The Red Skelton Show
TV ShowTitle | The Red Skelton Show |
User score | 7.4 |
Release date | Sep 30, 1951 |
Release date of last episode | Mar 15, 1971 |
Genre | Comedy, Talk, Family |
Production country | United States of America |
Production companies | Van Bernard Productions, CBS, Sursum Corporation, NBC |
Series status | Ended |
Seasons count | 20 (List of episodes) |
Episodes count | 672 |
Run time | 60 min. |
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.
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Art Gilmore
Announcer, Self - Announcer (voice), Announcer (voice), Self - Announcer, Announcer / Radio Disk Jockey (voice), Announcer / Game Show Emcee, Self - Announcer/Walter Crankcase (voice), Announcer / Newscaster
Milton Frome
Cruise Ship's Captain, Store Manager, XYZ-TV Network President, Movie Director, Self - George's Boss, Campaign Advisor Kirby, Navy commander, Joe - Thug, Stanley Starmaker, Kenneth, Self - George Smythe
Kathryn Card
Maw Kadiddlehopper, Gert's Mother, Priscilla's Mother, Gertie's Mother, Ma Kadiddlehopper
George Gobel
Self / Egbert the Amnesiac, Self / Horace the Henpecked Husband, Dr. Ben Cagey, Self / Christopher Columbus, George Goodbody, Self / Alexander Ragtime / Jed Dinglejumper, Mr. Winkle, Tooloose Latrec, Dr. Stroodel, Richard Cornwall III
Dorothy Neumann
Masquerade Ball Society Snob, Sorcerer, The Butcher's Daughter, Old Woman, Schoolmarm, Secy in Pre Show Skit / Old Lady at Gas Station-Silnt Spot, Old Woman From Stagecoach, Woman on Parole Board
Ed Wynn
Muggsy, Guest Host, Self, Fairy Godfather, Self / Colonel Jungle-Rot Freeloader
Marjorie Bennett
Nurse, Duchess of Nottingham, Woman Mailing Package, Wedding Reception Guest, Schoolteacher / Silent Spot, Miss Jenkins - Red's Maid
Lon Chaney Jr.
Mad Scientist, Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man, Sgt. Williams, George, Lon Chaney
Marshall Reed
Ed, Mr. Toity, Kid Jackson, Jim Broderick, U.S. Marshal
Maudie Prickett
Housewife, Member of Temperance League (uncredited), Mrs. Narrow, Woman from PTA, Mrs. Gould
Len Lesser
Percival Cutthroat - Pirate with Hook, Bum / Slippery Scottty Sutton, Legs, Killer McBumpoff, Big Mike Miller