Fred Rogers

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Biography

A minister, educator, and multi-Emmy Award-winning television personality, Fred Rogers was unquestionably better known the world over by his more salutatory title, Mister Rogers. A two-time recipient of the esteemed George Foster Peabody Award for television excellence, Rogers became synonymous with wholesome educational broadcasting with his series, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" (PBS, 1968-2001), starting in the late 1960s and lasting until …
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Job Title

Actor, Producer, Writer, Music, Physical Effects

Born

March 20, 1928

Career Milestones

1998

Received a second star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1993

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

1978

Host, "Old Friends ... New Friends" (PBS)

Executive producer and host, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" (PBS)

1968

Appointed Chairman of the Forum on Mass Media and Child Development of the White House Conference on Children and Youth

1968

Series made available to the affiliates of PBS

Programs distributed by the Eastern Educational Network

1964

Returned to Pittsburgh, expanding the 15-minute segments to a half-hour format

Producer and host, "Mister Rogers", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

1963

Opportunity led him to Canada, where he created a 15-minute children's series called "Mister Rogers", appearing for the first time on camera as the host

1962

Ordained by Pittsburgh Presbytery with a charge to continue his work with children and families through the media

Producer and puppeteer, public television's "Children's Corner"

Executive producer and children's programming developer for public television

1953

Moved back to Pittsburgh at the request of the as-yet-on-the-air WQED, the nation's first community-supported public television station, to develop program schedules for the following year

1951

Floor director for "Your Lucky Strike Hit Parade", "The Kate Smith Hour" and "NBC Opera Theater (all NBC)

1951

Hired by NBC as assistant producer on "The Voice of Firestone"

Awards

1969

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Children's Programming in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood

1968

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement In Children's Programming in Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood