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

Ben Freedman
Writer

John Fenton Murray
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

Peggy Rea
Miss Katie - Waiters' Boss

Billy Beck
Fred the Waiter (uncredited)

Bess Flowers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)

Mickey Rooney
Self / Perry Masonjar

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

Tennessee Ernie Ford
Self / Loser Lumpkin / Self

Mike Mazurki
Max the Black (Pirate)

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 / George / Sgt. Williams

Eve McVeagh
Mrs. Appleby

Amanda Blake
Beverly Fairfield

Taylor Holmes
Judge / Judge Taylor Holmes

Cesar Romero
Big Bill - Racketeer

Ralph Sanford
Graft collector / the Admiral

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

Carleton Young
Col. Hopkins

Gene Autry
Self

Lester Matthews
Sylvester

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

Mary Wickes
Clara Appleby / Self

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

Nancy Walker
Self / Gertie - Bolivar's Girlfriend

Gerald Mohr
Scarface

Rod Serling
Self / Cameo (uncredited)

Rosemary DeCamp
Abigail Van Clive

Phil Harris
Guest

Paula Kelly
Guest Vocalist

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

Byron Foulger
Member of Temperance League (uncredited)

Horace McMahon
Member of Bar Association (uncredited)

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

Richard Chamberlain
Clarence Narrow

Richard Reeves
Railroad Cop

Beverly Washburn
Cabina

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

Vikki Carr
Self

George Gobel
Tooloose Latrec / Mr. Winkle / Self / Egbert the Amnesiac / Dr. Stroodel / Self / Horace the Henpecked Husband / Self / ...

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

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

Jena Engstrom
Young Woman

Johnny Carson
Knight Who Makes Point of Order

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

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

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

Anna Maria Alberghetti
Self / Juliet Capulet

Sol Gorss
Supporting player / Knight / Supporting Player

Charlotte Knight
Dr. Cagey's Washerwoman Mother

Karen Morrow
Self

Frankie Valli
Self

Herschel Bernardi
Muggsy - a Hobo

Dorothy Neumann
Sorcerer / Old Woman / Old Woman From Stagecoach / Woman on Parole Board / Masquerade Ball Society Snob / The Butcher's ...

Art Linkletter
Hobo (uncredited)

Cara Williams
Raggedy Ann / Clara Appleby

Dale Robertson
Robinson Crusoe

Alan Mowbray
Explorer Radccliffe

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

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 / Foreign Spy / Priscilla

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

Robert Vaughn
Victor Virtue

Florence Lake
Senior Citizen / Tessie

Doris Singleton
Mrs. Cavendish

Harold Gould
General Important / Dr. Knockitoff

Eve Brent
Wife / Silent Spot

Michael Stefani
Tom Clark

Jane Wyman
Clara Crowley Appleby

Tim Conway
Phil Fumble

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

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

Audrey Meadows
Mrs. Cavendish / Gloria Castle / Self / Dr. Blodgett

John Forsythe
Millionaire's Son

Buddy Lewis
Police Officer / Muggsy - a Hobo / Ratsy - a Hobo / George's Poker Buddy / Bank Janitor -- Silent Spot

Michele Lee
Peaches Laverne

Frank Albertson
General Scott

Marjorie Bennett
Nurse / Woman Mailing Package / Duchess of Nottingham / Miss Jenkins - Red's Maid / Wedding Reception Guest / Schoolteac...

Mercedes McCambridge
Clara Appleby

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

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
Self - George's Boss / Kenneth / XYZ-TV Network President / Stanley Starmaker / Navy commander / Store Manager / Cruise ...

Marvin Kaplan
Self / Self/Alfred Pinzmetal

Olive Sturgess
Elaine - Sally's sister

Mary Treen
Girl in Park

Maurice Marsac
Waiter

Allen Jenkins
Muggsy

Eddie Parker
Cop

Hy Averback
British Colonel / Colonel

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

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

Boris Karloff
Professor Townsend (Spy)

Henry Kulky
Jerry / Self/Sgt. Flannagan

Arte Johnson
Census Taker

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

Jackie Gleason
Reginald van Gleason III / cameo

Victoria Carroll
Homeless Mother / Silent Spot

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

Ellen Corby
Little Old Lady

Telly Savalas
Self / Tex

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

George E. Stone
Arnold

Joseph Mell
Zookeeper

Gene Raymond
General

Dick Simmons
Mr. East-Station Owner

Polly Bergen
Clara Appleby / Sally Suey / Self / Myrtle

Reta Shaw
Myrtle's Mother

Burt Mustin
Old Man Gramps

Douglas Fowley
Pete

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

Vincent Price
Self

Jimmie Rodgers
Self

Jo Stafford
Self

Paul Ford
Quincy Quiverlips / Gen. Hap Hazard

Phyllis Avery
Elaine / Daisy June

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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