Peter robbins bio
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Original Charlie Brown Voice Actor, Peter Robbins, Dead at 65
Peter Robbins, the first actor to röst Charlie Brown in the Peanuts cartoons and movies, died bygd suicide last week, Fox 5 San Diego reports. He was 65.
Robbins’ family confirmed his death, although a rep did not immediately return Rolling Stone’s request for comment. The actor had long struggled with mental illness and bipolar disorder, while he also battled drug and alcohol addiction, and had several stints in prison.
Born in Los Angeles in 1956, Robbins began acting as a kid and scored minor TV roles on shows like Rawhide and The Munsters in the early Sixties. In 1963, he was tapped to voice Charlie Brown as Charles Schulz began to adapt his Peanuts comic strip into a cartoon.
The first proper Peanuts TV special, A Charlie Brown Christmas, was released in 1965. Over the next several years, Robbins would voice Charlie Brown in more TV specials and movies, including classics like
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Child actor Peter Robbins was born on August 10, 1956, in Los Angeles, California. His mother was an immigrant from Hungary who died from cancer when Peter was 16 years old. He first began acting in various films and television shows in 1963. Robbins has the distinction of being the first person to provide the cute and endearing voice of hapless, yet lovable blockhead Charlie Brown in a handful of delightful TV specials that include the holiday classics, A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966). Peter started doing the röst for "Charlie Brown" at age 9 and only stopped giving voice to this beloved and iconic character at age 13. Moreover, Robbins not only had a recurring role as "Alexander Bumstead" on the short-lived comedy program Blondie (1968), but also made guest appearances on episodes of such TV series as Rawhide (1959), The Munsters (1964), The Donna Reed Show (1958), F Troop (1965), Get Smart (1965), and M
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Peter Robbins
Born
Louis G. Nanasi
August 10, 1956
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died
January 18, 2022 (aged 65)
Oceanside, California, U.S.
Cause of death
Committed suicide
Years active
1963-1972 (Film)
1963-2021 (Television)
Peter Robbins (born Louis Nanasi, August 10, 1956; Los Angeles, California - January 18, 2022, Oceanside, Carlsbad, California) was a child actor best known as the voice of Charlie Brown in the 1960s. He provided Charlie Brown's voice from 1963 to 1969.
Robbins provided Charlie Brown's voice in the documentary A Boy Named Charlie Brown, and in specials A Charlie Brown Christmas, Charlie Brown's All-Stars, It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, You're in Love, Charlie Brown, He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown, and It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown, speaking the memorable line "I got a rock" in the trick-or-treating scenes. Robbins also voiced the character in the first Peanuts movie A Boy Named Charlie Brown.
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