Date of Birth
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18-July-1913
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Place of Birth
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Vincennes
(Knox County, Indiana, United States of America)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Richard Benard Skelton, Skelton, Red, America's Clown Prince, The Marcel Marceau of Television, Richard 'Red' Skelton, Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton, Richard Bernard Skelton
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Profession
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Clown, Actor, Screenwriter, Television Producer, Entertainer, Comedian, Radio personality
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Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton was an American entertainer best known for being a national radio and television comedian between 1937 and 1971 and host of the long-running television program The Red Skelton Show. Skelton, who has stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, began his show business career in his teens as a circus clown and continued on vaudeville and Broadway and in films, radio, TV, nightclubs, and casinos, all while he pursued an entirely separate career as an artist.
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