Red Skelton Biography
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Bernard Richard "Red" Skelton (July 18,
1913 September 17, 1997) was an American comedian born in Vincennes,
Indiana who started in vaudeville as a teenager, worked his way up to
Broadway shows, secondary roles in MGM movies, radio performances and
finally popularity in the early days of TV. His eponymous variety show
ran alternately on the television networks CBS and NBC from 1951 through
1971. (See: The Red Skelton Show.)
He is best remembered for taking on the
persona of circus clowns in traditional makeup a role that may have
come naturally to Skelton, since his father, who died shortly before his
birth, had worked as a clown for the Hagenbeck & Wallace Circus. His
best-known clown persona was "Freddy the Freeloader", who had
traditional tramp clown makeup. Another popular character was goofy
"Clem Kadiddlehopper". Inducted into the International Clown Hall of
Fame in 1989.
Near the end of his life, Skelton said his
daily routine included writing a short story a day and composing a piece
of music a day (which he would then sell to providers of background
music such as Muzak).
Red Skelton is buried in Forest Lawn
Memorial Park Cemetery, in Glendale, California.
Filmography
Having Wonderful Time (1938)
Seeing Red (1939) (short subject)
Flight Command (1940)
The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
Lady Be Good (1941)
Ship Ahoy (1942)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
Panama Hattie (1942)
Whistling in Dixie (1942)
Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
Thousands Cheer (1943)
I Dood It (1943)
Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
Radio Bugs (1944) (short subject) (voice)
Bathing Beauty (1944)
The Luckiest Guy in the World (1946) (short
subject) (voice)
Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
The Show-Off (1946)
Merton of the Movies (1947)
The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
A Southern Yankee (1948)
Neptune's Daughter (1949)
The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Three Little Words (1950)
Duchess of Idaho (1950) (cameo)
The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) (cameo)
Watch the Birdie (1950)
Excuse My Dust (1951)
Texas Carnival (1951)
Lovely to Look At (1952)
The Clown (1953)
Half a Hero (1953)
The Great Diamond Robbery (1953)
Hollywood Goes to War (1954) (short
subject)
Susan Slept Here (1954) (cameo)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Public Pigeon No. One (1957)
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying
Machines (1965)
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