Person

Robert McNamara

Acting · 1916–2009 · San Francisco, California, USA

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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  American Experience

  Self (archive footage)

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  World in Action

  1963

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  The Vietnam War

  Self - Politician (archive footage)

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  Turning Point: The Vietnam War

  Self (Archive Footage)

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  Bobby Kennedy for President

  Self (archive footage)

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  The Fog of War

  Self

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  Death on a Rainy Day

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

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  Laboratory Greece

  Self (archive footage)

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  Why Vietnam?

  Self

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  The War at Home

  Self (archive footage)

• 2025Turning Point: The Vietnam WarSelf (Archive Footage)
• 2023The Lies That Led America To War In VietnamHimself (archive footage)
• 2019Laboratory GreeceSelf (archive footage)
• 2018Bobby Kennedy for PresidentSelf (archive footage)
• 2017The Vietnam WarSelf - Politician (archive footage)
• 2011The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William ColbySelf - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
• 2009The Most Dangerous Man in AmericaSelf (archive footage)
• 2005U.S. Strategic Nuclear PolicySelf
• 2004No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear ThreatSelf
• 2003The Fog of WarSelf
• 2002USS Liberty: Dead in the WaterSelf (archive footage)
• 2002Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret SubsHimself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968
• 1988American ExperienceSelf (archive footage)
• 1979The War at HomeSelf (archive footage)
• 1967Death on a Rainy DayHimself - 1960-1968 Secretary of Defense (archive footage) (uncredited)
• 1965Why Vietnam?Self
• 1963World in Action
• —America's Lost Bombs: The True Story Of Broken ArrowsSelf