Robert MacNeil
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
57%
Self - Anchor
1975
The Story of English
84%
Writer
1986
Do You Speak American?
78%
Robert MacNeil
2005
Washington Week with The Atlantic
97%
Self - Moderator
1967
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
65%
Host
1994
America at a Crossroads
100%
Unknown
2007
The American President
80%
James Monroe
2000
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
80%
Narrator
1977
Commitment to Life
Self (archive)
2023
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
60%
Self
2007
America at a Crossroads
100%
Unknown
2007
Do You Speak American?
78%
Robert MacNeil
2005
Do You Speak American?
78%
Writer
2005
JFK: Breaking the News
100%
Self (archive footage)
2003
Hamlet
58%
Player King
2000
The American President
80%
James Monroe
2000
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
Narrator
1997
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
65%
Host
1994
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
58%
Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
1993
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
68%
Self
1988
An Empire of Reason
Self
1988
The Story of English
84%
Writer
1986
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
80%
Narrator
1977
PBS News Hour
57%
Self - Anchor
1975
PBS News Hour
57%
Creator
1975
The Violent Universe
Host
1969
Washington Week with The Atlantic
97%
Self - Moderator
1967