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Bobby Van (I) (1928–1980)

Actor | Soundtrack | Music Department

Triple-threat performer singer, dancer and actor Bobby Van was the epitome of the breezy, exuberant song-and-dance man who could enliven any film he was put into. Unfortunately, he caught the tail end of MGM's musical reign during the 1950s. Alas, the visions of Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor come... See full bio »

Born:

Robert Jack Stein
in New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 51) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1980 The Hustler of Muscle Beach (TV movie)
Emcee
 
1980 Beyond Westworld (TV series)
Danny
– My Brother's Keeper (1980) … Danny
 
1980 Skag (TV series)
Gary Saunders
– The Working Girl: Part 2 (1980) … Gary Saunders
 
1979 Battlestar Galactica (TV series)
Hector
– Greetings from Earth (1979) … Hector
 
1979 The Love Boat (TV series)
Phil Livingston
– Gopher's Opportunity/The Switch/Home Sweet Home (1979) … Phil Livingston
 
1978 The Eddie Capra Mysteries (TV series)
– The Two Million Dollar Stowaway (1978)
 
1978 The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (TV series)
– Defection to Paradise: Part 2 (1978)
– Defection to Paradise: Part 1 (1978)
 
1978 CHiPs (TV series)
Eddie
– Trick or Trick (1978) … Eddie
 
1978 Vega$ (TV series)
Eddie Banning
– Love, Laugh and Die (1978) … Eddie Banning
 
1978 Flying High (TV series)
Meltzer
– The Marcy Connection (1978) … Meltzer
 
1977 Bunco (TV movie)
 
1976 Wonder Woman (TV series)
Monty Burns
– Beauty on Parade (1976) … Monty Burns
 
1975 The Invisible Man (TV series)
Tony Bernard
– Eyes Only (1975) … Tony Bernard
 
1973 Lost Horizon
Harry Lovett
 
1972 Doomsday Machine
Danny
 
1970 Lost Flight (TV movie)
Eddie Randolph
 
1966 The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
Ens. Rutherford Chandler
 
1964 Mickey (TV series)
Bobby / Bobby Wilson
– Somebody's Been Sleeping in My Bed (1964) … Bobby Wilson
– Hard Work Never Hurt Anyone (1964) … Bobby
– Mickey Crashes the Movies (1964) … Bobby
 
1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Harry
– The Time of Your Life (1958) … Harry
 
1955 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Wallace Lamb
– The Policy of Joe Aladdin (1955) … Wallace Lamb
 
1953 Kiss Me Kate
'Gremio'
 
1953 The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
Dobie Gillis
 
1953 Small Town Girl
Ludwig Schlemmer
 
1952 Because You're Mine
Artie Pilcer
 
1952 Skirts Ahoy!
Bobby Van (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (12 titles)
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary) (performer: "Tom, Dick or Harry")
 
1976 Dinah! (TV series)
– Episode dated 16 July 1976 (1976) (performer: "I Got Rhythm" - uncredited)
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary) (performer: "From This Moment On" 1951 - uncredited, "Take Me to Broadway" 1953 - uncredited)
 
1973 Lost Horizon (performer: "THE WORLD IS A CIRCLE", "QUESTION ME AN ANSWER")
 
1973 Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La (TV movie) (performer: "Question Me an Answer", " They Long to Be Close to You/This Guy's in Love with You")
 
1972 The 26th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie) (performer: "You Can Dance with Any Girl")
 
1967 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
– The Hollywood Musical (1967) (performer: "Singin' in the Rain" - uncredited, "Song and Dance Man" - uncredited)
 
1961 Yves Montand on Broadway (TV movie) (performer: "Let's Be Buddies" - uncredited, "Friendship" - uncredited, "Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better" - uncredited, "Everything I've Got Belongs to You" - uncredited, "Once in Love with Amy" - uncredited, "Take Me Along" - uncredited, "Isn't It a Lovely Day" - uncredited, "Cuban Love Song" - uncredited, "Don't Give Up the Ship" - uncredited, "Old Man Tucker" - uncredited)
 
1953 Kiss Me Kate (performer: "Tom, Dick or Harry" - uncredited, "From This Moment On" - uncredited)
 
1953 The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (performer: "You Can't Do Wrong Doin' Right" - uncredited, "I'm Thru with Love" - uncredited, "All I Do Is Dream of You" - uncredited)
 
1953 Small Town Girl (performer: "Take Me To Broadway")
 
1952 Skirts Ahoy! (performer: "Oh, By Jingo" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1962 It's Only Money (musical sequences stager)
 
1961 The Ladies Man (stager: musical numbers)
 
Show ShowSelf (38 titles)
1980 Dance Fever (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 September 1980 (1980) … Himself
 
1979 The Alan Hamel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 December 1979 (1979) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 October 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1979 Musical Comedy Tonight (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1979 Make Me Laugh (TV series)
Host
 
1978 The Jim Nabors Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.13 (1978) … Himself
 
1978 The People's Command Performance (TV movie)
Himself
 
1976-1977 Dinah! (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 October 1977 (1977) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 July 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1977 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #15.189 (1977) … Himself
 
1977 Circus of the Stars (TV special documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1976 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 November 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1976 The Fun Factory (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode #1.1 (1976) … Himself - Host
 
1976 Friars Club Tribute to Gene Kelly (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1975 Tattletales (TV series)
Himself / Substitute Host
 
1975 Showoffs (TV series)
Himself - Host
– Episode dated 29 December 1975 (1975) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 10 November 1975 (1975) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 3 November 1975 (1975) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 13 October 1975 (1975) … Himself - Host
– Episode dated 8 September 1975 (1975) … Himself - Host
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1975 Match Game PM (TV series)
Panelist
 
1975 The 29th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Co-Host, Performer & Presenter
 
1975 The Lion Roars Again (documentary short)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1973-1974 Match Game 73 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 December 1974 (1974) … Himself
– Episode dated 12 December 1974 (1974) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 December 1974 (1974) … Himself
– Episode dated 10 December 1974 (1974) … Himself
– Episode dated 9 December 1974 (1974) … Himself
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1973 Broadway (TV movie)
Himself
 
1973 Burt Bacharach in Shangri-La (TV movie)
Himself
 
1972 The 26th Annual Tony Awards (TV movie)
Himself - Performer
 
1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.109 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The Engelbert Humperdinck Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.11 (1970) … Himself
 
1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.107 (1968) … Himself
 
1967-1968 The Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
– A Grand Night for Swinging (1968) … Himself
– How the West Was Swung (1967) … Himself
– The Hollywood Musical (1967) … Himself
 
1964-1966 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Singer / Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #3.17 (1966) … Himself
– Episode #2.31 (1965) … Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #1.1 (1964) … Himself - Singer
 
1966 The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show (TV series)
Himself - Sketch Actor
– Episode #1.2 (1966) … Himself - Sketch Actor
 
1961 Yves Montand on Broadway (TV movie)
Himself
 
1961 What About Linda? (TV movie)
Himself
 
1960 The Revlon Revue (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 March 1960 (1960) … Himself
 
1951-1958 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself / Dancer
– Episode #12.3 (1958) … Dancer
– Episode #11.44 (1958) … Himself
– Episode #4.24 (1951) … Himself
 
1957 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #4.4 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest Dancer
– Episode dated 16 March 1957 (1957) … Himself - Guest Dancer
 
1956 The Dinah Shore Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 3 July 1956 (1956) … Himself
 
1955 Ford Star Jubilee (TV series)
Himself
– I Hear America Singing (1955) … Himself
 
1954-1955 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Dancer
– Episode #5.16 (1955) … Himself
– Episode #4.42 (1954) … Himself - Dancer
– Episode #4.40 (1954) … Himself
– Away from It All (1954) … Himself
– Let's Go Places (1954) … Himself
 
1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Himself - Guest Vocalist
– Show Stoppers (1955) … Himself - Guest Vocalist
 
1950 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Dancer / Himself - Singer
– Episode #2.26 (1950) … Himself - Singer / Dancer
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2004 Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (video documentary)
Hector (uncredited)
 
1985 That's Dancing! (documentary)
Himself (clip from "Kiss Me Kate")
 
1976 That's Entertainment, Part II (documentary)
Clips from 'Kiss Me Kate' & 'Small Town Girl'
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1975). Stage Play: Doctor Jazz. Musical. See more »

Height:

6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

(On his choice of a stage name from a photo of Van Johnson on his sister's wall) It's a good thing she didn't have a picture of Maria Ouspenskaya. See more »

Trivia:

Never took dance lessons. See more »

Star Sign:

Sagittarius