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Robert McNamara

Robert McNamara

Robert Strange McNamara (June 9, 1916 – July 6, 2009) was an American business executive and the eighth United States Secretary of Defense, serving from 1961 to 1968 under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson.

Known for

Laboratory Greece
Laboratory Greece
2019 • Self (archive footage)
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
2011 • Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
The Most Dangerous Man in America
The Most Dangerous Man in America
2009 • Self (archive footage)
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy
2005 • Self
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
2004 • Self
The Fog of War
The Fog of War
2003 • Self
USS Liberty: Dead in the Water
USS Liberty: Dead in the Water
2002 • Self (archive footage)
Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs
Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs
2002 • Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968

Full filmography

Laboratory Greece
Laboratory Greece
2019 • Self (archive footage)
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The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
2011 • Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
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The Most Dangerous Man in America
The Most Dangerous Man in America
2009 • Self (archive footage)
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U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy
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No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
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The Fog of War
The Fog of War
2003 • Self
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USS Liberty: Dead in the Water
USS Liberty: Dead in the Water
2002 • Self (archive footage)
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Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs
Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs
2002 • Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968
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The War at Home
The War at Home
1979 • Self (archive footage)
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Death on a Rainy Day
Death on a Rainy Day
1967 • Himself - 1960-1968 Secretary of Defense (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Why Vietnam?
Why Vietnam?
1965 • Self
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