Fred Robbins (born Fred Rubin, September 28, 1919 â€" June 23, 1992)
was an American radio personality who went on to become a television
host and celebrity interviewer.Fred Robbins was born in Baltimore,
Maryland. His birth name was Fred Rubin. He attended Baltimore City
College and the University of Baltimore Law School, graduating in
1938. While at the University of Baltimore, Robbins was the features
and radio editor of The Baloo (the official campus news weekly), and
he was also a member of the tennis team and dramaticclub.He began a
career in broadcasting, at a Baltimore station. Robbins later became
the disc jockey of the Robbins Nest radio show on WINS, WABC and WNEW
in New York, and the host of television variety and quiz shows there.
He was briefly the host of The Talent Shop and Cavalcade of Bands for
the DuMont TV network. From 1953 through 1956, he was the
announcer/host, and Coca-Cola's spokesman, on Coke Time with Eddie
Fisher on NBC.Robbins did interview programs for many radio networks
and filmed nearly 100 behind-the-scenes features on movie making
(through his "Robbins Nest" production unit), which were broadcast for
nearly a decade on CBS Movie Nights. Robbins starred or played himself
in more than two dozen television shows or movies from the 1940s
through the 1980s. He was also a feature interviewer for CNN's Showbiz
Tonight and wrote profiles of celebrities for many magazines.
was an American radio personality who went on to become a television
host and celebrity interviewer.Fred Robbins was born in Baltimore,
Maryland. His birth name was Fred Rubin. He attended Baltimore City
College and the University of Baltimore Law School, graduating in
1938. While at the University of Baltimore, Robbins was the features
and radio editor of The Baloo (the official campus news weekly), and
he was also a member of the tennis team and dramaticclub.He began a
career in broadcasting, at a Baltimore station. Robbins later became
the disc jockey of the Robbins Nest radio show on WINS, WABC and WNEW
in New York, and the host of television variety and quiz shows there.
He was briefly the host of The Talent Shop and Cavalcade of Bands for
the DuMont TV network. From 1953 through 1956, he was the
announcer/host, and Coca-Cola's spokesman, on Coke Time with Eddie
Fisher on NBC.Robbins did interview programs for many radio networks
and filmed nearly 100 behind-the-scenes features on movie making
(through his "Robbins Nest" production unit), which were broadcast for
nearly a decade on CBS Movie Nights. Robbins starred or played himself
in more than two dozen television shows or movies from the 1940s
through the 1980s. He was also a feature interviewer for CNN's Showbiz
Tonight and wrote profiles of celebrities for many magazines.
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