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.

Cast

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

Narrator

Hamlet

Player King

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

Self

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

Host

An Empire of Reason

Self

The Violent Universe

Host

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed

Narrator

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Self

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

JFK: Breaking the News

Self (archive footage)