Red Skelton

Bernard Richard "Red" Skelton (July 18, 1913 – September 17, 1997) was an American comedian born in Vincennes, Indiana who started in vaudeville as a teenager, worked his way up to Broadway shows, secondary roles in MGM movies, radio performances and finally popularity in the early days of TV. His eponymous variety show ran alternately on the television networks CBS and NBC from 1951 through 1971. (See: The Red Skelton Show.)

Filmography

• Having Wonderful Time (1938)
• Seeing Red (1939) (short subject)
• Flight Command (1940)
• The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
• Whistling in the Dark (1941)
• Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)
• Lady Be Good (1941)
• Ship Ahoy (1942)
• Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
• Panama Hattie (1942)
• Whistling in Dixie (1942)
• Du Barry Was a Lady (1943)
• Thousands Cheer (1943)
• I Dood It (1943)
• Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)
• Radio Bugs (1944) (short subject) (voice)
• Bathing Beauty (1944)
• The Luckiest Guy in the World (1946) (short subject) (voice)
• Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
• The Show-Off (1946)
• Merton of the Movies (1947)
• The Fuller Brush Man (1948)
• A Southern Yankee (1948)
• Neptune's Daughter (1949)
• The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
• Three Little Words (1950)
• Duchess of Idaho (1950) (cameo)
• The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) (cameo)
• Watch the Birdie (1950)
• Excuse My Dust (1951)
• Texas Carnival (1951)
• Lovely to Look At (1952)
• The Clown (1953)
• Half a Hero (1953)
• The Great Diamond Robbery (1953)
• Hollywood Goes to War (1954) (short subject)
• Susan Slept Here (1954) (cameo)
• Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
• Public Pigeon No. One (1957)
• Ocean's Eleven (1960)
• Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965)