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Bob Keeshan was born to Irish parents [3] in Lynbrook, New York. [4] After an early graduation in 1945 from Forest Hills High School in Queens, New York, during World War II, he enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, but was still in the United States when Japan surrendered. He attended Fordham University on the GI Bill.
Network. CBS. Release. October 3, 1955 (1955-10-03) – December 8, 1984 (1984-12-08) Captain Kangaroo is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. [ 2 ...
Other names. Lumpy. Years active. 1951–1984. Hugh Brannum (January 5, 1910 – April 19, 1987) was an American vocalist, arranger, composer, and actor known for his role as Mr. Green Jeans on the children's television show Captain Kangaroo. During his days with Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, Brannum used his childhood nickname "Lumpy".
Jim Beaver [27] – actor, writer, star of Deadwood and Supernatural. John Beckett [28] – college football star and coach. Bob Bell [29] – Bozo the Clown (TV) Glen Bell [30] – founder of Taco Bell fast food chain. Terrel Bell [31] – U.S. Secretary of Education (1981-1984) during the Reagan administration.
So great was the influence of World War II on US politics, Dwight D. Eisenhower won the 1952 presidential election without any political experience. This halo effect of the war benefited the successful political campaigns of John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Lyndon B. Johnson, Ronald Reagan, and Jimmy Carter. However, after the 1988 presidential ...
Robert M. Colleary. Robert M. Colleary (1929 – January 8, 2012) was a Peabody and Emmy Award -winning comedy writer and producer who was best known for his writing for more than two decades for Captain Kangaroo. He also wrote for M*A*S*H and Barney Miller, and was a producer for Benson and It's a Living .
Dick Shawn (born Richard Schulefand, December 1, 1923 – April 17, 1987) was an American actor and comedian. He played a wide variety of supporting roles and was a prolific character actor. During the 1960s, he played small roles in madcap comedies, usually portraying caricatures of counterculture personalities, such as the hedonistic but ...
Lee Marvin (February 19, 1924 – August 29, 1987) was an American film and television actor. Known for his bass voice and premature white hair, he is best remembered for playing hardboiled "tough guy" characters. Although initially typecast as the "heavy" (i.e. villainous character), he later gained prominence for portraying anti-heroes, such ...