Red Skelton
Birthday
1913/07/18
Day of death
1997/09/17 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Vincennes, Indiana, USA
Also know as
Ред Скелтон, Richard Red Skelton, Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton, Richard Bernard Skelton
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/man...Read more
Acting
(1960) Ocean's Eleven
as Self
(1985) Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
as Self (archive footage)
(1965) Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as The Neanderthal Man
(1976) Rudolph's Shiny New Year
as Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
(1979) The Hollywood Clowns
as (archive footage)
(1977) The People's Command Performance: '77
as Self
(1950) Three Little Words
as Harry Ruby
(1952) Lovely to Look At
as Al Marsh
(1951) Texas Carnival
as Cornie Quinell
(1945) Ziegfeld Follies
as J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
(1949) Neptune's Daughter
as Jack Spratt
(1948) The Fuller Brush Man
as Red Jones
(1943) Du Barry was a Lady
as Louis Blore / King Louis XV
(1943) Thousands Cheer
as Red Skelton
(1942) Ship Ahoy
as Merton K. Kibble
(1944) Bathing Beauty
as Stephen "Steve" Sherman Elliott
(1941) Lady Be Good
as Joe 'Red' Willet
(1968) The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
(1938) Having Wonderful Time
as Itchy
(1966) Clown Alley
as Freddie the Freeloader
(1954) Susan Slept Here
as Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)
(1951) Excuse My Dust
as Joe Belden
(1981) Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
as Freddie the Freeloader
(1941) Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
as Vernon Briggs
(1941) Whistling in the Dark
as Wally Benton
(1943) Whistling in Brooklyn
as Wally 'The Fox' Benton
(1942) Whistling in Dixie
as Wally Benton
(1940) Flight Command
as Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin
(1953) The Clown
as Dodo Delwyn
(1942) Maisie Gets Her Man
as Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby
(1950) The Yellow Cab Man
as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
(1970) Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
as Self (uncredited)
(1942) Panama Hattie
as Red
(1947) Merton of the Movies
as Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
(1941) The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
as Vernon Briggs
(1943) I Dood It
as Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds
(1954) The Great Diamond Robbery
as Ambrose C. Park
(1953) Half a Hero
as Ben Dobson
(1970) Swing Out, Sweet Land
as Self
(1948) A Southern Yankee
as Aubrey Filmore
(1950) Watch the Birdie
as Rusty Cammeron
(1946) The Show-Off
as J. Aubrey Piper
(1950) The Fuller Brush Girl
as Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)
(1939) Seeing Red
as Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee
(1957) Public Pigeon No. 1
as Rusty Morgan
(1974) That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1955) Red Skelton Christmas Classics
as Main
(2001) Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs
as Himself (Host)/Various Characters
(1999) Television: The First Fifty Years
as Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
(1956) Around the World in Eighty Days
as Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon
(1964) The Big Parade of Comedy
as Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)
(1976) America on Parade
as Host
(1939) The Broadway Buckaroo
as Red
(1976) That's Entertainment, Part II
as (archive footage)
(1944) Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1985) That's Dancing!
as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
(1984) Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance
as Himself
(1995) Inside the Dream Factory
as Self
(1970) Honor America Day
as Self
(1987) A Tribute to Houdini
as Self
(1948) Texaco Star Theater
as Clem Kadiddlehopper
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as Self
(1952) This Is Your Life
as Self
(1954) Climax!
as Rusty Morgan
(1956) The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Cameo / Clem Kadiddlehopper
(1953) The Oscars
as Self
(1957) The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
as Red Skeleton
(1951) The Red Skelton Show
as Host
(1950) The Jack Benny Program
as Self
(1950) The Bob Hope Show
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Recipient
(1950) What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self