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Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton was an American comedy entertainer. He was 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, vaudeville, films, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.

Birth Name

Richard Red Skelton

Born

Friday, 18 July 1913

Died

Wednesday, 17 September 1997

Actor Filmography

Title

Character

Year

Mae West: Die verruchte Blonde

Self

2021

The Great Buster

Self

2018

Pioneers of Television

Self / Sheriff Deadeye / Cauliflower McPugg

2008

A/k/a Tommy Chong

Self

2006

I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special

(archive footage)

2001

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

Self

2001

Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs

Self - Host / George Appleby / Freddie the Freeloader / Sheriff Deadeye / Willie Lump Lump / Clem Kadiddlehopper / San Fernando Red / Himself (Host)/Various Characters

2001

Ed Gein

Self

2000

Hollywood Remembers

(archive footage)

2000

Television: The First Fifty Years

Sheriff Deadeye

1999

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title

Character

Year

Mae West: Die verruchte Blonde

Self

2021

The Great Buster

Self

2018

Pioneers of Television

Self / Sheriff Deadeye / Cauliflower McPugg

2008

A/k/a Tommy Chong

Self

2006

I Love Lucy's 50th Anniversary Special

(archive footage)

2001

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days

Self

2001

Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs

Self - Host / George Appleby / Freddie the Freeloader / Sheriff Deadeye / Willie Lump Lump / Clem Kadiddlehopper / San Fernando Red / Himself (Host)/Various Characters

2001

Ed Gein

Self

2000

Hollywood Remembers

(archive footage)

2000

Television: The First Fifty Years

Sheriff Deadeye

1999

The 70th Annual Academy Awards

Self (Memorial Tribute)

1998

Inside the Dream Factory

Self

1995

Bob Hope's Bag Full of Christmas Memories

Self

1993

The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame

Self - Inductee - Freddie the Freeloader / Clem Kadiddlehopper / Sheriff Deadeye

1993

Entertaining the Troops

Self

1988

Biography

Self / Buddy McCoy

1987

Bloopermania

Self

1987

American Masters

Self

1986

All-Star Party for 'Dutch' Reagan

Self

1985

That's Dancing!

Archival footage from 'Bathing Beauty'

1985

Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers

Self

1985

Red Skelton's Funny Faces III

Self - Host / Gertrude and Heathcliffe / Clem Kadiddlehopper

1984

Errol Flynn: Portrait of a Swashbuckler

Self

1983

Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook

Self - Host / Cauliflower McPugg / Gertrude and Heathcliife / Clem Kadiddlehopper / Freddie the Freeloader / Deadeye / George Appleby / Willie Lump Lump / San Fernando Red / Bolivar Shagnasty / Junior - the Mean Widdle Kid / J. Newton Numbskull / Lord Beaverhead / Rusty Morgan / Dodo Delwyn / Harry Ruby / Cornie Quinell

1981

The First 40 Years

Self

1980

General Electric's All-Star Anniversary

Self / Old Man Watching a Parade

1978

Flying High

Red Skelton

1978

CBS: On the Air

Self

1978

Rudolph's Shiny New Year

Father Time / Baby Bear / Baby Bear (voice)

1976

That's Entertainment, Part II

Clip from 'Three Little Words' / (archive footage)

1976

The 48th Annual Academy Awards

Self - Presenter

1976

Dinah!

Self

1974

That's Entertainment!

Self - at Banquet

1974

Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special

Self

1970

Swing Out, Sweet Land

Newspaper Printer / Self

1970

The Dean Martin Show

Self / Willie Lump Lump (Guest in the Closet)

1965

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

The Neanderthal Man / Ancient Greek Flyer / Medieval Flyer / Winged Bicycle Rider / Winged Car Rider / Jet Pack Tester / Ornithopter Pilot / Passenger in Airport

1965

The Big Parade of Comedy

Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage) / Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee'

1964

Hollywood and the Stars

Self

1963

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Himself - Guest / Himself

1962

The Mike Douglas Show

Himself

1961

Ocean's Eleven

Red Skelton / Self

1960

The Milton Berle Show

Self

1958

Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

Self

1958

The Garry Moore Show

Clem Kadiddlehopper / Self / Monolog

1958

The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour

Self / Freddie the Freeloader

1957

The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar

Himself / Self

1957

Public Pigeon No. 1

Rusty Morgan

1957

Around the World in 80 Days

Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon

1956

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

Self

1956

Playhouse 90

Buddy McCoy / Self - Announcing Next Week's Show

1956

The Steve Allen Plymouth Show

Self - Recipient / Self - Cameo / Clem Kadiddlehopper

1956

Ford Star Jubilee

Self

1955

Climax!

Self / Rusty Morgan

1954

Shower of Stars

Self - Guest Host / Self / Self - Guest Star / Self - Guest Comedian

1954

Susan Slept Here

Oswald from North Dakota

1954

Red Skelton Revue

Self - Host / Willie Lump Lump / Self / Freddie the Freeloader / George Appleby

1954

The Great Diamond Robbery

Ambrose C. Park

1954

Carson's Cellar

Self

1953

Half a Hero

Ben Dobson

1953

The Clown

Dodo Delwyn

1953

This Is Your Life

Self

1952

The Jackie Gleason Show

Self - Guest Host / Freddie the Freeloader

1952

Lovely to Look At

Al Marsh

1952

Chesterfield Sound Off Time

Self

1951

Texas Carnival

Cornie Quinell

1951

The Red Skelton Hour

Himself - Host / Self - Host / Clem Kadiddlehopper / Freddie the Freeloader / George Appleby / San Fernando Red / Host / Sheriff Deadeye / Cookie the Sailor / Bolivar Shagnasty / Cauliflower McPugg / Junior Cavendish - the Mean Widdle Kid / Willie Lump Lump / Gertrude and Heathcliffe / Smithers of Vaudeville Team / Deadeye / Forsooth / Pvt. Bolivar Shagnasty / Self - Host (in clips) / Clem Kadiddlehopper as John Alden / Clem Kadiddlehopper (in clips) / Cinderfella / Christopher Columbus / Chicago Red / Chi Sheik Skelton / Chef Baloney / MacGumbo the Explorer / Horrible Humphrey / Golf Pro / Weepy (J. Newton Numbskull) / British Lord Beaverhead / Captain Kidd / Bonnie Prince Ugly / Barrister Kelly / Methuselah Skelton / Marionette / Junior Cavendish / Himself / Dr. Ludwig von Humperdoo / Magician / Fairley T. Forthright / Studio Guard / Himself - Freddie the Freeloader / Himself - Cauliflower McPugg / 'Hot Lips' Morgan / Prince Valiant / San Fernando Red McGraft / Paul Revere / Heathcliffe / Clem Kadiddlehoppper / Gertrude / the Sultan / Dr. Rudolph Schlepper / American in French Foreign Legion / Freddie 'the Freeloader' Fredericks / Ed Norton / Detective / J. Weepy Numbskull / Willie Lump Lum / Wilbur the Happy Husband / Sir Vivian Oblivion / Sam Neanderthal / Pasquale / Male Secretary / Junior - the Mean Widdle Kid / English Barrister / Captain Hook / Yankee Carpetbagger / Canadian Mountie Sgt. Strongheart / Waiter (sketch) / Dunkin' Doughnuts Salesman / US Ambassador / The Baby / Slippery Skelton / Sleepy Sam / Singing Waiter / Sheeriff Deadeye / John Q. American / Salesman / Rusty Morgan / Rupert the Stupert / Romeo Montague / Roman Slave Nauseous / Robin Hood / Revere the Photographer / Man Seeking Employment as Waiter-Help Wanted Skit / Pvt. Red Skelton / Pitchman Pete / Pierre the Giglio / Peter Minuit / John Q. Quandary / Page Boy / Musician / Mime / Mime Cameo / Mayor / Elevator Operator / King Snafu I / Professor von Klein Shagnasty / Janitor / Iowa Pete / Self / Self (in clips) / Suitor-Silent Spot / Three Sisters-Pantomime with Narration / Sailor #1 / J. Newton Numbskull / Sherlock Holmes / Dr. Homer Hemoglobin

1951

Excuse My Dust

Joe Belden

1951

The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Story

(archive footage)

1951

Watch the Birdie

Grandpop Cammeron / Rusty Cammeron / Pop Cammeron

1950

The Jack Benny Program

Self