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Robby the Robot

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Robby the Robot
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Robby was the brainchild of, and designed by industrial designer, Japanese-American engineer Robert Kinoshita. It was built in mid-1955 by the MGM prop department, at a reported cost of $125,000, to 'star' in the epic science fiction classic Forbidden Planet (1956) and its B-movie followup The Invisible Boy (1957) a year later. Robby the Robot has become one of the most popular robot icons in the history of movies and media, as recognizable as George Lucas' erstwhile comedy team of R2-D2 and C-3PO who 'co-starred' in his epic sci-fi fantasy Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977).
BornJuly 1, 1955
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    Known for

    Forbidden Planet (1956)
    Forbidden Planet
    7.5
    • Robby the Robot(as Robby The Robot)
    • 1956
    Robby the Robot in The Invisible Boy (1957)
    The Invisible Boy
    5.3
    • Robby
    • 1957
    Phyllis Kirk, Peter Lawford, and Asta in The Thin Man (1957)
    The Thin Man
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Robot
    The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna (1956)
    The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna
    7.8
    TV Series
    • Robot

    Credits

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    Actor

    • Curve Bro's Parents Gets Arrested and Executed: The Movie (2024)
      Curve Bro's Parents Gets Arrested and Executed: The Movie
      • Execution Narrator (voice)
      • 2024
    • Mayim Bialik, Kaley Cuoco, Johnny Galecki, Simon Helberg, Jim Parsons, Melissa Rauch, and Kunal Nayyar in The Big Bang Theory (2007)
      The Big Bang Theory
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Robby The Robot (uncredited)
      • 2014
    • Pamela Anderson in Stacked (2005)
      Stacked
      6.0
      TV Series
      • Nightmare NASA Robot (uncredited)
      • 2005
    • Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
      Looney Tunes: Back in Action
      5.8
      • Robot in Area 52 (uncredited)
      • 2003
    • Ewan McGregor, Natalie Portman, Anthony Daniels, Liam Neeson, Jake Lloyd, Kenny Baker, Ahmed Best, Keira Knightley, Ray Park, and Peter Serafinowicz in Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
      Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
      6.5
      • Robot In Wald's Parts (uncredited)
      • 1999
    • Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
      Earth Girls Are Easy
      5.5
      • Robot (uncredited)
      • 1988
    • Zach Galligan and Howie Mandel in Gremlins (1984)
      Gremlins
      7.3
      • Robot (uncredited)
      • 1984
    • Likely Stories, Vol. 3 (1983)
      Likely Stories, Vol. 3
      7.2
      • Maid
      • 1983
    • Fred Grandy, Bernie Kopell, Ted Lange, Gavin MacLeod, and Lauren Tewes in The Love Boat (1977)
      The Love Boat
      6.3
      TV Series
      • Bix - the robot (as Bix)
      • 1982
    • Jeff Altman, Keiko Masuda, and Mie in Pink Lady (1980)
      Pink Lady
      4.3
      TV Series
      • Jeff's Computer Date (uncredited)
      • 1980
    • Robin Williams and Pam Dawber in Mork & Mindy (1978)
      Mork & Mindy
      7.2
      TV Series
      • Chuck the Robot (uncredited)
      • 1979
    • Lynda Carter in Wonder Woman (1975)
      Wonder Woman
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Robby the Robot (uncredited)
      • 1979
    • Project U.F.O. (1978)
      Project U.F.O.
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Robot (uncredited)
      • 1978
    • Space Academy (1977)
      Space Academy
      6.7
      TV Series
      • Robot (uncredited)
      • 1977
    • Jean Marie Hon and Terry Lester in Ark II (1976)
      Ark II
      6.8
      TV Series
      • Alphie (uncredited)
      • 1976

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    Looney Tunes: Back in Action
    Trailer 0:31
    Looney Tunes: Back in Action

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Bix
    • Height
      • 6′ 11″ (2.11 m)
    • Born
      • July 1, 1955
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Culver City, California, USA
    • Other works
      TV commercial for Starlog Magazine, c. 1978.

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      Today, Robby the Robot is a superstar of science fiction, appearing first in Forbidden Planet (1956). Some would say he is the perfect realization of Isaac Asimov's famous "Three Laws of Robotics", which Asimov first promulgated in his 1950 story collection, I, Robot.
    • Trademark
        His name is Robb Y , not Robb ie

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