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Red Skelton

Red Skelton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

18/07/1913

Day of Death

17/09/1997
(84) years old

Place of Birth

Vincennes, Indiana, USA

Biography

The son of a former circus clown turned grocer and a cleaning woman, Red Skelton was introduced to show business at the age of 7 by Ed Wynn, at a vaudeville show in Vincennes. At age 10, he left home to travel with a medicine show through the Midwest, and joined the vaudeville circuit at age 15. At ... Read More

Known For

Pioneers of Primetime

Pioneers of Primetime

Red Skelton: America's Greatest Clown

Red Skelton: America's Greatest Clown

Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs

Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs

Inside the Dream Factory

Inside the Dream Factory

A Tribute to Houdini

A Tribute to Houdini

That's Dancing!

That's Dancing!

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Filmography

Cast

2005

Pioneers of Primetime

2005

Red Skelton: America's Greatest Clown

as Red Skelton

2001

Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad ...

as Himself (Host)/Various Characters

1999

Television: The First Fifty Years

as Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive...

1995

Inside the Dream Factory

as Self

1987

A Tribute to Houdini

as Self

1985

That's Dancing!

as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

as Self (archive footage)

1984

Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance

as Himself

1981

Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinne...

as Freddie the Freeloader

1979

The Hollywood Clowns

as (archive footage)

1977

The People's Command Performance: '77

as Self

1976

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

as Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

as (archive footage)

1976

America on Parade

as Host

1974

That's Entertainment!

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1970

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

as Self (uncredited)

1970

Honor America Day

as Self

1970

Swing Out, Sweet Land

as Self

1968

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

as Self (uncredited)

1966

Clown Alley

as Freddie the Freeloader

1965

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Ma...

as The Neanderthal Man

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (a...

1960

Ocean's Eleven

as Self

1957

Public Pigeon No. 1

as Rusty Morgan

1956

The Country Husband

as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show

1956

Around the World in Eighty Days

as Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon

1955

Red Skelton Christmas Classics

as Main

1954

Susan Slept Here

as Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)

1954

The Great Diamond Robbery

as Ambrose C. Park

1953

Half a Hero

as Ben Dobson

1953

The Clown

as Dodo Delwyn

1952

Lovely to Look At

as Al Marsh

1951

Texas Carnival

as Cornie Quinell

1951

Excuse My Dust

as Joe Belden

1950

Watch the Birdie

as Rusty Cammeron

1950

The Fuller Brush Girl

as Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredit...

1950

Three Little Words

as Harry Ruby

1950

The Yellow Cab Man

as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy

1949

Neptune's Daughter

as Jack Spratt

1948

A Southern Yankee

as Aubrey Filmore

1948

The Fuller Brush Man

as Red Jones

1947

Merton of the Movies

as Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage

1946

The Show-Off

as J. Aubrey Piper

1945

Ziegfeld Follies

as J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Telev...

1944

Bathing Beauty

as Stephen "Steve" Sherman Elliott

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1943

Whistling in Brooklyn

as Wally 'The Fox' Benton

1943

Thousands Cheer

as Red Skelton

1943

I Dood It

as Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds

1943

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Louis Blore / King Louis XV

1942

Whistling in Dixie

as Wally Benton

1942

Panama Hattie

as Red

1942

Maisie Gets Her Man

as Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby

1942

Ship Ahoy

as Merton K. Kibble

1941

Lady Be Good

as Joe 'Red' Willet

1941

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

as Vernon Briggs

1941

Whistling in the Dark

as Wally Benton

1941

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

as Vernon Briggs

1940

Flight Command

as Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin

1939

Seeing Red

as Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Wai...

1939

The Broadway Buckaroo

as Red

1938

Having Wonderful Time

as Itchy

Crew

1976

America on Parade

as Writer

1966

Clown Alley

as Writer