Robert "Bob" Homme, CM (March 8, 1919 – May 2, 2000) was an American-born television actor, best known as the host of The Friendly Giant, a popular Canadian children's television program from the 1950s through the 1980s, which was broadcast on CBC Television.Homme became a citizen of Canada in the early 1990s, holding dual U.S.-Canada citizenship, and was invested into the Order of Canada as a Member on November 2, 1998 in Grafton, Ontario. As Homme was too ill to travel, the Governor General came to him (instead of making Homme come to Rideau Hall where the award is usually bestowed), thus allowing him the postnominal C.M. Homme stood 5 foot, 11 inches tall.The authorized biography of Robert Homme, called Look Up - Way Up, was written by Grant D. Fairley.
He played the Friendly Giant on Canadian Children's television
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['The Friendly Giant'] was paced slowly to help build the children's attention spans. I was just doing on the show what I did with my own youngsters - talking to them as adults.Our manner was our message. The characters were considerate, they appreciated each other.
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[on 'The Friendly Giant'] When we moved the program to Canada, I carried everything across the border in my station wagon, including the props. Customs held us up to check the castle's plastic vines - they thought it was an exotic plant, until I broke off a leaf for them.
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Never made a public appearance because his young audience believed that his character "The Friendly Giant" is so very much taller.
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He has been awarded the C.M. (Member of the Order of Canada) on May 6, 1998 for his services to performing arts in Canada.
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