Robert MacNeil was born on January 19, 1931 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He is an actor and writer, known for PBS NewsHour (1975), Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record (1987) and Do You Speak American? (2005). He has been married to Donna Richards since October 20, 1984. He was previously married to Jane Doherty and Rosemarie ...
He was awarded the O.C. (Officer of the Order of Canada) on October 23, 1997 for his services to journalism.
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Youthful ambition was to become a playwright.
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In the summer of 1953 worked as an actor at Priscilla Beach Theatre, one of the oldest barn theatres in New England. Was told by the director that he had to get rid of his Canadian accent.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Salome
2012
Five Jews
Scarlet Moon
2006
Dino Dinner
Hamlet
2000
Player King
Bah, Humbug!: The Story of Charles Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol'
1994
TV Movie
Host / Commentator
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
1979
TV Mini-Series
Host (uncredited)
Some Call It Greed
1977
Narrator (voice)
Great Performances
1977
TV Series
Host / Interviewer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Do You Speak American?
2005
TV Movie documentary
The Story of English
1986
TV Mini-Series documentary
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
Frontline
1995
TV Series documentary special thanks - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Sixties
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself - Author / Journalist / Himself - Journalist
Secrets of the Dead
2013
TV Series documentary
Himself - NBC News, 1963
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
2006
Documentary
Texas Monthly Talks
2005
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee
Do You Speak American?
2005
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Reporter
The American President
2000
TV Series documentary
James Monroe
The 42nd Annual New York Emmy Awards
1999
TV Special
Himself - Presenter
The 14th TV Academy Hall of Fame
1999
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Empire of the Bay
1998
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Narrator
Charlie Rose
1995
TV Series
Himself
The Odyssey of John Dos Passos
1994
TV Movie documentary
Narrator
Beyond 'JFK': The Question of Conspiracy
1992
Documentary
Himself
Alistair Cooke Salute
1992
TV Movie
Himself - Host
Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me Eat Cake
1991
TV Movie
Himself
The Pat Sajak Show
1989
TV Series
Himself
Sesame Street, Special
1988
TV Movie
Himself
Slow Fires: On the Preservation of the Human Record
1987
TV Movie documentary
Narrator
The Story of English
1986
TV Mini-Series documentary
Himself
The Brand New Illustrated Journal of the Arts
1982
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Live from Lincoln Center
1978
TV Series
Himself (host)
The Lions of Capitalism
1977
Documentary
Narrator
PBS NewsHour
1975
TV Series
Himself - Co-anchor (1975-1995)
Panorama
1969-1974
TV Series documentary
Himself - Reporter / Himself - Presenter
Peer in Focus
1971
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Narrator (voice)
Election 70
1970
TV Movie
Himself - Foreign Desk
London Rock
1970
Documentary
Himself - Narrator
Washington Week in Review
1967
TV Series
Himself - Moderator (????-197?)
The Huntley-Brinkley Report
1963
TV Series
Himself
Actuality Specials
1962
TV Series documentary
Let's Go to the Museum
1954
TV Series documentary
Host
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media
1992
Documentary
Himself
The Panama Deception
1992
Documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Action: The October Crisis of 1970
1974
Documentary
Himself (hopes to interview Trudeau on Parliament Hill)
$8 Million