who was clarabelle the clown
Talk0 Share. Clarabell the Clown was the mute partner of Howdy Doody. Three actors played Clarabell. The first was Bob Keeshan, who later became Captain Kangaroo. Keeshan was succeeded by Robert Nick Nicholson, who also played the character of J. Cornelius Cobb on The Howdy Doody Show.