Buffalo Bob Smith
TV Show Host
Children's TV pioneer who hosted Howdy Doody Time for 13 years. Buffalo Bob was his doll - a puppet he used for entertainment.
He never went to college but got his first big break as a radio personality in Buffalo.
He hosted the Thursday evening Gulf Road Show from 1948 to 1949.
He died in Hendersonville, North Carolina.
He starred in Howdy Doody with Bob Keeshan.