Emmett Kelly
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Emmett Leo Kelly was an American circus performer who created the clown character "Weary Willie", based on the hobos of the Great Depression in the 1930s.
Kelly ca. 1953
Kelly and Chana Eden in 1958 on set of Wind Across the Everglades
Kelly in a bubble bath (photo by Joseph Janney Steinmetz)
Emmett Kelly as Weary Willie
Red Skelton
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Richard Bernard Skelton was an American entertainer best known for his national radio and television shows between 1937 and 1971, especially as host of the television program The Red Skelton Show. He
Emmett Kelly
…Davis Jr., Lawrence Welk, Jack Benny, Andy Williams, the Smothers Brothers, Ed Sullivan, and Carol Channing. At John Ascuaga’s Nugget in Reno, he and Red Skelton performed together and established a strong friendship. In 1967, he starred in a musical motion picture titled The Clown and the Kids. The movie was…
Skelton in 1960
Red and Edna Skelton at home, 1942
Skelton with John Garfield at the 1944 FDR Birthday Ball
Skelton with Ann Rutherford and Virginia Grey as radio detective "The Fox" in Whistling in the Dark (1941)