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Richard Red Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show.
Red Skelton. Writer: The Red Skelton Hour. The son of a former circus clown turned grocer and a cleaning woman, Red Skelton was introduced to show business at the age of seven by Ed Wynn, at a vaudeville show in Vincennes.
Jul 14, 2024 · Red Skelton, American pantomimist and radio and television personality, host, and star performer of the popular TV variety program The Red Skelton Show (1951–71; called The Red Skelton Hour from 1962 to 1970). Skelton’s style deftly combined broad humor with emotional complexity.
Red Skelton was the first CBS television host to begin taping his weekly programs in color, in the early 1960s, after he bought an old movie studio and converted it for television productions. Red and Lothian Skelton loved horses and actually bred quarter horses at their ranch outside Palm Springs.
Red Skelton was one of the most illustrious faces of ‘comedy’ world-over. In his long and comical career, he came to be known as ‘The Sentimental Clown’ and ‘America’s Clown Prince’ for his emotionally-intricate comedy routines.
Richard Bernard “Red” Skelton, the comedy genius known for his rubber face and Golden heart was born on July 18, 1913 in Knox County, Indiana. After a life of show business, Red became a prolific painter and artist. Discover some of his famous paintings in our gallery!
Born Richard Bernard Skelton in Vincennes in 1913, Red used entertainment as a way to escape his impoverished and rough-and-tumble home life. From dunking doughnuts on the vaudeville stage to performing Clem Kadiddlehopper and Freddy the Freeloader on living room television sets …
