Robert "Bob" Homme, CM, B.Sc (March 1919 - May 2 2000) was an American-born television actor perhaps best known as the host of "The Friendly Giant," a popular Canadian children's television program in the 1960s and 1970s which was broadcast on the CBC. Homme was invested into the Order of Canada as a Member on November 2, 1998 in Grafton, Ont. (Homme being too ill to travel, the Governor General went to him instead of making him come to Rideau Hall, … Wikipedia
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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. Never made a public appearance because his young audience believed that his character "The Friendly Giant" is so very much taller. www.imdb.com/name/nm0393007/
