Personal Info
Known Credits
61
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1913-07-18 (112 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Vincennes, Indiana, USA
Also Known For
Ред 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 chief writer and manager. He debuted on Broadway and radio in 1937 and on film in 1938. His ex-wife/man ...
Known For
Acting
2005 --
Pioneers of Primetime
|
2001 --
Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs
| Himself (Host)/Various Characters
1999 --
Television: The First Fifty Years
| Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
1995 --
Inside the Dream Factory
| Self
1987 --
A Tribute to Houdini
| Self
1985 --
That's Dancing!
| From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
1985 --
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
| Self (archive footage)
1984 --
Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance
| Himself
1981 --
Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
| Freddie the Freeloader
1979 --
The Hollywood Clowns
| (archive footage)
1977 --
The People's Command Performance: '77
| Self
1976 --
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
| Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
1976 --
That's Entertainment, Part II
| (archive footage)
1976 --
America on Parade
| Host
1974 --
That's Entertainment!
| (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970 --
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
| Self (uncredited)
1970 --
Honor America Day
| Self
1970 --
Swing Out, Sweet Land
| Self
1968 --
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
| Self (uncredited)
1966 --
Clown Alley
| Freddie the Freeloader
1965 --
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
| The Neanderthal Man
1964 --
The Big Parade of Comedy
| Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)
1960 --
Ocean's Eleven
| Self
1957 --
Public Pigeon No. 1
| Rusty Morgan
1956 --
Around the World in Eighty Days
| Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon
1955 --
Red Skelton Christmas Classics
| Main
1954 --
Susan Slept Here
| Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)
1954 --
The Great Diamond Robbery
| Ambrose C. Park
1953 --
Half a Hero
| Ben Dobson
1953 --
The Clown
| Dodo Delwyn
1952 --
Lovely to Look At
| Al Marsh
1951 --
Texas Carnival
| Cornie Quinell
1951 --
Excuse My Dust
| Joe Belden
1950 --
Watch the Birdie
| Rusty Cammeron
1950 --
The Fuller Brush Girl
| Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)
1950 --
Three Little Words
| Harry Ruby
1950 --
The Yellow Cab Man
| Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
1949 --
Neptune's Daughter
| Jack Spratt
1948 --
A Southern Yankee
| Aubrey Filmore
1948 --
The Fuller Brush Man
| Red Jones
1947 --
Merton of the Movies
| Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
1946 --
The Show-Off
| J. Aubrey Piper
1945 --
Ziegfeld Follies
| J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
1944 --
Bathing Beauty
| Stephen "Steve" Sherman Elliott
1944 --
Twenty Years After
| (archive footage)
1943 --
Whistling in Brooklyn
| Wally 'The Fox' Benton
1943 --
Thousands Cheer
| Red Skelton
1943 --
I Dood It
| Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds
1943 --
Du Barry Was a Lady
| Louis Blore / King Louis XV
1942 --
Whistling in Dixie
| Wally Benton
1942 --
Panama Hattie
| Red
1942 --
Maisie Gets Her Man
| Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby
1942 --
Ship Ahoy
| Merton K. Kibble
1941 --
Lady Be Good
| Joe 'Red' Willet
1941 --
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
| Vernon Briggs
1941 --
Whistling in the Dark
| Wally Benton
1941 --
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
| Vernon Briggs
1940 --
Flight Command
| Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin
1939 --
Seeing Red
| Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee
1939 --
The Broadway Buckaroo
| Red
1938 --
Having Wonderful Time
| Itchy