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{{Short description|American-Canadian television actor (1919β2000)}} {{for|the American diplomat|Robert O. Homme}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Bob Homme | honorific_suffix = [[Order of Canada|C.M.]] | image = Bob Homme.jpg | caption = Homme | birth_name = Robert Mandt Homme | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|3|8}} | birth_place = [[Stoughton, Wisconsin]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|5|2|1919|3|8}} | death_place = [[Grafton, Ontario]], Canada | body_discovered = | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | burial_place = <!-- may be used instead of resting_place and resting_place_coordinates (displays "Burial place" as label) --> | burial_coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LONG|type:landmark|display=inline}} --> | monuments = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = [[Citizenship of the United States|United States]]<br>[[Canadian nationality law|Canada]] | education = | alma_mater = [[University of Wisconsin]] ([[Bachelor of Economics|BEc]])<br>[[Stoughton High School (Wisconsin)|Stoughton High School]] (High School) | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1954β1984 | era = | employer = | organization = | agent = <!-- Discouraged in most cases, specifically when promotional, and requiring a reliable source --> | known_for = | notable_works = <!-- produces label "Notable work"; may be overridden by |credits=, which produces label "Notable credit(s)"; or by |works=, which produces label "Works"; or by |label_name=, which produces label "Label(s)" --> | style = | height = 5 ft. 11 in. | television = ''[[The Friendly Giant]]'' | spouse = Esther Eleanor Anderson | children = 4 | relatives = | family = | callsign = | awards = | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | module = | module2 = | module3 = | module4 = | module5 = | module6 = | signature = | signature_size = | signature_alt = | footnotes = }} '''Robert Mandt Homme, [[Order of Canada|C.M.]]''' ({{IPAc-en|Λ|h|Κ|m|m|iΛ}} {{respell|HUM|mee}}; March 8, 1919 β May 2, 2000) was an American-Canadian television actor. Homme was best known as the host of ''[[The Friendly Giant]]'', a popular children's television program that aired from the 1950s through the 1980s and was broadcast on [[CBC Television]].<ref name="MacCoubrey 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.maccoubrey.com/notice/2619 |title=Richard Mandt Homme |date=December 16, 2011 |publisher=MacCoubrey Funeral Home |access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref><ref name="CE 1">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/robert-homme-the-friendly-giant |title=Robert Homme (The Friendly Giant) |last=Kroll |first=Leslea |date=November 29, 2009 |encyclopedia=[[The Canadian Encyclopedia]] |access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Look Up - Way Up! The Friendly Giant - The Biography of Robert Homme |last=Fairley |first=Grant D. |date=February 13, 2010 |publisher=Palantir Publishing |isbn=978-0978027506}}</ref>
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