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Actor, Producer, Soundtrack
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. Starting as a page at the National Broadcasting Company, Keeshan later began his on-air career as the original "Clarabell, the Clown" for the NBC The Howdy Doody Show (1947) (aka "The Howdy Doody ...

Born: June 27, 1927
Star sign: Cancer
Known for: The Stupids (1996), Captain Kangaroo (1955), The Howdy Doody Show (1947), CBS Storybreak (1985)
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