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Red Skelton

Red Skelton

Highest Rated: 100% Neptune's Daughter (1949)

Lowest Rated: 45% Ocean's Eleven (1960)

Birthday: Jul 18, 1913

Birthplace: Vincennes, Indiana, USA

A vaudeville and burlesque performer who worked his way up from the bottom of the rung clubs and show boats to play the Paramount Theatre in NYC, Red Skelton entered films in 1938 and went on to appear in some two dozen musicals and comedies through the 1940s, mostly for MGM. Skelton, who had his own radio show from 1941-53, embraced TV in 1950 and gained his greatest fame there, showcasing his gift for pantomime and his memorable characterizations, such as Freddy the Freeloader, on the long-running "The Red Skelton Show" which ran on NBC from 1951-53, then on CBS from 1953-70, and finally on NBC for its last year 1970-71.

Highest rated movies

100% Neptune's Daughter
69% Ziegfeld Follies
45% Ocean's Eleven

Photos

DU BARRY WAS A LADY, (from left): Lucille Ball, Red Skelton, 1943 DU BARRY WAS A LADY, Red Skelton, studying his script, on-set, 1943 THE FULLER BRUSH MAN, Red Skelton, Janet Blair, 1948 I DOOD IT, Eleanor Powell, Red Skelton, 1943 I DOOD IT, (aka BY HOOK OR BY CROOK), Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, 1943 LOVELY TO LOOK AT, from left, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Red Skelton, cutting up between takes, 1952 MERTON OF THE MOVIES, Virginia O'Brien, Red Skelton, 1947 NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, 1949 PANAMA HATTIE, Red Skelton, Rags Ragland, Ben Blue, 1942 PANAMA HATTIE, Red Skelton, Virginia O'Brien, 1942 THE SHOW-OFF, from left: Marilyn Maxwell, Red Skelton, 1946 A SOUTHERN YANKEE, Red Skelton, 1948 WHISTLING IN BROOKLYN, director S. Sylvan Simon (right) directing Ann Rutherford and Red Skelton, on set, 1943 WHISTLING IN DIXIE, (top to bottom), Ann Rutherford, Red Skelton, Diana Lewis, 1942 WHISTLING IN DIXIE, Red Skelton, 1942 ZIEGFELD FOLLIES, Red Skelton, 1946 DU BARRY WAS A LADY, Red Skelton, 1943 NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER, Red Skelton, Betty Garrett, 1949 SHIP AHOY, Red Skelton, Eleanor Powell, 1942 THREE LITTLE WORDS, Arlene Dahl, Red Skelton, 1950
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet Red Skelton Bloopers: Blunders & Ad-Libs Unknown (Character) - 2016
50% 51% Rudolph's Shiny New Year Father Time (Voice) - 1976
45% 81% Ocean's Eleven Gambler (Character) - 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Public Pigeon No. One Rusty Morgan (Character) - 1957
No Score Yet 33% The Clown Dodo Delwyn (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Great Diamond Robbery Ambrose C. `'Central'` Park (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet No Score Yet Half a Hero Ben Dobson (Character) - 1953
No Score Yet 33% Lovely to Look At Al Marsh (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet 17% Excuse My Dust Joe Belden (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 17% Texas Carnival Cornie Quinell (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 75% Watch the Birdie Rusty Cammeron/Pop Cammeron/Grandpop Cammeron (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 47% Duchess of Idaho Guest Master of Ceremonies (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 78% Three Little Words Harry Ruby (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 75% The Yellow Cab Man Augustus `'Red'` Pirdy (Character) - 1950
100% 58% Neptune's Daughter Jack Spratt (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 73% The Fuller Brush Man Red Jones (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 29% A Southern Yankee Aubrey Filmore (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 45% Merton of the Movies Merton Gill (Character) - 1947
69% 58% Ziegfeld Follies Announcer/J. Newton Numbskull (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 17% The Show-Off J. Aubrey Piper (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet 75% Bathing Beauty Steve Elliot (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet 33% I Dood It Joseph "Joe" Rivington Renolds (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 56% Thousands Cheer Self - 1943
No Score Yet 67% Whistling in Brooklyn Wally "The Fox" Benton (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 48% Du Barry Was a Lady Louis Blore/King Louis XV (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Maisie Gets Her Man Herbert P. `'Hap'` Hixby (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 80% Whistling in Dixie Wally "The Fox" Benton (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 42% Ship Ahoy Merton K. Kibble (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 40% Panama Hattie Red (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet We Must Have Music Self - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day Vernon Briggs (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 47% Lady Be Good Joe "Red" Willet (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 20% The People vs. Dr. Kildare Vernon Briggs (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 62% Whistling in the Dark Wally Benton (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 40% Flight Command Lieut. "Mugger" Martin (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet No Score Yet Seeing Red Red/Doorman/Coatroom Attendant/Waiter/Emcee (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 61% Having Wonderful Time Itchy Faulkner (Character) - 1938

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Red Skelton Show Unknown (Character),
Director,
Writer 		1951-1971
No Score Yet No Score Yet What's My Line? Guest 1954 1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet We Love Lucy Unknown (Guest Star) 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jack Benny Program: The Lost Episodes Guest 1956
No Score Yet No Score Yet Climax! Unknown (Character) 1955