Other Credits
Television
“We, the People” was an American talk show that aired on CBS Television (1948-1949) and then on NBC Television (1949-1952). The host interviewed politicians, celebrities, and everyday people. The interviews tended to be "up close and personal," interviewing celebrities about difficulties they had to overcome. The non-celebrities were usually people who participated in some type of charitable work. The show was sponsored by Gulf Oil and produced by Life magazine.
The TV show aired Tuesdays at 9 pm ET, and then Fridays at 8:30 pm ET, and was simulcast on radio and TV for a time.
The hosts on this interview program chatted with celebrities, politicians and regular Americans with interesting lives. People who had overcome some sort of adversity or faced a challenge were often featured. “We, The People” began on radio in 1936 and continued to be heard there; this was the first series to be simulcast on television and radio. (This simulcast situation continued through the summer of 1950.) The original host was voice-over announcer Dwight Weist before actor Dan Seymour took over the job in 1949. The information here has been gleaned from magazines and newspapers of the era, as well as the personal papers of the show's director, Preston Wood. (Those papers are part of the Belknap Collection at University of Fla. in Gainesville.)
A copy of the broadcast in which Robert Francis appeared has not been located. April 4, 1952, was the air date for episode 4.30, but this date is not confirmed in the listings of the program’s fourth and fifth seasons. Evidently, Bob participated while serving in the U.S. Army (1951-1952) at Camp Roberts. Perhaps Bob’s casting was the result of his being coached by Botomi and Benno Schneider.
http://www.tv.com/shows/we-the-people/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10349318/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm
Bob’s other television appearance was on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” Feb. 6, 1955, when Columbia Pictures was celebrated. Information about that program is in Biography: Part One - Before 1930 to Fall 1955 section of this website.
