Information Digital ID ent001327-016 Permalink http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d12r3qh13 Details Member of Comedian Red Skelton: biography and promotional materials Transcription - 4 - The Skelton saga began in Vincennes, Indiana on July 18, 1913. He never knew his father - a onetime circus clown, student of law, college speech instructor - who died two months before Red was born, leaving a penniless wife with three sons.