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Bob Keeshan

Bob KeeshanAKA Robert James Keeshan

Born: 27-Jun-1927
Birthplace: Lynbrook, NY
Died: 23-Jan-2004
Location of death: Quechee, VT
Cause of death: Illness
Remains: Buried, Saint Joseph's Cemetery, Babylon, NY

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Captain Kangaroo

Military service: USMC (1945); USMC Reserves (1946-49)

Wife: Anne Jeanne Laurie (m. 1950, d. 1990, one son, two daughters)
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

    TELEVISION
    Captain Kangaroo (1955-84)

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Stupids (8-Aug-1996) · Charles Sender

Author of books:
Good Morning, Captain: 50 Wonderful Years with Bob Keeshan, TV's Captain Kangaroo (1996, memoir)


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