{{Short description|American actor}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Infobox person | name = Bob Kaliban | image = <!-- filename only, no "File:" or "Image:" prefix, and no enclosing brackets --> | alt = <!-- descriptive text for use by speech synthesis (text-to-speech) software --> | caption = | birth_name = Robert Dean Kaliban | birth_date = November 6, 1933 | birth_place = Lisbon, Iowa, U.S. | death_date = December 12, 2020 (aged 87) | death_place = Healdsburg, California, U.S. | education = Loras College, RADA | occupation = {{hlist|Actor|musician}} | years_active = 1960–2011 }} '''Robert Dean Kaliban''' (November 6, 1933 – December 12, 2020) was an American actor, singer, and musician who served as president of the New York branch of SAG-AFTRA. He also appeared in television, films and TV commercials as the "Ty-D-Bol Man”.
== Personal life and career == Kaliban was born on November 6, 1933, in Lisbon, Iowa. After attending Loras College in Dubuque, he moved to New York City in the 1950s where he began his career in the theater.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Alvey |first=Rob |date=2021-07-09 |title=A Tribute to Bob Kaliban |url=https://www.gcnews.com/articles/a-tribute-to-bob-kaliban/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |work=Garden City News}}</ref> Twice married, Kaliban briefly moved to London and gained a scholarship at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Robert Kaliban Obituary (2020) - Healdsburg, CA - Newsday |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsday/name/robert-kaliban-obituary?id=5234719 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref> His first role on Broadway was in the musical, ''How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying''. He also appeared in ''Ben Franklin in Paris''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1964-10-28 |title=The Theater: ‘Ben Franklin in Paris’; Preston in Musical at the Lunt‐Fontanne |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/10/28/archives/the-theater-ben-franklin-in-paris-preston-in-musical-at-the.html |access-date=2023-04-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
In 1968, Kaliban became president of the Screen Actors Guild.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Robb |first=David |date=2020-12-14 |title=Bob Kaliban Dies: Former SAG New York President & Veteran Voice Actor Was 87 |url=https://deadline.com/2020/12/bob-kaliban-dead-voice-actor-former-sag-new-york-president-1234656196/ |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref> Regarding his role as SAG president, Kaliban stated: “We have been stripped of our dignity and believability as actors by every client who uses real people. The trend must turn back from real people to the real professional.”<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nassif |first=Fred |date=1974-06-30 |title=And Now a Word From Somebody Real |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/30/archives/and-now-a-word-from-somebody-real-more-and-more-companies-that.html |access-date=2023-04-25 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
Kaliban later appeared in local television commercials in the New York City area. Despite leaving SAG in 1994, he continued to have a “Trustee” status of the Pension Plan until his death.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Voiceover Lab Bob Kaliban's Character Voices Workshop |url=https://members.sagfoundation.org/programs/4890 |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=SAG-AFTRA |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Kaliban |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/bob-kaliban |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Television Academy |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=SAG-AFTRA Statement on the Passing of Former NY President Bob Kaliban |url=https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-statement-passing-former-ny-president-bob-kaliban |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=SAG-AFTRA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Armbrust |first=Roger |date=2019-11-05 |title=Four SAG Trustees Enter Fray Over Pension & Health |work=Backstage |url=https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/four-sag-trustees-enter-fray-pension-health-48367/ |access-date=2023-04-23}}</ref>
Kaliban died on December 12, 2020 in California.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bob Kaliban Dies: Former SAG New York President & Veteran Voice Actor Was 87 |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bob-kaliban-dies-former-sag-204028294.html |access-date=2023-04-25 |website=Yahoo Finance |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Filmography == === Film === {{more citations needed section|date= April 2023}} {| class="wikitable" border="1" !Year(s) !Title !Character !Note !Ref |- |1978 |If I Ever See You Again |Account Supervisor | | |- |1979 |''Something Short of Paradise'' |George Pendleton | | |- |1979 |A Family Circus Christmas |Daddy | | |- |1980 |The Berenstain Bears Meet Bigpaw |Big Paw / Announcer | | |- |1980 |''The Missing Link'' |Croak / Slick | | |- |1980 |I Go Pogo |Bewildered Bat | | |- |1983 |''The Charmkins'' |Bramble Brother #2 | | |- |1987 |''The Big Bang'' |Extra (English dub) | | |- |1993 |Tracey Takes on New York |Extra | | |- |1996 |Christmas in Cartoontown |Voice | |- |2003 |''It Runs in the Family'' |Jim Lindsay | | |- |2011 |''Top Cat: The Movie'' |Judge/Police Chief/Mayor |Final role |<ref name="btva"/> |}
=== Television === {{unreferenced section|date= April 2023}} {| class="wikitable" border="1" !Year(s) !Title !Character !Note !Ref |- |1963 |The Patty Duke Show |Charlie Anderson (credited as Robert Kaliban) | | |- |1967 |Run for Your Life |Arthur Court | | |- |1980 |Drawing Power! |Pop, additional voices | | |- |1982 |A Family Circus Easter |Daddy | |<ref name="btva"/> |- |1979-2009 |SchoolHouse Rock! |Lou, Mr. Chips, additional voices | | |- |1995-1996 |Starla and the Jewel Riders |Josh, Merlin, King Jared (voice) | | |- |1999-2000 |A Little Curious |Little Cup, Plush (voice) | | |- |2007 |Human Giant |Doritos Commercial Man | | |}
=== Video games === {| class="wikitable" border="1" !Year(s) !Title !Character !Ref |- |2003 |''Clifford the Big Red Dog: Phonics'' |Phineas T. Wordsworth, Host Cow |<ref name="btva">{{cite web |title=Bob Kaliban (visual voices guide)|url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Bob-Kaliban/|website=Behind The Voice Actors|type= A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information}}</ref> |}
=== Commercials === {{unreferenced section|date= July 2024}} {| class="wikitable" border="1" !Year(s) !Company !Character |- |1968-1984 |Ty-D-Bol |Ty-D-Bol Man |- |1986-1995 |Toys "R" Us |Geoffrey |}
== Discography == '''Albums''' * ''The Best of Schoolhouse Rock'' (1998)
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0435742}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kaliban, Bob}} Category:1933 births Category:2020 deaths Category:American male film actors Category:American male stage actors Category:American male television actors Category:American male voice actors Category:Entertainers from New York (state) Category:Loras College Category:Male actors from New York City Category:SAG-AFTRA people Category:21st-century American male actors Category:Loras College alumni