Red Skelton
Actor/Actriz
59
Filmes
13
Séries
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/manager negotiated a seven-year Hollywood contract for him in 1951, the same year The Red Skelton Hour (1951) premiered on NBC. For two decades, until 1971, his show consistently stayed in the top twenty, both on NBC and CBS. His numerous characters, including Clem Kaddiddlehopper, George Appleby, and the seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliffe delighted audiences for decades. First and foremost, he considered himself a clown, although not the greatest, and his paintings of clowns brought in a fortune after he left television. His home life was not completely happy--two divorces and a son Richard who died of leukemia at age 9--and he did not hang around with other comedians. He continued performing live until illness, and he was a longtime supporter of children's charities. Red Skelton died at age 84 of pneumonia in Rancho Mirage, California, on September 17, 1997. Red is interred at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, California, in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Benediction.
Como Ator/Atriz
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Climax!
Rusty Morgan
The Red Skelton Show
Host
The Oscars
Self
Show de Ed Sullivan
Self
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Cameo / Clem Kadiddlehopper
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
The Bob Hope Show
Self
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
Self
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Self
The Jack Benny Program
Self
This Is Your Life
Self
11 a la medianoche
Self
La vuelta al mundo en 80 días
Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon
The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Red Skeleton
Los intrépidos hombres en sus máquinas voladoras
The Neanderthal Man
That's Entertainment, Part II
(archive footage)
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
Self (uncredited)
That's Entertainment!
(archive footage) (uncredited)
Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
Self (archive footage)
Nuevas Follies de Ziegfeld
J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
That's Dancing!
From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
Three Little Words
Harry Ruby
Bathing Beauty
Steve Elliott
Having Wonderful Time
Itchy
The Great Diamond Robbery
Ambrose C. Park
El brillante Año Nuevo de Rudolph
Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
The Clown
Dodo Delwyn
Susan Slept Here
Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)
Neptune's Daughter
Jack Spratt