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Red Skelton war seit dem 20. September 1939 ein Mitglied im Bund der Freimaurer , seine Loge war die Vincennes Lodge No. 1 in Indiana . Er war zudem ein aktiver Shriner sowie Förderer und Gründer des Shriners' Crippled Children’s Hospital und der Red Skelton Foundation .
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. He has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in radio and television, and also appeared in burlesque ...
9. Apr. 2024 · Red Skelton (born July 18, 1913, Vincennes, Indiana, U.S.—died September 17, 1997, Rancho Mirage, California) was an American pantomimist and radio and television comedian, 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). In that series, Skelton re ...
September 30, 1951. ( 1951-09-30) –. August 1, 1971. ( 1971-08-01) The Red Skelton Show is an American television comedy/ variety show that aired from 1951 to 1971. In the decade prior to hosting the show, Richard "Red" Skelton had a successful career as a radio and motion pictures star. [1]
Born in Vincennes, Indiana, Richard (Red) Skelton was the son of a Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus clown named Joseph who died in 1913 shortly before the birth of his son. Red Skelton himself got one of his earliest tastes of show business with the same circus as a teenager. Before that, however, he had been given the show business bug at age ten by ...
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. 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 18, he married Edna...
10. Feb. 2012 · Red Skelton went on to make over 40 movies for MGM during the 1940’s and 1950’s. In 1945, he married again, to Georgia Davis. This marriage lasted for 28 years, and resulted in the births of his son Richie and his daughter Valentina. Richie, unfortunately, died of leukemia in childhood, a blow that devastated the family.
