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.

Career Overview

Robert MacNeil has 14 screen credits in a career dating back to 1969. Signature works include Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age, The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed, The Violent Universe. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

14

Birth Date

1931-01-19 00:00:00

Birth Place

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Known For

• 

  Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
• The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
• 

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

  An Empire of Reason

Frequent Collaborators

• Peter Norton (1 collaborations)
• Tim Berners-Lee (1 collaborations)
• Orson Welles (1 collaborations)
• Lowell Thomas (1 collaborations)
• Carl Sagan (1 collaborations)
• Richard Burton (1 collaborations)
• Martin Sheen (1 collaborations)
• James Earl Jones (1 collaborations)
• Cokie Roberts (1 collaborations)
• William F. Buckley Jr. (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (13 credits)

  • Commitment to Life

    Self (archive)

    actor

    actors
    2023
  • Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

    Self

    actor

    actors
    2007
  • JFK: Breaking the News

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Hamlet

    Player King

    actor

    actors
    2000
  • Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'

    Host

    actor

    actors
    1994
  • Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

    Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • An Empire of Reason

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1988
  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    - Flushing Out the Mole (1979) ... Self – Host (uncredited) actor actors

    - Smiley Sets a Trap (1979) ... Self – Host (uncredited) actor actors

    - Tinker Tailor (1979) ... Self – Host (uncredited) actor actors

    - Smiley Tracks the Mole (1979) ... Self – Host (uncredited) actor actors

    - Tarr Tells His Story (1979) ... Self – Host (uncredited) actor actors
    1979
  • The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

    Narrator

    actor

    actors
    1977
  • PBS News Hour

    - Episode 1 (1977) ... Self - Anchor actor actors

    - Episode 1 (1976) ... Self - Anchor actor actors

    - Episode 58 (1976) ... Self - Anchor actor actors

    - Episode 49 (1975) ... Self - Anchor actor actors

    - Episode 45 (1975) ... Self - Anchor actor actors
    1975
  • The Violent Universe

    Host

    actor

    actors
    1969

• creators (1 credits)

  • PBS News Hour

    creator

    creators
    1975