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

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Self

Commitment to Life

Self (archive)

Hamlet

Player King

Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

Self - MacNeil/Lehrer Newshour, PBS

Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

Self

An Empire of Reason

Self

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

Host

The Violent Universe

Host