Bob Smith who was born in Buffalo, New York on November 27 ... the NBC studios in a snit about four hours before the Howdy Doody show was to go on the air. With Howdy’s disappearance, impromptu ...

In 1954, as a young and relatively unknown actor, he took on a small role in the Canadian children’s show The Canadian Howdy Doody Show. The show was the Canadian adaptation of one of the most popular ...