Red Skelton

ActorWriterProducer Jul 18 (died age 84) Vincennes, Indiana, USA 1938–2005 (67 year career)

6.3 avg rating

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

Film

Around the World in 80 Days

Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon

Film

Ocean's Eleven

Self

Film

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

The Neanderthal Man

Film

That's Entertainment!

(archive footage) (uncredited)

Film

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)

Film

That's Entertainment, Part II

(archive footage)

Film

Ziegfeld Follies

J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")

Film

The Red Skelton Show

Host

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (64)

Pioneers of Primetime

2005

Red Skelton: America's Greatest Clown

2005

as Red Skelton

Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs

2001

as Himself (Host)/Various Characters

Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

as Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)

Inside the Dream Factory

as Self

A Tribute to Houdini

as Self

That's Dancing!

as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)

7.0

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

1985

as Self (archive footage)

Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance

1984

as Himself

Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner

1981

as Freddie the Freeloader

4.8

The Hollywood Clowns

1979

as (archive footage)

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

1977

as Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)

6.4

The People's Command Performance: '77

1977

as Self

That's Entertainment, Part II

1976

as (archive footage)

6.9

America on Parade

1976

as Host

That's Entertainment!

1974

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.4

Swing Out, Sweet Land

1970

as Self

6.0

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

1970

as Self (uncredited)

Honor America Day

1970

as Self

The Dean Martin Christmas Show

1968

as Self (uncredited)

7.6

Clown Alley

1966

as Freddie the Freeloader

10.0

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

1965

as The Neanderthal Man

6.8

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)

6.3

Ocean's Eleven

1960

as Self

6.4

The Man in the Funny Suit

1960

as Self

Public Pigeon No. 1

1957

as Rusty Morgan

6.0

The Country Husband

1956

as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show

Around the World in 80 Days

1956

as Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon

6.6

Red Skelton Christmas Classics

1955

as Main

Susan Slept Here

1954

as Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)

6.0

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954

as Ambrose C. Park

The Clown

as Dodo Delwyn

Half a Hero

as Ben Dobson

Lovely to Look at

as Al Marsh

Texas Carnival

as Cornie Quinell

Excuse My Dust

as Joe Belden

The Yellow Cab Man

as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy

6.3

The Fuller Brush Girl

1950

as Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)

Three Little Words

as Harry Ruby

Watch the Birdie

as Rusty Cammeron

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")

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

Bathing Beauty

as Steve Elliott

Whistling in Brooklyn

1943

as Wally 'The Fox' Benton

Thousands Cheer

as Red Skelton

Du Barry Was a Lady

as Louis Blore / King Louis XV

6.2

I Dood It

1943

as Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds

Ship Ahoy

as Merton K. Kibble

Panama Hattie

as Red

Whistling in Dixie

as Wally Benton

Maisie Gets Her Man

as Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby

6.5

Whistling in the Dark

1941

as Wally Benton

5.8

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day

as Vernon Briggs

Lady Be Good

as Joe 'Red' Willet

The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

1941

as Vernon Briggs

6.8

Flight Command

1940

as Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin

5.6

Seeing Red

1939

as Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee

5.5

The Broadway Buckaroo

1939

as Red

Having Wonderful Time

1938

as Itchy

4.6

Television (14)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

as Self

7.4

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

1958

as Self

5.8

The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

1957

as Red Skeleton

8.6

The Steve Allen Show

1956

as Self - Cameo / Clem Kadiddlehopper

5.6

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

Climax!

as Rusty Morgan

The Oscars

as Self

This Is Your Life

as Self

The Red Skelton Show

as Host

The Bob Hope Show

as Self

What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

6.9

The Jack Benny Program

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

Texaco Star Theater

as Clem Kadiddlehopper

7.4

Crew (5)

Movies (2)

America on Parade

1976

Writer

Clown Alley

1966

Writer

10.0

Television (3)

The Red Skelton Show

Producer

The Red Skelton Show

Writer

The Bob Hope Show

Writer