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Robert Emil Schmidt (November 27, 1917 – July 30, 1998), nicknamed Buffalo Bob, was an American radio and television personality and presenter; he was well known as the host of the children's show Howdy Doody.
Bob Smith, the show's host, was dubbed "Buffalo Bob" early in the show's run (a reference both to the historical American frontier character Buffalo Bill and Smith's hometown of Buffalo, New York). At first the set was supposed to be a circus tent, but soon was changed to a western town.
Jul 31, 1998 · Buffalo Bob Smith, singing piano player and chatty radio disk jockey who created Howdy Doody and then teamed up with puppet on one of early television's most enduring children's shows,...
Beloved pioneer TV kids' show host, Buffalo Bob Smith was the co-creator and host of TV's Howdy Doody (1954) for almost its entire thirteen-year run (NBC: 1947 - 1960), being sidelined for a little less than a year by a near-fatal heart attack in 1954.
Jul 30, 1998 · "Buffalo Bob" Smith, the host of The Howdy Doody Show in the early years of television, died Thursday of cancer. He was 80.
Beloved pioneer TV kids' show host, Buffalo Bob Smith was the co-creator and host of TV's Howdy Doody (1954) for almost its entire thirteen-year run (NBC: 1947 - 1960), being sidelined for a little less than a year by a near-fatal heart attack in 1954.
Jul 31, 1998 · “Buffalo Bob” Smith, the cowboy-garbed icon of early live television as host of “The Howdy Doody Show,” has died. He was 80. Smith, who was on the air with the redheaded marionette from 1947 to...
