[SIZE=6]Captain Kangaroo[/SIZE]
AKA Robert James Keeshan
Born: 27-Jun-1927
Birthplace: Lynbrook, NY
Died: 23-Jan-2004
Location of death: Quechee, VT
Cause of death: Illness
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Morning children's television star
Military service: USMC (1945); USMC Reserves (1946-49)
Wife: Anne Jeanne Laurie (m. 1950, three children, d.1990)
Son: Michael Derek
Daughter: Laurie Margaret
Daughter: Maeve Jeanne
High School: Forest Hills High School, Forest Hills, NY
University: Fordham University
Clown Hall of Fame
Peabody
Hollywood Walk of Fame Sunset & Vine (television)
Irish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Former Smoker
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Captain Kangaroo
[SIZE=-2]FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR[/SIZE]
The Stupids (8-Aug-1996)
"Captain Kangaroo," a children's show, featured the walrus-mustached, bowl-haircut Keeshan entertaining youngsters with his gentle, whimsical humor. Among the show's other characters were the puppets Bunny Rabbit and Mr. Moose, as well as Dancing Bear and the laconic Mr. Green Jeans (Hugh Brannum).
The show ran on CBS from 1955 to 1985, and then moved to public television for six more years. The show won six Emmys and three Peabody Awards.
This guy always freaked me out, even as a kid.