He was the very first voice actor for Charlie Brown.

Man, he didn't have it easy in life.

I just read about this. So sad. I hate that he struggled so much. He will forever be in our memories, and every time I watch a Peanuts special, he'll be in my thoughts.

He was also in a sitcom version of the comic strip Blondie. It didn't last very long.

Peter Robbins and Charlie Brown go waay back! The whole Peanuts gang was fully formed with the animated intros for the "Tennessee Erine Ford Show". The gang held together through the 1965 Christmas Special.

Rest In Peace Peter Robbins

In honor of Peter Robbins I'm posting the unaired film short, "A Boy Named Charlie Brown", from 1963.

That documentary was most amusing, edd.

I had no idea Peanuts had that big of an impact on America.

You could say Peter Robbins made history. I really hadn't realized it until 1968 that until the Peanuts gang was animated, child animated characters were voiced by adult actors. Charlie Brown and the Peanuts gang were the first to use actual childern to voice child animated characters. 

Next time you watch, "A Charlie Brown Christmas", pay close attention to Charlie Brown's sister, Sally. The voice quality by Cathy Steinberg is amazing, just like Peter Robbins. It's actually outstanding to hear children speaking but saying things in a manner totally unchildlike!

Sally's quite intelligent for her age.

Does anyone have any fave specials during the Peter Robbins era.

I love the Christmas and Halloween specials of course, but there's others I enjoy too:

Charlie Brown's All-Stars

You're in Love Charlie Brown

He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown

One of my favorite entertainment cliches is the recurring character, referenced by dialog, who never appears "on-camera". Just like Norm's wife, Vera", from the series, "Cheers". Norm always talks about Vera, but we never see her.

And that's the magic of, "You're in Love, Charlie Brown", from 1967.

We always have references to the Little Red-Haired Girl, but every attempt by Charlie Brown to meet her, face to face, ends in failure. The truth is, we can never see The Little Red-Haired Girl because the character lives in all of our imaginations. Revealing her would spoil the magic that our imaginations have created around the character.