Cast: Red Skelton

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Red Skelton. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


That's Entertainment, Part II

1976 · Documentary · 126 min. · United States

Direction Gene Kelly

Cast Fred Astaire · Gene Kelly · Judy Garland · Mickey Rooney

Plot Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire present more golden moments from the MGM film library, this time including comedy and drama as well as classic musical numbers.

6.8

165 votes

6.8

165 votes

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Youngson

Cast Clark Gable · Greta Garbo · Jean Harlow · Cary Grant

Plot A compilation of scenes from classic MGM comedies from the silent era up to 1948's "A Southern Yankee." Among the films showcased are "The Thin Man," "A Night at the...

6.5

24 votes

6.5

24 votes

Around the World in 80 Days

1956 · Movie · 167 min. · United States

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast David Niven · Mario Moreno "Cantinflas" · Charles Boyer · Robert Newton

Plot English nobleman Phileas Fogg, a very strict and emotionless man, gets wound up in a bet at his gentlemen's club: He has to prove that it is possible to travel...

6.5

8K votes

6.5

8K votes

Ziegfeld Follies

1945 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Vincente Minnelli · Lemuel Ayers · Roy Del Ruth · Robert Lewis

Cast Fred Astaire · William Powell · Judy Garland · Lucille Ball

Plot The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

6.4

313 votes

6.4

313 votes

Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

1965 · Movie · 132 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast Stuart Whitman · Sarah Miles · James Fox · Alberto Sordi

Plot In the early days of the 20th century, a British Newspaper offers a prize for the winner of a cross channel air race which brings flyers from all over the...

6.1

1K votes

6.1

1K votes

Three Little Words

1950 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast Fred Astaire · Red Skelton · Vera-Ellen · Arlene Dahl

Plot Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury for while, so he has to earn his money as a lyricst. Per chance he meets composer Harry...

6.0

70 votes

6.0

70 votes

Bathing Beauty

1944 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

5.8

922 votes

5.8

922 votes

Neptune's Daughter

1949 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Edward Buzzell

Cast Esther Williams · Red Skelton · Ricardo Montalban · Betty Garrett

Plot Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated...

5.4

103 votes

5.4

103 votes

Flight Command

1940 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Robert Taylor · Ruth Hussey · Walter Pidgeon · Paul Kelly

Plot Ensign Alan Drake is assigned to the elite "Hell Cat" squadron of Navy fliers based in San Diego, despite being relatively inexperienced. Getting off on bad footing by ruining the...

5.3

22 votes

5.3

22 votes

Lovely to Look at

1952 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Mervyn LeRoy

Cast Kathryn Grayson · Red Skelton · Howard Keel · Marge Champion

Plot Al Marsh, Tony Naylor and Jerry Ralby, Broadway producers, are desperately looking for backers. Al is one of the heirs of a dress salon in Paris, but this is almost...

5.1

35 votes

5.1

35 votes

Having Wonderful Time

1938 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Alfred Santell

Cast Ginger Rogers · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Peggy Conklin · Lucille Ball

Plot Ginger Rogers, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and finds Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

5.1

32 votes

5.1

32 votes

Thousands Cheer

1943 · Movie · 125 min. · United States

Direction George Sidney

Cast Kathryn Grayson · Gene Kelly · Mary Astor · John Boles

Plot Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval...

5.0

31 votes

5.0

31 votes

Du Barry Was a Lady

1943 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Red Skelton · Lucille Ball · Gene Kelly · Virginia O'Brien

Plot Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is love with a poor dancer, but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins...

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Shower of Stars (TV Series)

1954 · Series · 60 min. · United States

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Watch the Birdie

1950 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Jack Donohue

Cast Red Skelton · Arlene Dahl · Ann Miller · Leon Ames

Plot "Rusty" Cammeron tries to get out of debt by doing some free-lance newsreel photography, but his efforts fall woefully short and end in some kind of mishap. Lucia Corlaine rescues...

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The Red Skelton Show (TV Series)

1951 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Seymour Berns · Terry Kyne · Bill Hobin · John Gaunt

Cast Red Skelton · Art Gilmore · David Rose · Lucy Knoch

Plot The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for almost two decades, from the early 1950s through the early 1970s. It was second to...

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Half a Hero

1953 · Movie · 71 min. · United States

Direction Don Weis

Cast Red Skelton · Jean Hagen · Charles Dingle · Willard Waterman

Plot Magazine writer copes with modern life in the suburbs, stressing about the expenses. Then his editor assigns an article calling the suburbs the slums of tomorrow. His research yields interesting...

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The Clown

1953 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Robert Z. Leonard

Cast Red Skelton · Jane Greer · Tim Considine · Loring Smith

Plot Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn, is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes Dodo and...

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Merton of the Movies

1947 · Movie · 82 min. · United States

Direction Robert Alton

Cast Red Skelton · Virginia O'Brien · Gloria Grahame · Leon Ames

Plot Merton Gill is an usher from Tinkerton, Kansas, who yearns to be a movie actor and thinks his worthless diploma from the Budolph School of Dramatic Acting will help him...

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Lady Be Good

1941 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction Norman Z. McLeod

Cast Eleanor Powell · Ann Sothern · Robert Young · Lionel Barrymore

Plot Songwriters Dixie Donegan and Eddie Crane are still in love after their divorce. Dixie's friend Marilyn Marsh tries to convince them to marry again, but this isn't that easy.

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