
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1931-01-19
Deathday
2024-04-12
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

Hamlet
as Player King

PBS News Hour
as Self - Anchor

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

Do You Speak American?
as Robert MacNeil

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self

Washington Week with The Atlantic
as Self - Moderator

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

Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special
as Self

America at a Crossroads

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