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Robert James Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004) 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.
Apr 30, 2024 · Bob Keeshan (born June 27, 1927, Lynbrook, New York, U.S.—died January 23, 2004, Windsor, Vermont) was an American television producer and entertainer who was best known for his role as Captain Kangaroo on the children’s program of the same name (1955–84).
Robert Keeshan. Actor: Captain Kangaroo. Television producer and host Robert James Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York. As a young man he served in the US Marine Corps Reserve.
Actor: Captain Kangaroo. Television producer and host Robert James Keeshan was born in Lynbrook, Long Island, New York. As a young man he served in the US Marine Corps Reserve.
Jan 23, 2004 · Bob Keeshan, who delighted millions of children and their parents for three decades as television's gentle, patient Captain Kangaroo and before that as the original Clarabelle the Clown on the...
The show was conceived by Bob Keeshan, who also played the title character "Captain Kangaroo", and who based the show on "the warm relationship between grandparents and children". Keeshan had portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown on NBC 's The Howdy Doody Show during the network's early years.
Jan 23, 2004 · Bob Keeshan, who gently entertained and educated generations of children as television's walrus-mustachioed Captain Kangaroo, died Friday at 76. Keeshan died of a long illness, his family said...
Jan 24, 2004 · Bob Keeshan, who delighted millions of children and their parents for three decades as television's Captain Kangaroo and before that as original Clarabell the Clown on Howdy Doody Show, dies at...
Jan 23, 2004 · Bob Keeshan, who entertained generations of children as Captain Kangaroo, died of a long illness on Jan. 23. He was 76. Keeshan first donned his red coat with large pockets in 1955, when Captain Kangaroo premiered on CBS.
Jan 23, 2004 · Jan. 23 -- Robert Keeshan, television's beloved "Captain Kangaroo," died today, ABCNEWS has learned. He was 76. Known to millions of children as "Captain Kangaroo" because of his red blazer's ...
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