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Red Skelton
Birthday:
July 18
Birth Name:
Richard Red Skelton
Height:
188 cm
Biography
[making a charity appeal, for the March of Dimes] Don't "give 'til it hurts" - give 'til it feels good.
[making a charity appeal, for the March of Dimes] Don't "give 'til it hurts" - give 'til it feels good.
If I can make people smile, then I have served my purpose for God.
If I can make people smile, then I have served my purpose for God.
I always believed God puts each one of us here for a purpose and mine is to try to make people happy.
I always believed God puts each one of us here for a purpose and mine is to try to make people happy.
I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up.
I'm nuts and I know it. But so long as I make 'em laugh, they ain't going to lock me up.
I think most of today's comedians are victims of laughter...they get nervous and resort to an insult or a four-letter word for a quick, cheap laugh. That goes on night after night until the whole act is cheapened. But that doesn't last. Usually, a couple of years later they are remembered only as the old what's-his-name who used all the dirty words.
I think most of today's comedians are victims of laughter...they get nervous and resort to an insult or a four-letter word for a quick, cheap laugh. That goes on night after night until the whole act is cheapened. But that doesn't last. Usually, a couple of years later they are remembered only as the old what's-his-name who used all the dirty words.
As a longtime painter, I carry around snapshots of my favorite paintings the way other old geezers my age carry around pictures of their grandkids. Grandchildren are wonderful, but a good painting can help support you in your old age.
As a longtime painter, I carry around snapshots of my favorite paintings the way other old geezers my age carry around pictures of their grandkids. Grandchildren are wonderful, but a good painting can help support you in your old age.
When Harry Cohn, the notorious - and much despised - head of Columbia Pictures died, seeing the crowd at his funeral prompted this famous Skelton riposte: "It just goes to show you, Harry was right -- If you give the public what they want, they'll always show up."
When Harry Cohn, the notorious - and much despised - head of Columbia Pictures died, seeing the crowd at his funeral prompted this famous Skelton riposte: "It just goes to show you, Harry was right -- If you give the public what they want, they'll always show up."
All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.
All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.
His traditional TV sign-off: "Good night, and may God bless."
His traditional TV sign-off: "Good night, and may God bless."
My mother told me something I've never forgotten: 'Don't take life too seriously, son, you don't come out of it alive anyway.
My mother told me something I've never forgotten: 'Don't take life too seriously, son, you don't come out of it alive anyway.
Red Skelton
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 Marie Stilwell, an usher who became his vaudeville partner and later his chief writer and manager. He debuted on Broadway and radio in 1937 and on film in 1938. His ex-wife/manager negotiated a seven-year Hollywood contract for him in 1951, the same year The Red Skelton Show (1951) premiered on NBC. For two decades, until 1971, his show consistently stayed in the top twenty, both on NBC and CBS. His numerous characters, including Clem Kaddiddlehopper, George Appleby, and the seagulls Gertrude and Heathcliffe delighted audiences for decades. First and foremost, he considered himself a clown, although not the greatest, and his paintings of clowns brought in a fortune after he left television. His home life was not completely happy--two divorces and a son Richard who died of leukemia at age nine--and he did not hang around with other comedians. He continued performing live until illness, and he was a longtime supporter of children's charities. Red Skelton died at age 84 of pneumonia in Rancho Mirage, California on September 17, 1997.
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