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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.

Known for

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2007 • Self
JFK: Breaking the News
JFK: Breaking the News
2003 • Self (archive footage)
Hamlet
Hamlet
2000 • Player King
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 • Narrator
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994 • Host
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993 • Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
1988 • Self
An Empire of Reason
An Empire of Reason
1988 • Self

Full filmography

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
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JFK: Breaking the News
JFK: Breaking the News
2003 • Self (archive footage)
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Hamlet
Hamlet
2000 • Player King
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Into the Future: On the Preservation of Knowledge in the Electronic Age
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
1993 • Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS
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Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
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An Empire of Reason
An Empire of Reason
1988 • Self
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The Violent Universe
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Robert MacNeil – Biography, Known For & Filmography