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Red Skelton

Red Skelton
  • Name: Red Skelton
  • Birthday: 1913-07-18
  • Also known as: Ред Скелтон,Richard Red Skelton,Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton,Richard Bernard Skelton
  • Place of birth: Vincennes, Indiana, USA
  • Popularity: 3.043
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 age 17, he married Edna Marie Stilwell, an usher who became his vaudeville partner and later his chief writer and manager. He debuted on Broadway and radio in 1937 and on film in 1938. His ex-wife/manager negotiated a seven-year Hollywood contract for him in 1951, the same year The Red Skelton Hour (1951) premiered on NBC. For two decades, until 1971, his show consistently stayed in the top... Read More

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Title Release date
Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs   as  Himself (Host)/Various Characters 2001-05-15
Television: The First Fifty Years   as  Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage) 1999-01-01
Inside the Dream Factory   as  Self 1995-11-01
That's Dancing!   as  From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage) 1985-01-18
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers   as  Self (archive footage) 1985-01-01
Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance   as  Himself 1984-04-22
Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner   as  Freddie the Freeloader 1981-11-01
The Hollywood Clowns   as  (archive footage) 1979-03-23
The People's Command Performance: '77   as  Self 1977-04-07
Rudolph's Shiny New Year   as  Father Time / Baby Bear (voice) 1976-12-10
That's Entertainment, Part II   as  (archive footage) 1976-05-16
America on Parade   as  Host 1976-04-03
That's Entertainment!   as  (archive footage) (uncredited) 1974-06-21
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special   as  Self (uncredited) 1970-11-16
Honor America Day   as  Self 1970-07-04
Swing Out, Sweet Land   as  Self 1970-01-01
The Dean Martin Christmas Show   as  Self (uncredited) 1968-12-19
Clown Alley   as  Freddie the Freeloader 1966-11-09
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes   as  The Neanderthal Man 1965-06-16
The Big Parade of Comedy   as  Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) 1964-09-02
Ocean's Eleven   as  Self 1960-08-10
Public Pigeon No. 1   as  Rusty Morgan 1957-05-17
Around the World in Eighty Days   as  Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon 1956-10-17
Red Skelton Christmas Classics   as  Main 1955-12-23
Susan Slept Here   as  Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited) 1954-07-28
The Great Diamond Robbery   as  Ambrose C. Park 1954-01-29
Half a Hero   as  Ben Dobson 1953-05-11
The Clown   as  Dodo Delwyn 1953-01-16
Lovely to Look At   as  Al Marsh 1952-05-29
Texas Carnival   as  Cornie Quinell 1951-10-05
Excuse My Dust   as  Joe Belden 1951-06-27
Watch the Birdie   as  Rusty Cammeron 1950-12-11
The Fuller Brush Girl   as  Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited) 1950-09-15
Three Little Words   as  Harry Ruby 1950-07-12
The Yellow Cab Man   as  Augustus 'Red' Pirdy 1950-03-25
Neptune's Daughter   as  Jack Spratt 1949-06-10
A Southern Yankee   as  Aubrey Filmore 1948-08-05
The Fuller Brush Man   as  Red Jones 1948-06-01
Merton of the Movies   as  Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage 1947-10-11
The Show-Off   as  J. Aubrey Piper 1946-12-01
Ziegfeld Follies   as  J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes") 1945-08-26
Bathing Beauty   as  Stephen "Steve" Sherman Elliott 1944-06-27
Twenty Years After   as  (archive footage) 1944-01-01
Whistling in Brooklyn   as  Wally 'The Fox' Benton 1943-12-01
Thousands Cheer   as  Red Skelton 1943-09-13
I Dood It   as  Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds 1943-09-01
Du Barry was a Lady   as  Louis Blore / King Louis XV 1943-08-13
Whistling in Dixie   as  Wally Benton 1942-12-31
Panama Hattie   as  Red 1942-09-30
Maisie Gets Her Man   as  Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby 1942-06-01
Ship Ahoy   as  Merton K. Kibble 1942-04-16
Lady Be Good   as  Joe 'Red' Willet 1941-09-18
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day   as  Vernon Briggs 1941-08-22
Whistling in the Dark   as  Wally Benton 1941-08-08
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare   as  Vernon Briggs 1941-05-02
Flight Command   as  Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin 1940-12-27
Seeing Red   as  Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee 1939-08-25
The Broadway Buckaroo   as  Red 1939-06-03
Having Wonderful Time   as  Itchy 1938-07-01