Robert Samuel Carson (June 8, 1909 â€" June 8, 1979) was an American
actor noted for dozens of supporting roles in films and television
series during a career that spanned decades.He was born in Hennepin
County, Minnesota to Elmer Llewellyn Carson and Elsa W. Carson (née
Brunke). He was the older brother of actor Jack Carson (1910 - 1963);
they grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Robert was active as a singer
and musician while he was a student at the University of
Minnesota.Carson played the ringmaster in The Greatest Show on Earth
(1952) with Charlton Heston.Carson was cast in five episodes of the
religion anthology series, Crossroads: as a police lieutenant in "The
Unholy Trio" (1955) and in "The Two-Fisted Saint" and "False Prophet"
(both 1956), as a coach in "The Comeback" (1956), and as Senator
Crocker in "In God We Trust" (1957).
actor noted for dozens of supporting roles in films and television
series during a career that spanned decades.He was born in Hennepin
County, Minnesota to Elmer Llewellyn Carson and Elsa W. Carson (née
Brunke). He was the older brother of actor Jack Carson (1910 - 1963);
they grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Robert was active as a singer
and musician while he was a student at the University of
Minnesota.Carson played the ringmaster in The Greatest Show on Earth
(1952) with Charlton Heston.Carson was cast in five episodes of the
religion anthology series, Crossroads: as a police lieutenant in "The
Unholy Trio" (1955) and in "The Two-Fisted Saint" and "False Prophet"
(both 1956), as a coach in "The Comeback" (1956), and as Senator
Crocker in "In God We Trust" (1957).
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