Peter Robbins Biography – Peter Robbins Wiki
Peter Robbins born Louis Nanasi was an American child actor. He garnered recognition and national fame in the 1960s as being the first actor to voice Charlie Brown in the Peanuts animated specials. As a child actor, Robbins voiced one of Charlie Brown’s most memorable lines — “I got a rock” — in the 1966 TV special It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. He made his acting debut in the 1963 movie A Ticklish Affair. He then made appearances in various shows like The Donna Reed Show (a sitcom starring Donna Reed that aired for eight seasons from 1958-1966), The Munsters (a Golden Globe-nominated series about a family of benign monsters), The Joey Bishop Show (a sitcom starring entertainer Joey Bishop), and more.
The late Robbins first started acting in various films and television shows at the age of seven. As a child, he made a guest appearance as “Elmer” in the popular series The Munsters. Most distinctly, at the age of nine, he provided the voice of Charlie Brown, whom he considered to be his childhood hero, in one television documentary, six Peanuts television specials, and one movie from 1963 to 1969, including the film A Boy Named Charlie Brown and the television specials A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown. At the age of fourteen, Robbins was replaced by younger child actors in the Peanuts specials produced after the 1960s, but his trademark scream of “AUGH!!”, first used in It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, continued to be used in later specials for Charlie Brown and other Peanuts characters.
He featured in an episode of F Troop in 1966 entitled “The Sergeant And The Kid” and appeared in an episode of Get Smart as the mysterious “Dr. T”. He also appeared in the Sonny & Cher film, Good Times. Robbins retired from the entertainment industry in 1972, and later pursued his career in real estate, with brief stints in radio. In 1996, he hosted a talk radio show in Palm Springs at KPSL 1010 Talk Radio. By 2006, according to a broadcast by National Public Radio, he was managing real estate in Van Nuys, California. By 2020, after finally receiving the correct medication for his lifetime bipolar disorder, and functioning emotionally normal, Robbins was back, signing autographs of the Charlie Brown Christmas book in public appearances at Comic-Con conventions across the United States. Robbins explained the path which led to his recovery in an October 2019 television interview with Fox 5 San Diego reporter Phil Bauer. At the time of his death, Robbins was working on his autobiography, Confessions of a Blockhead, detailing his life, his jail experiences, and his future.
Previously on January 20, 2013, Robbins was arrested by San Diego County Sheriff’s Department deputies at Homeland Security’s Port of Entry in San Ysidro, California, while re-entering the United States, and charged with “four felony counts of making a threat to cause death or great bodily injury and one felony count of stalking.” The four counts involve four victims, including a San Diego Police sergeant, whom Robbins reportedly threatened with bodily harm on January 13, 2013. He was held on a $550,000 bond. On May 8, 2013, he was sentenced to a year in jail for threatening his former girlfriend and stalking her plastic surgeon, but he was allowed to log time in treatment instead. After release, he was sent to a residential drug treatment center.
In 2015, Robbins was arrested for multiple probation violations, including drinking alcohol and failing to complete mandatory domestic violence classes. On June 5, 2015, he was ordered to undergo a mental health exam after an outburst during a court proceeding in San Diego.
On December 7, 2015, Robbins was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison as part of a plea agreement for sending threatening letters to the manager (and the manager’s wife) of the mobile home park in which he lived in Oceanside, California. Robbins has stated at previous hearings that he suffered from bipolar disorder and paranoid schizophrenia. Robbins was incarcerated at the California Institution for Men in Chino, California, and was transferred to a psychiatric hospital because of his mental state. He was released on parole in October 2019 after serving 80 percent of his sentence, on the condition that he did not drink alcohol or take any illegal drugs.
He graduated from the University of California, San Diego, in 1979.
Peter Robbins Age
He was born on August 10, 1956, in Los Angeles, California, the United States, and the news of his death was announced on January 25, 2022. He was 65 years.
Peter Robbins Family
Robbins’ parents were immigrants from Hungary, who had fled the devastation of World War II. He was the younger brother of his late sister, Ahna Capri who died in 2010 in a car accident.
Peter Robbins Nationality
He was of American nationality. He was also of Hungarian descent.
Peter Robbins Death
He died a week before January 25, 2022, at the age of 65. On January 25, 2022, it was announced by Robbins’ family that he had died by suicide during the previous week. The late child actor had a lifelong battle with mental illness. Despite his personal struggles, he remained attached to Charlie Brown and even had a tattoo of Charlie Brown and Snoopy on his arm.
“Robbins’ family said he took his own life last week,” reports Fox 5 TV in San Diego. Phil Blauer, an anchor at the station, was a longtime friend of Robbins. Over the years, he also helped to chronicle Robbins’ struggles with mental health.
“My heart is broken today,” Blauer tweeted on Tuesday, January 25, 2022, as he reported the news of Robbins’ death. He added, “May he rest in peace and soar in heaven. I only hope he finally kicks the football among the angels.”
Peter Robbins Cause of Death
He died by suicide. His family announced on January 25, 2022, that he had died by suicide during the previous week, at the age of 65.
