Peter Robbins, Original Charlie Brown Voice Actor, Dead at 65

[Javaman]

https://comicbook.com/tv-shows/news/peter-robbins-charlie-brown-voice-actor-peanuts-star-dies-age-65/

Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown in the Peanuts specials of the 1960s, has died. He was 65. His family told FOX 5 San Diego the former child actor died by suicide last week. Robbins is best known for voicing the beloved blockhead in the classic holiday specials A Charlie Brown Christmas (1965) and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966), originating the trademark "aaugh" scream that continues to be used. Along with the prime-time specials Charlie Brown's All Stars! (1966), You're in Love, Charlie Brown (1967), He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown (1968), and It Was a Short Summer, Charlie Brown (1969), Robbins voiced the so-called "lovable loser" in the first Peanuts feature film, A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969).

Robbins first voiced Charlie Brown in animated sequences of an unreleased 1963 documentary about Peanuts strip creator Charles M. Schulz. Voicing the role a final time in 1969's A Boy Named Charlie Brown, Robbins appeared as himself in the 1985 CBS special It's Your 20th Television Anniversary, Charlie Brown, and the 1990 reunion special You Don't Look 40, Charlie Brown.

Other roles include credits on Rawhide and episodes of '60s sitcoms The Donna Reed Show, The Munsters, and The Farmer's Daughter. His final acting role was as Jeffrey Fredericks in a 1972 episode of My Three Sons.

Robbins suffered from bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia. In 2019, the Charlie Brown actor was released from prison after serving 80 percent of a five-year sentence for making criminal threats. He told FOX 5 San Diego that year he intended to write a memoir about his experiences in jail entitled "Confessions of a Blockhead."


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[hlthe2b]

1. He will be remembered for his early years and not the sad aftermath...

[no_hypocrisy]

2. + 1

I adored him.

[Ilsa]

3. Criminal threats are serious but was there

any consideration for his mental illness?

Rapists serve less time in many states.