Red Skelton
Entertainer, Film actor
1913 – 1997
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Who was Red Skelton?
Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton was an American entertainer best known for being a national radio and television comedian between 1937 and 1971 and host of the long-running television program The Red Skelton Show. Skelton, who has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, began his show business career in his teens as a circus clown and continued on vaudeville and Broadway and in films, radio, TV, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.
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- Born
- Jul 18, 1913
Vincennes - Also known as
- Richard Benard Skelton
- Skelton, Red
- America's Clown Prince
- The Marcel Marceau of Television
- Richard 'Red' Skelton
- Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton
- Richard Bernard Skelton
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Georgia Davis
(1945/03/09 - 1971) - Edna Stillwell Skelton
(1931/06/01 - 1943/02/18) - Lothian Toland
(1973/10/07 - 1997/09/17)
- Georgia Davis
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Lived in
- Palm Springs
- Vincennes
- Died
- Sep 17, 1997
Rancho Mirage
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on July 23, 2013
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