About
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.
Filmography
Commitment to Life2023 · Self (archive)
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater2007 · Self
JFK: Breaking the News2003 · Self (archive footage)
Hamlet2000 · Player King
Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age1997 · Narrator
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'1994 · Host
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy1993 · Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie1988 · Self
An Empire of Reason1988 · Self
The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed1977 · Narrator
The Violent Universe1969 · Host