Robert Mandt Homme, C.M. (/ˈhÊŒmmiË / HUM-mee; March 8, 1919 â€" May
2, 2000), more popularly known as Bob Homme, was an American-born
television actor, best known as the host of The Friendly Giant, a
popular Canadian children's television program from the 1950s through
the 1980s, which was broadcast on CBC Television.Homme was born in
Stoughton, Wisconsin into a Norwegian family. His parents were high
school woodworking teachers, Raymond and Roselyn Homme. He attended
elementary school at West Side School before attending Stoughton High
School where graduated in 1937. He enrolled at the University of
Wisconsin and graduated with a major in Economics. He worked at a bank
before joining the Air National Guard. His unit was activated in June
1941, prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was soon promoted to
Staff Sergeant, a rank he held for the duration of the war. One of his
military assignments was to study psychology at Cornell University. He
was later sent to study again at the University of Wisconsin. He
finished the war processing and classifying discharging servicemen.
Among the notable people he discharged was the actor and director,
Captain John Huston.Following graduation, Homme took a job with the
University of Wisconsin State Radio Station WHA.Homme was married to
Esther Eleanor Anderson and had four children: Richard, Ann, Ruth and
Peter. Richard was a Toronto based jazz bassist who died on May 6,
2011.
2, 2000), more popularly known as Bob Homme, was an American-born
television actor, best known as the host of The Friendly Giant, a
popular Canadian children's television program from the 1950s through
the 1980s, which was broadcast on CBC Television.Homme was born in
Stoughton, Wisconsin into a Norwegian family. His parents were high
school woodworking teachers, Raymond and Roselyn Homme. He attended
elementary school at West Side School before attending Stoughton High
School where graduated in 1937. He enrolled at the University of
Wisconsin and graduated with a major in Economics. He worked at a bank
before joining the Air National Guard. His unit was activated in June
1941, prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor. He was soon promoted to
Staff Sergeant, a rank he held for the duration of the war. One of his
military assignments was to study psychology at Cornell University. He
was later sent to study again at the University of Wisconsin. He
finished the war processing and classifying discharging servicemen.
Among the notable people he discharged was the actor and director,
Captain John Huston.Following graduation, Homme took a job with the
University of Wisconsin State Radio Station WHA.Homme was married to
Esther Eleanor Anderson and had four children: Richard, Ann, Ruth and
Peter. Richard was a Toronto based jazz bassist who died on May 6,
2011.
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