Bob Carroll (singer/actor)

Bob Carroll (singer/actor)

Bob Carroll (June 18, 1918-November 19, 1994) was a big band singer and stage, film, and television actor.

As a singer, he sang with a number of famous orchestras, including Charlie Barnet, Jimmy Dorsey, and Glenn Miller in the 1940s and Gordon Jenkins (for whom he recorded the hit "Charmaine" in 1951) in the 1950s. In the 1960s he turned to acting. His stage career peaked th the 1960s and 1960s, but his best-known film was "The Prowler" in 1981. On television, he appeared both in soap operas and prime time series.

He died at the age of 76 in Port Washington, New York, where he lived.


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