Red Skelton
🎂 Data nașterii: 1913-07-18 (Vincennes, Indiana, USA)
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.
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Cei unsprezece ai lui Ocean
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Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers
⭐ 2.0
Acei oameni minunați în mașinile lor zburătoare
⭐ 6.8
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
⭐ 6.4
The Hollywood Clowns
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The People's Command Performance: '77
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Three Little Words
⭐ 6.3
Lovely to Look At
⭐ 5.5
Texas Carnival
⭐ 5.4
Ziegfeld Follies
⭐ 6.0
Neptune's Daughter
⭐ 6.1
The Fuller Brush Man
⭐ 6.3
Du Barry Was a Lady
⭐ 6.5
Thousands Cheer
⭐ 6.4
Ship Ahoy
⭐ 6.3
Lady Be Good
⭐ 5.5
Bathing Beauty
⭐ 5.9
The Dean Martin Christmas Show
⭐ 7.6
Having Wonderful Time
⭐ 4.9
Clown Alley
⭐ 10.0
Susan Slept Here
⭐ 6.1
Excuse My Dust
⭐ 7.8Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner
⭐ 5.4
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
⭐ 6.8
Whistling in the Dark
⭐ 5.9
Whistling in Brooklyn
⭐ 7.0
Whistling in Dixie
⭐ 6.2
Flight Command
⭐ 5.9
The Clown
⭐ 5.6
Maisie Gets Her Man
⭐ 6.7
The Yellow Cab Man
⭐ 6.9Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special
⭐ 7.0
Panama Hattie
⭐ 5.7
Merton of the Movies
⭐ 6.3
The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
⭐ 7.0
I Dood It
⭐ 5.1
The Great Diamond Robbery
⭐ 10.0
Half a Hero
⭐ 6.5
Swing Out, Sweet Land
⭐ 5.7
A Southern Yankee
⭐ 5.7
Watch the Birdie
⭐ 5.5
The Show-Off
⭐ 7.0
The Fuller Brush Girl
⭐ 6.1
Seeing Red
⭐ 6.3
Public Pigeon No. 1
⭐ 6.3
That's Entertainment!
⭐ 7.4
Red Skelton Christmas Classics
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Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs
⭐ N/ATelevision: The First Fifty Years
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În jurul lumii în opt zeci de zile
⭐ 6.7
The Big Parade of Comedy
⭐ 7.2
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⭐ 9.0The Broadway Buckaroo
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That's Entertainment, Part II
⭐ 7.0
Twenty Years After
⭐ 8.0
That's Dancing!
⭐ 6.9Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance
⭐ 10.0
Inside the Dream Factory
⭐ 8.0
Honor America Day
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A Tribute to Houdini
⭐ 6.0
Pioneers of Primetime
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Red Skelton: America's Greatest Clown
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The Country Husband
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A Brave Engineer: Buster Keaton's Last Ride
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