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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
 
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)
Robot / Robotoid
Condemned of Space (1967) … Robot (uncredited)
War of the Robots (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 (TV series)
Robot
Robot from Inner Space (1958) … Robot
 
1958 The Thin Man (TV series)
Robot
Robot Client (1958) … Robot
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1989 The Phantom Empire
Himself
 
1956 Forbidden Planet
Himself
 
1956 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Robby the Robot
Episode #8.23 (1956) … Robby the Robot
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (1 title)
1966 One of Our Spies Is Missing
Part of Rejuvenating Machine (uncredited)
 

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Lost in Space: Season 2: Episode 3 -- The Jupiter 2 lands on a planet Dr. Smith mistakenly believes is Earth.   When Smith is  lured out of the ship by cyborgs masquerading as earthlings, the Robot saves him--and the family--in the nick of time. 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. Lost in Space: Season 2: Episode 7 -- A female android, capable of human emotions, joins the Jupiter 2 -- only to be rejected by Smith and the Robot because of her superior intelligence.
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Personal Details

Other Works:

A commercial ad for K-Tel records. He is seen playing an Arp keyboard, walking forward to camera accompanied by the Rocky movie theme, his entire body rocks about accompanied by ABBA's "Dancing Queen" song. In fact, he's on the cover of the album. He utters no dialogue in this ad. In fact this commercial was presented around the same time of HIs Starlog ad. See more »

Height:

6' 11" (2.11 m)
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Trivia:

Today, Robby the Robot is a superstar of science fiction, appearing first in Forbidden Planet. Some would say he is the perfect realization of Isaac Asimov's famous "Three Laws of Robotics", which Azimov first promulgated in his 1950 story collection, I, Robot. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer