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Robert MacNeil

1931-01-19 – 2024-04-12 (age 93) Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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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

Hamlet

2000

as Player King

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

1993

as Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

Commitment to Life

Commitment to Life

2023

as Self (archive)

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988

as Self

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

1994

as Host

An Empire of Reason

An Empire of Reason

1988

as Self

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

1977

as Narrator

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

2007

as Self

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

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

1997

as Narrator

JFK: Breaking the News

JFK: Breaking the News

2003

as Self (archive footage)

The Violent Universe

The Violent Universe

1969

as Host