Matt robinson was born on january 1 1937 in philadelphia pennsylvania usa as matthew thomas robinson jr.
Matt robinson gordon sesame street.
Robinson also created the character of roosevelt franklin and performed roosevelt s voice.
The robinson family is a fictional family in the children s television series sesame street the family consists of husband gordon a high school science teacher and his wife susan a nurse later the family expands to include their adopted son miles as well as gordon s sister olivia and his father mr.
Singing along to can you tell me how to get to sesame street was a rite of childhood and watching the street s residents with your favorite puppets was a highlight.
Segment from the the very first episode which aired on november 10 1969.
He is known for his work on sesame street 1969 the cosby show 1984 and amazing grace 1974.
Originally working as a history teacher as mentioned in all about sesame street after serving in the army as he mentions in episode 0950 gordon later became a science teacher.
He was married to dolores robinson.
Originally voiced by matt robinson who portrayed the first gordon on sesame street roosevelt was an african american muppet who had his own school named roosevelt franklin elementary school.
Matt robinson january 1 1937 august 5 2002 was a writer producer and actor who originated the role of gordon on sesame street playing the part from 1969 to 1972 robinson also created the character of roosevelt franklin and performed roosevelt s voice.
He died in his sleep monday at his los angeles home after a 20 year struggle with parkinson s disease news web sites spokeswoman patti webster said tuesday.
Gordon robinson is one of the original residents of sesame street having debuted in the first episode along with his wife susan.
Robinson as african americans the family was created as leads for the show originally.
Through the years various actors played gordon but the first one to assume the role was matt robinson a member of omega phi psi fraternity inc.
Matthew thomas robinson jr.
He died on august 5 2002 in los angeles california usa.
Matt robinson january 1 1937 august 5 2002 was a writer producer and actor who originated the role of gordon on sesame street playing the part from 1969 to 1972.
Born in philadelphia robinson graduated from pennsylvania university in 1958 and penned the 1962 cbs slave revolt drama rained all.
Gordon and susan reside at 123 sesame street and in 1985 the couple adopted a son.
Matt robinson a writer for the 1980s sitcom the cosby show and the first actor to play kindly neighbor gordon on the children s show sesame street has died.