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Red Skelton
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Screenwriter, Actor Born: July 18, 1913 in Vincennes, IN Death: September 17, 1997 in Rancho Mirage, CA Biography:Hollywood has seen the coming and going of many comic geniuses, but only a select few have been as universally beloved as gentle, low-key "Red Skelton" and his cavalcade of characters that included the clown Freddie the Freeloader, the goofy Clem Kadiddlehopper, and his seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliffe. That many of his best characters were clowns comes as no surprise for Skelton's father was a circus clown who died two months before Skelton was born Bernard Richard Skelton in Vincennes, IN. Skelton's mother was a charwoman and barely earned enough for them to get by. They were so poor that the comedian began singing for pennies on the street when he was only seven. At age ten, Skelton quit school and joined a traveling medicine show. He gained further experience on the burlesque and vaudeville circuits and on showboats. He became a standup comic in the early '30s, playing one-night gigs in small... Full Biography
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