
Robert MacNeil
Department: Acting
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

Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
1997

Hamlet
2000

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007

Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994

An Empire of Reason
1988

The Violent Universe
1969

The Lions of Capitalism: Some Call It Greed
1977

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993

JFK: Breaking the News
2003

America at a Crossroads
2007

Do You Speak American?
2005

The American President
2000

Washington Week with The Atlantic
1967

PBS News Hour
1975

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979