Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 1997-09-17
- Works
- 18
Top works
- The Red Skelton Show
- A Red Skeleton in Your Closet
- A Red Skelton Christmas & Jack Benny Holiday
- Red Skelton America's Clown Prince
- Red Skelton - Good Night & God Bless!
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Film & TV
Acting · Vincennes, Indiana, USA
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 age 17, he married Edna Marie Stilwell, an usher who became his vaudeville partner and later his…
Known for
- A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride — Self (Archival)2026
- Pioneers of Primetime2005
- Red Skelton: America's Greatest Clown — Red Skelton2005
- Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs — Himself (Host)/Various Characters2001
- Television: The First Fifty Years — Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
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1913 births1930s American radio programs1940s American radio programs1950s American radio programs1997 deaths20th-century American comedians20th-century American composers20th-century American male actors20th-century American male artists20th-century American male composers20th-century American paintersAmerican burlesque performers