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Matthew Thomas "Matt" Robinson Jr. (January 1, 1937–August 5, 2002) was an African American actor. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on New Year's Day in 1937, he was the first actor to portray the character of Gordon Robinson on the long-running PBS children's TV program ''Sesame Street''. When ''Sesame Street'' began in 1969, not only did Robinson play Gordon, but he also provided the voice of the puppet Roosevelt Franklin and also was one of the show's producers. He left the show in 1971. In later years, when producers needed a last name for the Gordon character, then played by Hal Miller and then Roscoe Orman, they used Matt's last name. He wrote and produced the films ''Save the Children'' and ''Amazing Grace'' in the early 1970s, and authored scripts for ''Sanford and Son'' and ''Eight Is Enough''. In 1983, he joined the staff of the NBC's ''The Cosby Show'' as a producer and staff writer. By that time, he was beginning to show symptoms of Parkinson's Disease, but stayed with the show for seven seasons despite the difficulty. He ultimately succumbed to the disease on August 5, 2002 in Los Angeles at the age of 65. He is survived by his daughter, actress Holly Robinson Peete (''21 Jump Street'', ''Hangin' with Mr. Cooper'', ''For Your Love'', ''The Talk.'') son Matt Robinson III, his wife, Dolores Robinson, and five grandchildren. ==Family, early life== Born Matthew Thomas Robinson Jr., to Matthew Robinson Sr. and Marie Robinson on January 1, 1937. His father worked as a postal worker and one of the first African American columnists for the Philadelphia Independent newspaper (''Philadelphia Inquirer'' at the time), while his mother worked as an elementary school teacher. Robinson attended West Philadelphia High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania before going on to Pennsylvania State University in University Park, Pennsylvania and graduating in 1958 with a degree from the College of the Liberal Arts and Sciences. While at Penn State, Robinson was elected president of the Penn State Omega Psi Phi fraternity, one of the first African American fraternities founded at a prominently African American college or university--Howard University in Washington, D.C. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matt Robinson (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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