Red Skelton comedian
Red Skelton is a 84 years old comedian from United States of America from Vincennes, Île-de-France. Red Skelton was born on July 18, 1913 (died on September 17, 1997, he was 84 years old) in Vincennes, Île-de-France as Richard Bernard Skelton. His nickname was Skelton Richard Bernard.
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Biography
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 for his work in radio and television began entertaining as a youngster. His show business career included a stint as a circus clown when he was in his teens.
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Birth name of Red Skelton is Richard Bernard Skelton
No, he died on 09/17/1997, 25 years ago. He was 84 years old when he died. Cause of death: pneumonia. He died in Rancho Mirage and buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park .
Red Skelton net worth
He had a net worth of 30 million dollars.
Works
Red Skelton Albums (15)
There are 15 albums of Red Skelton.
His last album Las Vegas And Hospitals (Live At The Ed Sullivan Show, September 29, 1968) released 2 years 3 weeks ago. When Las Vegas And Hospitals (Live At The Ed Sullivan Show, September 29, 1968) released, he was 107 years old.
His first album Radio Rogue's Gallery released 23 years ago, he was 86 years old when this album released. There were 10 songs in this album.
Las Vegas And Hospitals (Live At The Ed Sullivan Show, September 29, 1968)
Marriage And Driving (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, February 1, 1970)
Traveling (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, September 10, 1967)
Texas (Live On The Ed Sullivan Show, September 11, 1966)
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Red Skelton Movies (43)
There are 43 movies of Red Skelton.
His first feature film was Around the World in Eighty Days (1956, as Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon). He was 43 when he starred in this movie. Since 1956, he has appeared in 43 feature films. The last one is Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner (1981). In this movie, we watched him in the Freddie the Freeloader character .
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Red Skelton movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:
| Character/Job | Movie | Age |
|---|---|---|
| Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon | Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) | 43 |
| The Neanderthal Man | Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965) | 51 |
| Gambler | Ocean's Eleven (1960) | 47 |
| That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) | 62 | |
| Father Time / Baby Bear | Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976) | 63 |
| Steve Elliott | Bathing Beauty (1944) | 30 |
| Louis Blore / King Louis XV | Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) | 30 |
| J. Newton Numbskull in 'When Television Comes' | Ziegfeld Follies (1945) | 32 |
| That's Entertainment! (1974) | 60 | |
| That's Dancing! (1985) | 71 | |
| Oswald from North Dakota | Susan Slept Here (1954) | 40 |
| Red Skelton | Thousands Cheer (1943) | 29 |
| Wally Benton | Whistling in the Dark (1941) | 28 |
| Al Marsh | Lovely to Look At (1952) | 38 |
| Jack Spratt | Neptune's Daughter (1949) | 35 |
| Harry Ruby | Three Little Words (1950) | 36 |
| Wally Benton | Whistling in Dixie (1942) | 29 |
| Vernon Briggs | The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) | 27 |
| Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin | Flight Command (1940) | 27 |
| Joe 'Red' Willet | Lady Be Good (1941) | 28 |
| Twenty Years After (1944) | 30 | |
| Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' | The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) | 51 |
| Dodo Delwyn | The Clown (1953) | 39 |
| Ambrose C. Park | The Great Diamond Robbery (1954) | 40 |
| Red Jones | The Fuller Brush Man (1948) | 34 |
| Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957) | 43 | |
| Augustus 'Red' Pirdy | The Yellow Cab Man (1950) | 36 |
| Ben Dobson | Half a Hero (1953) | 39 |
| Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby | Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) | 28 |
| Merton K. Kibble | Ship Ahoy (1942) | 28 |
| Cornie Quinell | Texas Carnival (1951) | 38 |
| Itchy | Having Wonderful Time (1938) | 24 |
| Aubrey Filmore | A Southern Yankee (1948) | 35 |
| Wally 'The Fox' Benton | Whistling in Brooklyn (1943) | 30 |
| Vernon Briggs | Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) | 28 |
| J. Aubrey Piper | The Show-Off (1946) | 33 |
| Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage | Merton of the Movies (1947) | 34 |
| Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds | I Dood It (1943) | 30 |
| Red | Panama Hattie (1942) | 29 |
| Rusty Cammeron | Watch the Birdie (1950) | 37 |
| Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee | Seeing Red (1939) | 26 |
| Joe Belden | Excuse My Dust (1951) | 37 |
| Freddie the Freeloader | Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner (1981) | 68 |
Red Skelton TV Shows (9)
His first TV Show was Texaco Star Theater (1948).
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Awards (2)
Awarded Primetime Emmy Award , awarded Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award ,
What was Red's zodiac sign?Red Skelton zodiac sign was cancer.
Other facts about Red Skelton
| Alias | Skelton Richard Bernard |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Richard Bernard Skelton |
| Place of death | Rancho Mirage |
| Official website | Red Skelton official website , language of work or name: English |
| Significant event | Posthumous Birth |
| Manner of death | Natural Causes |
| Member of political party | Republican Party |
| Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
| U.S. National Archives Identifier | 10582271 |
| Date of death | 1997-09-17T00:00:00Z |
| Conflict | World War II |
| Image of grave | Http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Red%20Skelton%20Grave.JPG |
| Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
| Instrument | Voice |
| Cause of death | Pneumonia |
| Given name | Red |
| Place of burial | Forest Lawn Memorial Park |
| Number of children | 2 |
| Work period (start) | 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z |
| Europeana entity | Agent/base/62568 |
