Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1913-07-18
- Day of Death1997-09-17 (84 years)
- Place of BirthVincennes, Indiana, USA
- Also Known AsРед СкелтонRichard Red SkeltonRichard Bernard "Red" SkeltonRichard Bernard Skelton
Red 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1976
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
As: Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
- 1976
America on Parade
As: Host
- 1966
Clown Alley
As: Freddie the Freeloader
- 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
- 1957
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
As: Red Skeleton
- 1957
Public Pigeon No. 1
As: Rusty Morgan
- 1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
As: Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon
- 1955
Red Skelton Christmas Classics
As: Main
1954Climax!
As: Rusty Morgan
1954Susan Slept Here
As: Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)
1954The Great Diamond Robbery
As: Ambrose C. Park
1953Half a Hero
As: Ben Dobson
1953The Clown
As: Dodo Delwyn
1952Lovely to Look At
As: Al Marsh
1951Texas Carnival
As: Cornie Quinell
1951The Red Skelton Show
As: Host
1951Excuse My Dust
As: Joe Belden
1950Watch the Birdie
As: Rusty Cammeron
1950The Fuller Brush Girl
As: Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)
1950Three Little Words
As: Harry Ruby
1950The Yellow Cab Man
As: Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
1949Neptune's Daughter
As: Jack Spratt
1948A Southern Yankee
As: Aubrey Filmore
1948The Fuller Brush Man
As: Red Jones
1947Merton of the Movies
As: Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
1946The Show-Off
As: J. Aubrey Piper
1945Ziegfeld Follies
As: J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
1944Bathing Beauty
As: Stephen "Steve" Sherman Elliott
1943Whistling in Brooklyn
As: Wally 'The Fox' Benton
1943Thousands Cheer
As: Red Skelton
1943I Dood It
As: Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds
1943Du Barry was a Lady
As: Louis Blore / King Louis XV
1942Whistling in Dixie
As: Wally Benton
1942Panama Hattie
As: Red
1942Maisie Gets Her Man
As: Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby
1942Ship Ahoy
As: Merton K. Kibble
1941Lady Be Good
As: Joe 'Red' Willet
1941Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
As: Vernon Briggs
1941Whistling in the Dark
As: Wally Benton
1941The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
As: Vernon Briggs
1940Flight Command
As: Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin
1939Seeing Red
As: Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee
1938Having Wonderful Time
As: Itchy