Hugh Brannum

Hugh Brannum was an American vocalist, arranger, composer and actor best known for his role as Mr. Green Jeans on the childrens television show Captain Kangaroo. During his days with Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, he used his childhood nickname Lumpy.

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 schools marching band, later learning the bass violin.

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