Turner Classic Movies celebrates Red Skelton as their April star of the month. Richard Bernard Skelton, better known as Red Skelton, was an all-around entertainer, beginning in the circus, burlesque ...

The son of a former circus clown turned grocer and a cleaning woman, Red Skelton was introduced to show business at the age of 7 by Ed Wynn, at a vaudeville show in Vincennes. At age 10, he left home ...