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