at a Crossroads

  • Do You Speak American?

    Do You Speak American?

  • The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

    The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed