Full Name | Bob Keeshan |
Net Worth | $6 Million |
Date Of Birth | June 27, 1927 |
Died | January 23, 2004, Windsor, Vermont, United States |
Place Of Birth | Lynbrook, Long Island, New York, USA |
Profession | Actor, Television producer |
Education | Forest Hills High School, Fordham University |
Nationality | American |
Spouse | Anne Jeanne Laurie Keeshan |
Children | Laurie Margaret, Michael Derek, Maeve Jeanne |
IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm0444828 |
Awards | Peabody Award, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Entertainment Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer In Children's Programming |
Nominations | Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Series, Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Entertainment Special, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in Children's Programming - Informational/Factual |
Movies | The Stupids |
TV Shows | CBS Storybreak, Captain Kangaroo, Howdy Doody |
Star Sign | Cancer |
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1 | Served as a Marine near the end of the second World War. Accounts that he was a platoon sergeant on Iwo Jima are incorrect. Keeshan was only 17 during Iwo Jima and could not have made platoon sergeant in any way. As for being over Lee Marvin, that is also false, as Marvin and Keeshan did not serve in the same battles. |
2 | Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume 7, 2003-2005, pages 297-298. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale, 2007. |
3 | Best remembered by the public for his starring role in Captain Kangaroo (1955). |
4 | In the later years of his life, he starred in a number of commercials themed "No one takes better care of you than you!" These dealt with safety and health tips for young people. |
5 | Turned down an offer to become the Captain again on a revised version of the show in 1995. |
6 | He quit smoking following a severe heart attack. |
7 | In the original version of Captain Kangaroo, Keeshan endorsed two brands of candy bars. He stopped them, in order to lessen the "commercial" aspect of this show. |
8 | Besides his work in television, he also sat on a number of boards of charitable foundations. |
9 | Inspired thousands of children to become schoolteachers. |
10 | He was not a Dartmouth student, but he certainly was a member of the Dartmouth family. He was an adopted member of the Class of 1942, and received an honorary doctorate from the College in 1975. His son, Michael Keeshan, is a 1973 graduate of Dartmouth and a 1975 graduate of Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business; his daughter, Laurie Keeshan, graduated in 1975. Keeshan's grandson, Britton Keeshan, received a master's degree from Dartmouth in 2006. Mr. Keeshan was a regular visitor to the College in his latter years, and lived just across the river in nearby Norwich and Hartford, VT, for a number of years until his death in 2004. |
11 | His acting debut, was on Saturday, January 3rd, 1948. |
12 | The names of his children are: daughters Laurie and Mave; son Michael. |
13 | He was the first host/performer of WJZ/WABC TV Ch.7 NYC's "Time For Fun" / "The Johnny Jellybean Show". Keeshan MC'd the show as "Corney The Clown" weekday afternoons from Monday September 21, 1953 to Friday July 29, 1955. He co-created, nco-produced and hosted "Tinker's Workshop" with Jack Miller on WJZ/WABC TV Ch.7 in NYC weekday mornings from Monday November 15, 1954 to Friday September 9,1955. The Show continued until Friday August 22, 1958. The other hosts were Henry Burbig, Gene London & Dom DeLuise. |
14 | Served in the United States Marine Corps. |
15 | Elected to the Clown Hall of Fame. |
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Television: The First Fifty Years | 1999 | Video documentary | Himself / Interviewee / Original Clarabelle / ... |
Vicki! | 1992 | TV Series | Himself |
The Joan Rivers Show | 1989 | TV Series | Himself |
Good Morning America | 1979-1989 | TV Series | Himself |
All-Time Great TV Censored Bloopers | 1985 | TV Movie | Himself (as Bob Keeshan) |
Good Evening, Captain | 1981 | TV Special | Host |
The Alan Hamel Show | 1980 | TV Series | Himself |
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | 1979 | TV Special | Himself |
The Mike Douglas Show | 1968-1979 | TV Series | Himself - Captain Kangaroo / Himself |
Captain Kangaroo | 1957-1979 | TV Series | Himself - Host / Himself - Captain Kangaroo |
CBS: On the Air | 1978 | TV Mini-Series documentary | |
The 5th Annual American Music Awards | 1978 | TV Special | Himself |
Celebrity Sweepstakes | 1977 | TV Series | Himself |
The Sonny and Cher Show | 1976 | TV Series | Himself / Various Characters |
The Hollywood Squares | 1966-1976 | TV Series | Guest Appearance / Cameo |
Dolly | 1976 | TV Series | Captain Kangaroo |
Tony Orlando and Dawn | 1976 | TV Series | Himself |
Cher | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
Dinah! | 1975 | TV Series | Himself |
Dinah's Place | 1971 | TV Series | Himself |
The David Frost Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
The Joey Bishop Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
Ten Years Ago Today | 1949 | TV Movie documentary | Himself (as Clarabell the Clown) |
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