Red Skelton
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...
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...
Known For
Around the World in 80 Days
as Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as The Neanderthal Man
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
as Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
Cast Credits
Red Skelton: America's Greatest Clown
as Red Skelton
Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs
as Himself (Host)/Various Characters
Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
as Freddie the Freeloader
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
as Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
America on Parade
as Host
Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
as Self (uncredited)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
as Self (uncredited)
Clown Alley
as Freddie the Freeloader
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
as The Neanderthal Man
Public Pigeon No. 1
as Rusty Morgan
The Country Husband
as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
Around the World in 80 Days
as Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon
Susan Slept Here
as Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)
The Great Diamond Robbery
as Ambrose C. Park
Half a Hero
as Ben Dobson
The Clown
as Dodo Delwyn
Lovely to Look at
as Al Marsh
Texas Carnival
as Cornie Quinell
Excuse My Dust
as Joe Belden
Watch the Birdie
as Rusty Cammeron / Pop Cammeron / Grandpop Cammeron
The Fuller Brush Girl
as Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)
Three Little Words
as Harry Ruby
The Yellow Cab Man
as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
Neptune's Daughter
as Jack Spratt
A Southern Yankee
as Aubrey Filmore
The Fuller Brush Man
as Red Jones
Merton of the Movies
as Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
The Show-Off
as J. Aubrey Piper
Ziegfeld Follies
as J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
Crew Credits
America on Parade
Writer
Clown Alley
Writer