Biography

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

The Fog of War

Self

Laboratory Greece

Self (archive footage)

The Most Dangerous Man in America

Self (archive footage)

The War at Home

Self (archive footage)

No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat

Self

Why Vietnam?

Self

Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs

Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968

Death on a Rainy Day

Himself - 1960-1968 Secretary of Defense (archive footage) (uncredited)