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Red Skelton
Data de nascimento:
18/07/1913
Local de nascimento:
Vincennes, Indiana, USA
Data de falecimento:
17/09/1997
Biografia
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.
Filmes em que atuou
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Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs (2001)- 0.00 ★Himself (Host)/Various Characters
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Inside the Dream Factory (1995)- 6.00 ★Self
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Quando Hollywood Dança (1985)- 7.00 ★From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985)- 0.00 ★Self (archive footage)
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The Hollywood Clowns (1979)- 0.00 ★(archive footage)
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The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977)- 0.00 ★Self
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Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976)- 6.40 ★Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
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Era Uma Vez em Hollywood, parte II (1976)- 6.80 ★(archive footage)
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Era uma Vez em Hollywood (1974)- 7.30 ★(archive footage) (uncredited)
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Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970)- 5.00 ★Self
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The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968)- 7.60 ★Self (uncredited)
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Clown Alley (1966)- 0.00 ★Freddie the Freeloader
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Esses Maravilhosos Homens e suas Máquinas Voadoras (1965)- 6.74 ★The Neanderthal Man
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The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)- 6.30 ★Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)
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Onze Homens e Um Segredo (1960)- 6.36 ★Self
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Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957)- 6.00 ★Rusty Morgan
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A Volta ao Mundo em Oitenta Dias (1956)- 6.60 ★Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon
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Romance de Minha Vida (1954)- 6.14 ★Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)
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The Great Diamond Robbery (1954)- 0.00 ★Ambrose C. Park
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O Palhaço (1953)- 5.40 ★Dodo Delwyn
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Half a Hero (1953)- 5.50 ★Ben Dobson
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Lovely to Look At (1952)- 5.30 ★Al Marsh
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A Sereia e o Sabido (1951)- 4.40 ★Cornie Quinell
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Excuse My Dust (1951)- 7.20 ★Joe Belden
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Três Palavrinhas (1950)- 5.90 ★Harry Ruby
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The Yellow Cab Man (1950)- 6.30 ★Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
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Watch the Birdie (1950)- 5.30 ★Rusty Cammeron
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The Fuller Brush Girl (1950)- 6.00 ★Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)
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A Filha de Netuno (1949)- 5.80 ★Jack Spratt
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The Fuller Brush Man (1948)- 5.30 ★Red Jones
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A Southern Yankee (1948)- 5.20 ★Aubrey Filmore
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Merton of the Movies (1947)- 6.80 ★Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
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The Show-Off (1946)- 7.00 ★J. Aubrey Piper
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Ziegfeld Follies (1945)- 6.16 ★J. Newton Numbskull (segment When Television Comes)
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Escola de Sereias (1944)- 5.70 ★Stephen "Steve" Sherman Elliott
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Twenty Years After (1944)- 6.00 ★(archive footage)
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Du Barry Era um Pedaço (1943)- 6.10 ★Louis Blore / King Louis XV
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A Filha do Comandante (1943)- 6.40 ★Red Skelton
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Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)- 6.30 ★Wally 'The Fox' Benton
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I Dood It (1943)- 4.00 ★Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds
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Ship Ahoy (1942)- 5.90 ★Merton K. Kibble
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Whistling in Dixie (1942)- 5.00 ★Wally Benton
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Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)- 7.00 ★Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby
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Panama Hattie (1942)- 4.00 ★Red
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Lady Be Good (1941)- 5.40 ★Joe 'Red' Willet
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Sonhos Dissipados (1941)- 6.20 ★Vernon Briggs
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Herdeiro em Apuros (1941)- 5.80 ★Wally Benton
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The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)- 7.00 ★Vernon Briggs
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Asas nas Trevas (1940)- 5.40 ★Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin
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Seeing Red (1939)- 5.50 ★Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee
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Having Wonderful Time (1938)- 4.90 ★Itchy
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Red Skelton Christmas Classics (1)- 0.00 ★Main