Robert McNamara

Born: 1916-06-09

Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA

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

The Fog of War
Laboratory Greece
The Most Dangerous Man in America
Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs
No Fighting in the War Room Or: 'Dr Strangelove' and the Nuclear Threat
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby
Death on a Rainy Day
The War at Home
Why Vietnam?
The Lies That Led America To War In Vietnam

Top Movie Credits

Laboratory Greece Self (archive footage)
Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby Self - Secretary of Defense (voice) (archive footage)
Death on a Rainy Day Himself - 1960-1968 Secretary of Defense (archive footage) (uncredited)
The War at Home Self (archive footage)