Roscoe Orman

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name = Roscoe Orman
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notable role = "Gordon Robinson"
"Sesame Street" (TV)
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Roscoe Orman (born June 11, 1944, in The Bronx, New York) is an American actor who plays Gordon Robinson on the television show "Sesame Street". Orman joined the show in 1973, taking over as the third actor to play Gordon on the show (subsequent to Matt Robinson, 1969-1972, and Hal Miller, 1972-1973).

Orman was also featured in the blaxploitation film, Willie Dynamite in the eponymous lead role.

In September 2007, his children's book "Ricky and Mobo" was released.

Orman and his wife and 13-year-old daughter Cheyenne are residents of Montclair, New Jersey. His son, Miles Orman was on Sesame Street playing Gordon's son Miles Robinson from the mid-1980's into the early 1990's. Miles is a student at Marist College.

External links

* [http://www.wpt.org/blog/2006/09/hes-sesame-street-dad.html Interview] from Wisconsin Public Television with Roscoe Orman -- the actor talks about his career and experiences playing Gordon Robinson on Sesame Street.
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