"Robert \"Bob\" Homme, CM (March 8, 1919 \u2013 May 2, 2000) was an American-born television actor, best known as the host of The Friendly Giant, a popular Canadian children's television program from the 1950s through the 1980s, which was broadcast on CBC Television.Homme became a citizen of Canada in the early 1990s, holding dual U.S.-Canada citizenship, and was invested into the Order of Canada as a Member on November 2, 1998 in Grafton, Ontario."@en . "2000Z"^^ . "Canadian actor" . "1919-03-08Z"^^ . "Homme, Bob"@en . "1919Z"^^ . . . "(CM)"@en . "Bob Homme"@en . "2000-05-02Z"^^ .