Captain Kangaroo

In addition to Bob Keeshan the following people were also a part of the Captain Kangaroo show:

Hugh Brannum, who was nicknamed "Lumpy" played the character of Mr. Green Jeans, The New Old Folk Singer, Percy, The Painter and Uncle Backwards.

Mr. Green Jeans was one of the main characters of the show, but my favorite of the ones Hugh did was Uncle Backwards.

Violet Brumley Hensley was a fiddle maker and player and appeared on the show with Mr. Green Jeans in 1977.

Cosmo Allegretti was the creator and talent behind many of the puppets as well as Mr. Moose and the Dancing Bear. Cosmo

Sam Levine was The Banana Man, a strange character who magically pulled bananas and sometimes watermelons from his pockets and from inside his coat.

Bill Cosby worked on numerous different children's programs including Captain Kangaroo. From 1980 until 1984 he presented Picture Pages which was geared to help children learn to love reading. Bob Keeshan had performed the Picture Pages segment from 1978 up to 1980 when Bill took over.

Debbie Weems appeared on Captain Kangaroo from 1973 until her death in 1978. Her main character was Debbie The Reporter, but she also did some of the puppets as well as providing the voice talent for Baby Duck. Debbie sang songs on a lot of the shows and even recorded a Captain Kangaroo album.

James "Jimmy" Wall appeared on the show for ten years from 1968 to 1978. His main character on the show was Mr. Baxter.

Kevin Clash was the talent behind the puppet Artie as well as a performer in a lot of the sketches. Kevin is most well known for the voice of Sesame Street's Elmo.

John Burstein played the character Slim Goodbody who taught viewers about human anatomy.

Carolyn Mignini appeared on the show as herself and played all the women's characters from 1981 until 1993.

Bill McCutcheon made several guest appearances on the show.

Throughout the course of the show there were a lot of actors and singers who made guest appearances. Here are a few of them:

Shari Lewis, Fred Rogers, Phyllis Diller, Ruth Buzzi, Joan Rivers, Minnie Pearl, Charlotte Rae, Imogene Coca, Phil Donahue, Marlo Thomas, Rita Moreno, Pearl Bailey, Bill Cullen, Theodore Bikel, Lucie Arnaz, Andy Griffith, Mike Farrell, Gale Gordon, Fannie Flagg, Penny Marshall, Paul Sorvino, Walter Slezak, Carol Channing, Jack Gilford, Cindy Williams, The Smothers Brothers, Lorne Greene, Alan and Adam Arkin, Dick Shawn, John Denver, Bonnie Franklin, Anne Meara, Arte Johnson, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach, Jerry Stiller, Mary Kay Place, Ken Berry, John Ritter, Dolly Parton, Bob Barker, Gavin MacLeod, Jamie Farr, and Hal Linden.

Captain Kangaroo also featured some cartoons:

Tom Terrific
Simon in the Land of Chalk Drawings
Ludwig
Lariat Sam
The Most Important Person
The Toothbrush Family
Crystal Tipps
The Wombles
CB Bears
Undercover Elephant
Motormouse and Autocat