Bob Keeshan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bob Keeshan

Children's television personality & host

Date of Birth: 27-Jun-1927

Place of Birth: Lynbrook, New York, United States

Date of Death: 23-Jan-2004

Profession: clown, television producer, television actor, circus performer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.Keeshan also played the original Clarabell the Clown on the Howdy Doody television program.