Peter Robbins, the voice actor for Charlie Brown in the 1960s Peanuts cartoons has passed away. His family said that the actor had committed suicide last week. San Diego’s Fox 5. He was 65.
Robbins, real name Louis G. Nanasi, was born in Los Angeles in 1956. Acting was his first act in 1963. He also played Charlie Brown in Charles M. Schulz’s animated holiday classics.Charlie Brown Christmas(1965) It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966).
Robbins also voiced Charlie Brown for 4 years.Blondie and guest starred on such TV series as Rawhide and The Munsters, The Donna Reed Show. F Troop. Get Smart My Three Sons. Robbins quit acting in 1972. He worked in Palm Springs as a DJ for a while.
Robbins was a bipolar disorder sufferer and was sentenced in 2015 to five years imprisonment for making threats to multiple people, which included public figures. He was released in 2019.