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 3 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 Steve Allen Show (1956) as Self - Cameo / Clem Kadiddlehopper
- The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) as Self
- The Oscars (1953) as Self
- The Bob Hope Show (1950) as Self
- Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958) as Self
- The Jack Benny Program (1950) as Self
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956) as Self
- This Is Your Life (1952) 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
- Television: The First Fifty Years (1999) as Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
- Ziegfeld Follies (1945) as J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
- Texaco Star Theater (1948) as Clem Kadiddlehopper
- Bathing Beauty (1944) as Steve Elliott
- Texas Carnival (1951) as Cornie Quinell
- That's Dancing! (1985) as From 'Bathing Beauty' (archive footage)
- Du Barry Was a Lady (1943) as Louis Blore / King Louis XV
- That's Entertainment! (1974) as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Fuller Brush Girl (1950) as Red Skelton - Fuller Brush Man (uncredited)
- That's Entertainment, Part II (1976) as (archive footage)
- Twenty Years After (1944) as (archive footage)
- Neptune's Daughter (1949) as Jack Spratt
- The Fuller Brush Man (1948) as Red Jones
- The Dean Martin Christmas Show (1968) as Self (uncredited)
- Whistling in Brooklyn (1943) as Wally 'The Fox' Benton
- Three Little Words (1950) as Harry Ruby
- Maisie Gets Her Man (1942) as Herbert P. 'Hap' Hixby
- The Big Parade of Comedy (1964) as Aubrey Filmore in 'A Southern Yankee' (archive footage)
- Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1977) as Father Time / Baby Bear (voice)
- The Yellow Cab Man (1950) as Augustus 'Red' Pirdy
- Ship Ahoy (1942) as Merton K. Kibble
- Thousands Cheer (1943) as Red Skelton
- Panama Hattie (1942) as Red
- I Dood It (1943) as Joseph 'Joe' Rivington Renolds
- Hollywood's Funniest All-Star Bloopers (1985) as Self (archive footage)
- Lady Be Good (1941) as Joe 'Red' Willet
- The Clown (1953) as Dodo Delwyn
- Having Wonderful Time (1938) as Itchy
- Swing Out, Sweet Land (1970) as Self
- Flight Command (1940) as Lieut. 'Mugger' Martin
- The Hollywood Clowns (1979) as (archive footage)
- The Show-Off (1946) as J. Aubrey Piper
- Lovely to Look At (1952) as Al Marsh
- The Great Diamond Robbery (1954) as Ambrose C. Park
- The People's Command Performance: '77 (1977) as Self
- Whistling in Dixie (1942) as Wally Benton
- Whistling in the Dark (1941) as Wally Benton
- Inside the Dream Factory (1995) as Self
- Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) as Vernon Briggs
- Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970) as Self (uncredited)
- The People Vs. Dr. Kildare (1941) as Vernon Briggs
- A Southern Yankee (1948) as Aubrey Filmore
- Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957) as Rusty Morgan
- Merton of the Movies (1947) as Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage
- Excuse My Dust (1951) as Joe Belden
- Susan Slept Here (1954) as Oswald from North Dakota (uncredited)
- Watch the Birdie (1950) as Rusty Cammeron / Pop Cammeron / Grandpop Cammeron
- The Man in the Funny Suit (1960) as Self
- Pioneers of Primetime (2005) Cast
- Half a Hero (1953) as Ben Dobson
- The Country Husband (1956) as Self - Announcing Next Week's Show
- Clown Alley (1966) as Freddie the Freeloader
- Seeing Red (1939) as Red / Doorman / Coatroom Attendant / Waiter / Emcee
- America on Parade (1976) as Host
- Honor America Day (1970) as Self
- A Tribute to Houdini (1987) as Self
- Freddie the Freeloader's Christmas Dinner (1981) as Freddie the Freeloader
- The Broadway Buckaroo (1939) as Red
- Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders, and Ad Libs (2001) as Himself (Host)/Various Characters
- Red Skelton Christmas Classics (1955) as Main
- Red Skelton: A Royal Command Performance (1984) as Himself
- 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), Television: The First Fifty Years (1999), Ziegfeld Follies (1945).
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 Steve Allen Show (1956).
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