Red Skelton

Red Skelton

Acting 1913-07-18 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 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 twenty, both on NBC and CBS. His numerous characters, including Clem Kaddiddlehopper, George Appleby, and the seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliffe delighted audiences for decades. First and foremost, he considered himself a clown, although not the greatest, and his paintings of clowns brought in a fortune after he left television. His home life was not completely happy--two divorces and a son Richard who died of leukemia at age 9--and he did not hang around with other comedians. He continued performing live until illness, and he was a longtime supporter of children's charities. Red Skelton died at age 84 of pneumonia in Rancho Mirage, California, on September 17, 1997. Red is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Benediction.

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2001 Himself (Host)/Various Characters
1999 Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
1987 Self
1985 Self (archive footage)
1985 From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
1981 Freddie the Freeloader
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1979 (archive footage)
1977 Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
1976 Host
1976 (archive footage)
1976 Writer
1974 (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970 Self (uncredited)
1970 Self
1970 Self
1968 Self (uncredited)
1966 Freddie the Freeloader
1966 Writer
1965 The Neanderthal Man
1964 Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)
1960 Self
1957 Rusty Morgan
1957 Red Skeleton
1956 Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon
1956 Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
1956 Self - Cameo / Clem Kadiddlehopper
1956 Self - Recipient
1954 Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)
1954 Ambrose C. Park
1954 Rusty Morgan
1953 Dodo Delwyn
1953 Ben Dobson
1953 Self
1952 Al Marsh
1952 Self
1951 Cornie Quinell
1951 Joe Belden
1951 Host
1951 Producer
1951 Writer
1950 Harry Ruby
1950 Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
1950 Rusty Cammeron
1950 Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)
1950 Self
1950 Self
1950 Self - Mystery Guest
1950 Writer
1949 Jack Spratt
1948 Red Jones
1948 Aubrey Filmore
1948 Clem Kadiddlehopper
1948 Self
1947 Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
1946 J. Aubrey Piper
1945 J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
1944 Steve Elliott
1944 (archive footage)
1943 Louis Blore / King Louis XV
1943 Red Skelton
1943 Wally 'The Fox' Benton
1943 Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds
1942 Merton K. Kibble
1942 Wally Benton
1942 Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby
1942 Red
1941 Joe 'Red' Willet
1941 Vernon Briggs
1941 Wally Benton
1941 Vernon Briggs
1940 Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin
1939 Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee
1939 Red
1938 Itchy