<Tr> <Th> Other names </Th> <Td> Lumpy </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1951 - 1984 </Td> </Tr> <P> Hugh Brannum (January 5, 1910--April 19, 1987) was an American vocalist, arranger, composer, and actor best known for his role as Mr. Green Jeans on the children's television show Captain Kangaroo . During his days with Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, he used his childhood nickname "Lumpy". </P> <P> Brannum was born in Sandwich, Illinois, in 1910 to a Methodist minister . He attended Maine Township High School in suburban Chicago, where he played sousaphone in the school's marching band, later learning the bass violin . </P>

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