Robby the Robot

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Robby the Robot is a robot character originally created for the 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet starring Leslie Nielsen and Walter Pidgeon. 
Having received an "and introducing" credit in the film, the character gained celebrity making promotional rounds on the likes of Perry Como, went on to appear in a number of movies and TV shows, and has since been recognized as something of a pop culture icon. The character's voice, in the movie and his follow-up appearance in The Invisible Boy, was by announcer Marvin Miller (narrator of Disney's Sleeping Beauty and voices in Mr. Magoo cartoons). 
His appearances include two episodes of The Twilight Zone, guest spots on The Thin Man, The Addams Family, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Lost in Space, The Banana Splits, Columbo, Wonder Woman, Mork & Mindy, The Love Boat, cameos in Gremlins and Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and commercials for Starlog, Charmin, AT&T, and General Electric.
He was one of several classic movie and TV suit characters discussed in the 2012 documentary Men in Suits.
==References==
* Olivia and the kids play a game with Oscar the Grouch in Sesame Street Episode 2016 in which they have to guess what's hidden underneath a blanket. Based on the clues, one of the kids suggests it's a robot; Olivia adds, like Robby the Robot.
* In the Farscape novel Ship of Ghosts, John Crichton has an Alice in Wonderland-esque dream in which, as Crichton falls through the darkness, Robby the Robot floats by and warns him, "Beware, John Crichton!" 
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