The Red Skelton Show (1951)
The Red Skelton Show (1951)
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Red Skelton
Host / Producer / Writer

Jan Arvan
Paw Kadiddlehopper

Bob LeMond
Announcer

Ray Kellogg
Police Officer

Lucy Knoch
Self - Commercials

Marcel Marceau
Writer

Ken MacClelland
Settings

Ed Hillie
Assistant Director

John Fenton Murray
Writer

Ben Freedman
Writer

Jack Douglas
Writer

Dan Blocker
Little Willie

Ethel Merman
Mother Hughes

Peter Falk
Colonel Hush-Hush

Chanin Hale
Daisy June

Jane Morgan
Jane Morgan

Alan Copeland
Alan Copeland

Ed Sullivan
Himself

Helene Stanton
Fairy Godmother

Wilda Taylor
Dancer in Freddie's Dream

Jana Lund
Daisy June

Todd Martin
Bank Clerk

Harold Peary
Mayor

Robert Carson
Mr. Hoity

Elaine Joyce
Secretary

Lou Rawls
Self - Guest Vocalist

Billy Beck
Fred the Waiter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Mickey Rooney
Self / Perry Masonjar

Herb Vigran
Guest / Man on CBS Studio Tour / The Judge / Storekeeper

Mike Mazurki
Max the Black (Pirate)

Tennessee Ernie Ford
Self / Self / Loser Lumpkin

Connie Sawyer
Woman in Blue Feathers

Norma Varden
Wealthy Art Patron

Agnes Moorehead
Self / Bertha Bluenose

William Demarest
Senator Burnside

Sam Flint
Colonel Tracy

George O'Hanlon
US Corporal

Robert Armstrong
Lt. Flanagan

Chester Morris
Tony

Edgar Bergen
Doctor-Olio Spot

Lon Chaney Jr.
Ug - Prehistoric Cave Man / Lon Chaney / Mad Scientist / Sgt. Williams / George

Eve McVeagh
Mrs. Appleby

Taylor Holmes
Judge / Judge Taylor Holmes

Amanda Blake
Beverly Fairfield

Cesar Romero
Big Bill - Racketeer

Ralph Sanford
the Admiral / Graft collector

Marshall Reed
U.S. Marshal / Kid Jackson / Mr. Toity / Ed / Jim Broderick

Carleton Young
Col. Hopkins

Gene Autry
Self

Lester Matthews
Sylvester

Kathryn Card
Maw Kadiddlehopper / Gert's Mother / Ma Kadiddlehopper / Priscilla's Mother / Gertie's Mother

Mary Wickes
Clara Appleby / Self

Nancy Walker
Gertie - Bolivar's Girlfriend / Self

Art Gilmore
Self - Announcer (voice) / Announcer / Announcer (voice) / Self - Announcer / Self - Announcer (voice) / Self - Announc...

Gerald Mohr
Scarface

Rod Serling
Self / Cameo (uncredited)

Rosemary DeCamp
Abigail Van Clive

Phil Harris
Guest

Paula Kelly
Guest Vocalist

Cedric Hardwicke
Dr. Umlauf / Company Vice President J.R. Williams

Byron Foulger
Member of Temperance League (uncredited)

Horace McMahon
Member of Bar Association (uncredited)

Maudie Prickett
Mrs. Gould / Mrs. Narrow / Housewife / Woman from PTA / Member of Temperance League (uncredited)

Richard Chamberlain
Clarence Narrow

Richard Reeves
Railroad Cop

Beverly Washburn
Cabina

Dick Wessel
CPO Delaney - USS Farragut / Assistant (uncredited)

Vikki Carr
Self

George Gobel
Self / Christopher Columbus / George Goodbody / Tooloose Latrec / Dr. Stroodel / Richard Cornwall III / Self / Horace th...

Marion Ross
Patricia Winterbrook / Elizabeth - Sir Reginald's daughter / Patricia Westerbrook

Ed Wynn
Muggsy / Guest Host / Self / Colonel Jungle-Rot Freeloader / Self / Fairy Godfather

Jena Engstrom
Young Woman

Frank Wilcox
Prison Warden / Mr. Bailey - TV Network Vice-President / Warden

Jack Jones
Self / Johnny Applecore / Self / Professor Jones / Harold Handkisser

Peter Lorre
Boris - Chief Spy / King Zurium / Mad Scientist

Anna Maria Alberghetti
Self / Juliet Capulet

Sol Gorss
Supporting Player / Supporting player / Knight

Charlotte Knight
Dr. Cagey's Washerwoman Mother

Karen Morrow
Self

Frankie Valli
Self

Herschel Bernardi
Muggsy - a Hobo

Dorothy Neumann
The Butcher's Daughter / Woman on Parole Board / Old Woman From Stagecoach / Schoolmarm / Secy in Pre Show Skit / Old La...

Art Linkletter
Hobo (uncredited)

Cara Williams
Raggedy Ann / Clara Appleby

Dale Robertson
Robinson Crusoe

Alan Mowbray
Explorer Radccliffe

Phyllis Diller
Self / BoBo Van Beacon / Self / Greta Gargoyle / Clara - the Dean's Daughter / Killer Diller

Jack Palance
Self

Bob Hope
Self - Cameo

Nipsey Russell
Self / Self /Officer Nipsey Ralston

Phyllis Coates
Supporting Sketch Player

Lee Aaker
Wilbur Van Owen

Lola Albright
Guest / Priscilla / Foreign Spy

Len Lesser
Big Mike Miller / Killer McBumpoff / Bum / Slippery Scottty Sutton / Legs / Percival Cutthroat - Pirate with Hook

Robert Vaughn
Victor Virtue

Doris Singleton
Mrs. Cavendish

Harold Gould
Dr. Knockitoff / General Important

Eve Brent
Wife / Silent Spot

Michael Stefani
Tom Clark

Jane Wyman
Clara Crowley Appleby

Jamie Farr
Lazlo - Henchman / Snorkel / Seaman First Class Snorkel

Ben Welden
Ben the Henchman / Big Bill's henchman #1 / Baby Face Hogan / Badman / Eddie

John Forsythe
Millionaire's Son

Michele Lee
Peaches Laverne

Frank Albertson
General Scott

Marjorie Bennett
Wedding Reception Guest / Woman Mailing Package / Miss Jenkins - Red's Maid / Schoolteacher / Silent Spot / Duchess of N...

Mercedes McCambridge
Clara Appleby

Janis Paige
Hatta Mari / Self / School Teacher / Mrs. Cavendish

Anne Jeffreys
Hatti Mari

Paula Kelly
Self

Eddie Marr
Robber / Milkman / Hot Dog Vendor

Peter Brocco
Fingers Malone

Gavin Gordon
Manager / King Arthur / Sam's Lawyer

Almira Sessions
Woman Watching Dancers-Star / Charity Woman

Desi Arnaz
Self

Diahann Carroll
Self

Harold J. Stone
Sketch Player

Milton Frome
Stanley Starmaker / Campaign Advisor Kirby / Store Manager / Navy commander / Self - George's Boss / XYZ-TV Network Pres...

Marvin Kaplan
Self / Self/Alfred Pinzmetal

Olive Sturgess
Elaine - Sally's sister

Florence Lake
Madame President / Senior Citizen / Tessie

Mary Treen
Girl in Park

Audrey Meadows
Self / Dr. Blodgett / Self - Dolores Dictator / Gloria Castle / Mrs. Cavendish

Maurice Marsac
Waiter

Allen Jenkins
Muggsy

Eddie Parker
Cop

Hy Averback
Colonel / British Colonel

Johnny Carson
Knight Who Makes Point of Order / Self

Grady Sutton
Torture Device Customer

Jean-Paul Vignon
Self

Phyllis McGuire
Self

Don Brodie
Muggsy - a Hobo

June Foray
Baby-like Cry (voice)

Eva Gabor
Tanya the Spy

Boris Karloff
Professor Townsend (Spy)

Michael Ross
Bruce - Elaine's other suitor / Restaurant customer / Bus Driver / Big Jim McLane

Arte Johnson
Census Taker

Henry Kulky
Jerry / Self/Sgt. Flannagan

Tim Conway
Phil Fumble / Cherub Sweething

Buddy Lewis
Muggsy - a Hobo / Cafe Customer / George's Poker Buddy / Bank Janitor -- Silent Spot / Ratsy - a Hobo / Attendant From L...

Jackie Gleason
Reginald van Gleason III / cameo

John Wayne
Self / Self - Rooster Cogburn / Self (uncredited)

Victoria Carroll
Homeless Mother / Silent Spot

Milton Berle
Self / Duke No-Good / Self - Guest Host

Ellen Corby
Little Old Lady

Telly Savalas
Self / Tex

Pat Carroll
Mrs. Shore / Killer's Manager / Mrs. Lump Lump / Clara Appleby

George E. Stone
Arnold

Peggy Rea
Woman Grocery Shopper / Woman on the street / Housewife / Big Bertha Kropnik / Miss Katie - Waiters' Boss

Joseph Mell
Zookeeper

Gene Raymond
General

Dick Simmons
Mr. East-Station Owner

Reta Shaw
Myrtle's Mother

Polly Bergen
Sally Suey / Self / Myrtle / Clara Appleby

Burt Mustin
Old Man Gramps

Raymond Hatton
Buck

Eve Arden
Self / Clara Appleby

Robert Stack
Self / Bo Bo McGoon

A.G. Vitanza
Sgt. Martinez

George C. Scott
Dr. Hardship

Allison McKay
Ruby - San Fernando's Assistant / Newspaper Reporter

James Arness
Self

Sidney Miller
Self

Donald O'Connor
Self

Jimmie Rodgers
Self

Jo Stafford
Self

Paul Ford
Quincy Quiverlips / Gen. Hap Hazard

Phyllis Avery
Elaine / Daisy June

Vincent Price
Self / Dr. Sigmund Fraud

Lou Krugman
George's Boss

Douglas Fowley
Muggsy / Pete

John Banner
Sgt. Schultz

Bob Crane
Col. Hogan

Robert Easton
Cpl. Reginald Plotz -- British Army / Hippie

Jackie Coogan
Police Officer Hennesey

Barbara Bain
Self / Miss Mallory - Newspaperwoman

Raymond Burr
Rick Santy / Man in Bathroom Mirror (uncredited)

Barbara Anderson
Rick's Moll

Dean Martin
Self

Jack Riley
Gunslinger / Clergyman / Minor Role

Mike Connors
Self - Federal Witness

Stanley Adams
A.C. the Movie Director /Dept. Store Manager

Ned Romero
Eskimo Customer (uncredited) / Indian Chief / Police Officer

Robert Goulet
Nathan Nothing

Shirley Mitchell

Taylor Maids

Lester Dorr

Mara Lynn

Phil Arnold

Gil Perkins

Lucille Knoch
Media.

Details.
Release DateSeptember 30, 1951
StatusEnded
Seasons20
Episodes672
Running Time1h
Content RatingTV-G
Genres
Last updated:
This TV Show Is About.
pantomime
sketch comedy
variety show
Scripted
Wiki.
The Red Skelton Show is an American television comedy/variety show that aired from 1951 to 1971. In the decade prior to hosting the show, Richard "Red" Skelton had a successful career as a radio and motion pictures star. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than sixteen 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. In 1959 Skelton also received a Golden Globe for Best TV Show.
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