Acting · 1913 to 1997
Red Skelton
Best rated: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (7.0)
- Films
- 29
- Avg rating
- 6.48
- Peak run
- 1943’65
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Red by the numbers
Average
6.48
8 rated films
Vote weighted
6.49
bigger films count more
Median
6.4
half are better
Consistency
±0.36
rating spread
Career
28y
1938 to 1965
Total votes
35K
across every film
Best
7.0
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Worst
6.0
Having Wonderful Time
Newest first
Filmography
| 1965 |  Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes | The Neanderthal Man | 7.0 | 10,017 |
| 1954 | The Great Diamond Robbery | Ambrose C. Park | · | 320 |
| 1953 | The Clown | Dodo Delwyn | · | 589 |
| 1953 | Half a Hero | Ben Dobson | · | 313 |
| 1952 | Lovely to Look At | Al Marsh | · | 984 |
| 1951 | Excuse My Dust | Joe Belden | · | 453 |
| 1951 | Texas Carnival | Cornie Quinell | · | 647 |
| 1950 | Three Little Words | Harry Ruby | 6.9 | 2,304 |
| 1950 | Watch the Birdie | Rusty Cammeron | · | 452 |
| 1950 | The Yellow Cab Man | Augustus 'Red' Pirdy | · | 611 |
| 1949 | Neptune's Daughter | Jack Spratt | 6.3 | 2,066 |
| 1948 | The Fuller Brush Man | Red Jones | · | 775 |
| 1948 | A Southern Yankee | Aubrey Filmore | · | 582 |
| 1947 | Merton of the Movies | Merton Gill aka Clifford Armytage | · | 545 |
| 1946 | The Show-Off | J. Aubrey Piper | · | 255 |
| 1944 | Bathing Beauty | Steve Elliot | 6.4 | 2,126 |
| 1943 | Du Barry Was a Lady | Louis Blore | 6.1 | 1,912 |
| 1943 | I Dood It | Joseph Rivington Renolds | · | 755 |
| 1943 | Whistling in Brooklyn | Wally 'The Fox' Benton | · | 801 |
| 1942 | Maisie Gets Her Man | 'Hap' Hixby | · | 574 |
Better together?
Red Skelton's regulars
- S. Sylvan SimonDirector and actor · 5 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.21
- Virginia O'BrienCo-star · 3 films
- Arlene DahlCo-star · 3 films · 6.90 avg▲+0.27
- Ann RutherfordCo-star · 3 films · 6.70 avg●−0.03
- Rags RaglandCo-star · 3 films · 6.70 avg▲+0.15
- Esther WilliamsCo-star · 3 films · 6.35 avg▼−0.09
- Roy Del RuthDirector and actor · 3 films · 6.10 avg▼−0.44
- Robert Z. LeonardDirector and actor · 2 films
- Harold S. BucquetDirector and actor · 2 films
- Vincente MinnelliDirector and actor · 2 films
- Edward SedgwickDirector and actor · 2 films
- Jack DonohueDirector and actor · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
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