Where to watch Red Skelton in the UK
Find every Red Skelton film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 5 May 2026.
The son of a former circus clown turned grocer and a cleaning woman, Red Skelton was introduced to show business at the age of 7 by Ed Wynn, at a vaudeville show in Vincennes. At age 10, he left home to travel with a medicine show through the Midwest, and joined the vaudeville circuit at age 15. At age 17, he married Edna Marie Stilwell, an usher who became his vaudeville partner and later his chief writer and manager. He debuted on Broadway and radio in 1937 and on film in 1938. His ex-wife/manager negotiated a seven-year Hollywood contract for him in 1951, the same year The Red Skelton Hour …
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- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) as Self
- What's My Line? (1950) as Self - Mystery Guest
- Climax! (1954) as Rusty Morgan
- The Red Skelton Show (1951) as Host
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Cameo / Clem Kadiddlehopper
- The Jack Benny Program (1950) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Bob Hope Show (1950) as Self
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) as Self
- This Is Your Life (1952) as Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
- The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour (1957) as Red Skeleton
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as Drunk in Barbary Coast Saloon
- Ocean's Eleven (1960) as Self
- Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965) as The Neanderthal Man
- That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- Bathing Beauty (1944) as Steve Elliott
- Television: The First Fifty Years (1999) as Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
- The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) as Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)
- Texaco Star Theater (1948) as Clem Kadiddlehopper
- Ziegfeld Follies (1945) as J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
- Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) as Louis Blore / King Louis XV
- That's Dancing! (1985) as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
- Twenty Years After (1944) as (archive footage)
- The Fuller Brush Man (1948) as Red Jones
- Having Wonderful Time (1938) as Itchy
- Thousands Cheer (1943) as Red Skelton
- Ship Ahoy (1942) as Merton K. Kibble
- The Hollywood Clowns (1979) as (archive footage)
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)
- Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) as Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby
- Three Little Words (1950) as Harry Ruby
- Texas Carnival (1951) as Cornie Quinell
- Neptune's Daughter (1949) as Jack Spratt
- The Yellow Cab Man (1950) as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
- The Clown (1953) as Dodo Delwyn
- I Dood It (1943) as Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds
- Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970) as Self (uncredited)
- Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1977) as Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
- Whistling in Brooklyn (1943) as Wally 'The Fox' Benton
- Lady Be Good (1941) as Joe 'Red' Willet
- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985) as Self (archive footage)
- Whistling in Dixie (1942) as Wally Benton
- Panama Hattie (1942) as Red
- Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970) as Self
- Susan Slept Here (1954) as Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)
- Excuse My Dust (1951) as Joe Belden
- The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) as Vernon Briggs
- Flight Command (1940) as Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin
- The Great Diamond Robbery (1954) as Ambrose C. Park
- Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) as Vernon Briggs
- Inside the Dream Factory (1995) as Self
- Watch the Birdie (1950) as Rusty Cammeron / Pop Cammeron / Grandpop Cammeron
- The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977) as Self
- The Show-Off (1946) as J. Aubrey Piper
- A Southern Yankee (1948) as Aubrey Filmore
- Whistling in the Dark (1941) as Wally Benton
- Half a Hero (1953) as Ben Dobson
- The Man in the Funny Suit (1960) as Self
- Lovely to Look At (1952) as Al Marsh
- Merton of the Movies (1947) as Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
- Clown Alley (1966) as Freddie the Freeloader
- Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957) as Rusty Morgan
- Pioneers of Primetime (2005) Cast
- The Country Husband (1956) as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
- America on Parade (1976) as Host
- Honor America Day (1970) as Self
- Seeing Red (1939) as Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee
- Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner (1981) as Freddie the Freeloader
- A Tribute to Houdini (1987) as Self
- The Broadway Buckaroo (1939) as Red
- Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance (1984) as Himself
- Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs (2001) as Himself (Host)/Various Characters
- Red Skelton Christmas Classics (1955) as Main
- Red Skelton: America's Greatest Clown (2005) as Red Skelton
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Where can I watch Red Skelton films in the UK?
Red Skelton's films and TV shows are available across UK streaming services. Click any title in the filmography below to see exactly which UK service has it — Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, NOW, Sky, MUBI and more — updated daily.
What are Red Skelton's most popular films?
Most-watched Red Skelton films currently: Around the World in 80 Days (1956), Ocean's Eleven (1960), Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965), That's Entertainment! (1974), The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968).
What TV shows has Red Skelton appeared in?
Selected TV credits: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), What's My Line? (1950), Climax! (1954), The Red Skelton Show (1951), The Ed Sullivan Show (1948).
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