# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bob-keeshan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:19:18.372Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bob-keeshan"
name: "Bob Keeshan"
slug: "bob-keeshan"
description: "Robert James Keeshan was an American television producer and actor. He created and played the title role in the children's television program Captain Kangaroo, which ran from 1955 to 1984, the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. He also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program."
tagline: "Children's television personality & host (1927-2004)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/WIKI_BOB_KEESHAN_1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1927-06-27"
deathDate: "2004-01-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           50.74
  momentum:             0.07473275943619337
  historical:           9.3834
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444828/"
    handle:    "nm0444828"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9a03ae21-81cd-41a4-98b0-6087a0a694e8"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Keeshan"
    title: "Bob Keeshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Keeshan"
    title: "Bob Keeshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Keeshan"
    title: "Bob Keeshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%A8_%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "باب کیشان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Keeshan"
    title: "Bob Keeshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Keeshan"
    title: "Bob Keeshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Keeshan"
    title: "Bob Keeshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Keeshan"
    title: "Bob Keeshan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Bob_Keeshan"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4354581"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222612"
    title: "Bob Keeshan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump