Bob Keeshan
Children's television personality & host (1927-2004) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 76
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.
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2004Died23 January 20041996
Muppets TonightSeries1995
The Jeff Foxworthy ShowSeries1985
CBS StorybreakSeries
Captain Kangaroo: Tales From Mother Goose and the World of Make BelieveFilm, 1985Captain Kangaroo / Father Goose / Various1974
Tony Orlando and DawnSeries1955
Captain KangarooSeries, Producer1947
Howdy DoodySeries, Clarabell the Clown1927Born27 June 1927
Muppets TonightSeries1995The Jeff Foxworthy ShowSeries1985CBS StorybreakSeriesCaptain Kangaroo: Tales From Mother Goose and the World of Make BelieveFilm, 1985Captain Kangaroo / Father Goose / Various1974Tony Orlando and DawnSeries1955Captain KangarooSeries, Producer1947Howdy DoodySeries, Clarabell the Clown1927Born27 June 1927People around Bob
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About this person
He also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program.
Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1927 to 2004 · aged 76
