Richard(Red)Skelton
(July 18, 1913 - September 17, 1997)
Born in Vincennes, Indiana,
Richard Bernard Skelton,
son of a circus clown,
was an American comedian who
was best known as a top radio
and television star from 1937
to 1971.
Skelton's show business career
began in his teens as a circus
clown and went on to vaudeville,
Broadway, films, radio, TV,
night clubs and casinos, all
while silently pursuing another
career as a painter.
Red Skelton got one of his earliest
tastes of show business when he
went to work for the Hagenbeck-Wallace
Circus as a teenager, the same circus
his father worked for.
Red's father Joe Skelton, passed away in a
tragic accident shortly before Red
was born.
Red Skelton caught the show
business bug at 10 years of age from
entertainer Ed Wynn, who spotted him
selling newspapers in front of the
Pantheon Theatre, in Vincennes Indiania.
After buying every newspaper Red had,
Mr Wynn invited him to see the show.
In 1945 he married Georgia Davis.
They had two children, Richard and Valentina.
Richard died in May of 1958 when he was a small boy,
from leukemia, which devastated the household.
Red and Georgia divorced in 1971 and he remarried.
In 1976, Georgia committed suicide by gunshot.
Deeply affected by the loss of his ex-wife,
Red abstained from performing for the next decade
and a half, finding solace in painting clowns.
"Goodnight now and may God bless"
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Artist and Clown Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana, Red Skelton was the son of a Hagenbeck-Wallace Circus clown named Joe who died in 1913 shortly before the birth of his son. Skelton returned to live performance after his television days ended, in nightclubs and casinos and resorts, as well as performing such venues as Carnegie Hall. Many of those shows yielded segments that were edited into part of the Funny Faces video series on HBO's Standing Room Only. Please do not post prints on canvas..limited edition prints. We do not sell canvas reproduction prints. We can provide an independant appraiser to assist with authentication, provenance and authentication. We suggest this if you really wish to sell. Art Brokerage is one of the leading secondary market sources for authentic Red Skelton original oils and sketches. All Red Skelton original paintings should have a recent appraisal for insurance purposes.
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