Robert McNamara

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

American Experience

World in Action

The Vietnam War

Bobby Kennedy for President

Turning Point: The Vietnam War

The Fog of War

The Most Dangerous Man in America

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

All Movies (13)

• The Lies That Led America To War In Vietnam2023 · as Himself (archive footage)
• Laboratory Greece2019 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby2011 · as Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
• The Most Dangerous Man in America2009 · as Self (archive footage)
• U.S. Strategic Nuclear Policy2005 · as Self
• No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat2004 · as Self
• The Fog of War2003 · as Self
• USS Liberty: Dead in the Water2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs2002 · as Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968
• The War at Home1979 · as Self (archive footage)
• Death on a Rainy Day1967 · as Himself - 1960-1968 Secretary of Defense (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Why Vietnam?1965 · as Self
• America's Lost Bombs: The True Story Of Broken Arrows— · as Self

All TV Shows (5)

• Turning Point: The Vietnam War2025 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• Bobby Kennedy for President2018 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Vietnam War2017 · as Self - Politician (archive footage)
• American Experience1988 · as Self (archive footage)
• World in Action1963