Acting
Robert McNamara
Also Known As: Robert S. McNamara, Robert Strange McNamara
Birth Date
June 9, 1916
Death Date
July 6, 2009
(passed away at 93)
Place of Birth
San Francisco, California, USA
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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.
Photos
American Experience
Self (archive footage)
1988 • 1 episode
World in Action
1963 • 1 episode
The Vietnam War
Self - Politician (archive footage)
2017 • 1 episode
Turning Point: The Vietnam War
Self (Archive Footage)
2025 • 5 episodes
Bobby Kennedy for President
Self (archive footage)
2018 • 4 episodes
The Fog of War
Self
2003
Vietnam: A Television History
Self (archive footage)
1983 • 1 episode
Laboratory Greece
Self (archive footage)
2019
The War at Home
Self (archive footage)
1979
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Self (archive footage)
2009
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
Self
2004
Death on a Rainy Day
Himself - 1960-1968 Secretary of Defense (archive footage) (uncredited)
1967
Why Vietnam?
Self
1965
Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs
Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968
2002
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
2011
America's Lost Bombs: The True Story Of Broken Arrows
Self
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The Lies That Led America To War In Vietnam
Himself (archive footage)
2023
USS Liberty: Dead in the Water
Self (archive footage)
2002
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy
Self
2005