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Robby the Robot


Robby was the brainchild of, and designed by Robert Kinoshita, and built in mid-1955 by the MGM prop department, at a reported cost of $125,000.00 from blueprint plans provided by industrial designer, Japanese-American engineer Robert Kinoshita, to 'star' in the epic science fiction classic Forbidden Planet and its B-movie followup The Invisible Boy a year later... See full bio »

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Filmography

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2005 Stacked (TV series)
Nightmare NASA Robot
Gavin's Pipe Dream (2005) … Nightmare NASA Robot (uncredited)
 
1988 Earth Girls Are Easy
Robot (uncredited)
 
1984 Gremlins
Robot (uncredited)
 
1983 Likely Stories, Vol. 3 (TV series)
Maid
 
1979 Mork & Mindy (TV series)
Chuck the Robot
Dr. Morkenstein (1979) … Chuck the Robot
 
1979 Wonder Woman (TV series)
Robby The Robot
Spaced Out (1979) … Robby The Robot (uncredited)
 
1978 Project U.F.O. (TV series)
Robot
Sighting 4010: The Waterford Incident (1978) … Robot (uncredited)
 
1977 Space Academy (TV series)
Robot
My Favorite Marcia (1977) … Robot (uncredited)
 
1976 Ark II (TV series)
Alphie
The Robot (1976) … Alphie (uncredited)
 
1976 Hollywood Boulevard
Robby (uncredited)
 
1974 Columbo (TV series)
MM7
Mind Over Mayhem (1974) … MM7 (uncredited)
 
1968-1970 The Banana Splits Adventure Hour (TV series)
Mildred
 
1966-1967 Lost in Space (TV series)
Robotoid / Robot
Condemned of Space (1967) … Robot (uncredited)
War of the Robots (1966) … Robotoid (uncredited)
Ghost in Space (1966) … Robotoid (uncredited)
 
1966 The Addams Family (TV series)
Smiley
Lurch's Little Helper (1966) … Smiley (uncredited)
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Part of Rejuvenating Machine
The Bridge of Lions Affair: Part II (1966) … Part of Rejuvenating Machine (uncredited)
The Bridge of Lions Affair: Part 1 (1966) … Part of Rejuvenating Machine (uncredited)
 
1963-1964 Twilight Zone (TV series)
Robot
The Brain Center at Whipple's (1964) … Robot (uncredited)
Uncle Simon (1963) … Robot (uncredited)
 
1963 The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (TV series)
Arnold
Beethoven, Presley and Me (1963) … Arnold
 
1962 Hazel (TV series)
Robot
Rosie's Contract (1962) … Robot (uncredited)
 
1961 Invasion of the Neptune Men
Toy (uncredited)
 
1959 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Chess playing robot
Lady Bug (1959) … Chess playing robot
 
1958 The Gale Storm Show: Oh, Susanna! (TV series)
Robot
Robot from Inner Space (1958) … Robot
 
1958 The Thin Man (TV series)
Robot
Robot Client (1958) … Robot
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1988 The Phantom Empire (video)
Himself
 
1956 Forbidden Planet
Himself
 
1956 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Robby the Robot
Episode #8.23 (1956) … Robby the Robot
 
1956 MGM Parade (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.28 (1956) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1966 One of Our Spies Is Missing
Part of Rejuvenating Machine (uncredited)
 

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Twilight Zone: Season 5: Episode 33 -- A heartless CEO completely automates his factory and lays off almost all of his workers over the objections of his employees. Forbidden Planet -- A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has. Twilight Zone: Season 5: Episode 8 -- Caregiver Barbara Polk must take care of her uncle's robot after his untimely and accidental death.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial for Starlog Magazine, c. 1978. See more »

Height:

6' 11" (2.11 m)
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Trivia:

In Forbidden Planet he was played by Frankie Darro. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer