Red Skelton's hobo character was Freddie the Freeloader.
I believe you are referring to Frank Fontaine ( Gleason played the bartender- Mr. Dunahee) who was a comedy act on the JACKIE GLEASON show- not the Red Skelton hour. Skelton himself did drunk acts.
Red Skelton is a comedian from the time when TV was in black and white. He got his name from his red hair.By age 15, Red Skelton had hit the road full-time as an entertainer, working everywhere from medicine shows and vaudeville to burlesque, showboats, minstrel shows and circuses. Red Skelton caught his big break in two media at once: radio and film. Beginning with Having A Wonderful Time (1938), Red Skelton appeared in more than 30 MGM films during the 1940s and 1950s. Red Skelton was the first CBS television host to begin taping his weekly programs in color, in the early 1960s, after he bought an old movie studio and converted it for television productions.
Red Barber's birth name is Walter Lanier Barber.
Jenna Jameson's birth name is Jennifer Marie Massoli.
Cris Skelton's birth name is C.R. Fox Skelton.
Roy Skelton's birth name is Roy William Skelton.
Skelton Knaggs's birth name is Skelton Barnaby Knaggs.
Ike Skelton's birth name is Isaac Newton Skelton IV.
Edna Skelton's birth name is Edna Marie Stilwell.
Red Skelton was born in Vincennes, Indiana in 1913.
Red Skelton's hobo character was Freddie the Freeloader.
I don't have an Uncle Bob Skelton.
Joseph Bearor's birth name is Joseph Skelton Bearor.
They share the same last name, but that's all. Of course some believe that Ike Skelton is a bigger fool than Red ever was.... Richard "Red" Skelton, had 2 children from 3 marriages, and had one brother, Paul Skelton. His kids are daughter Valentina, born in May, 1947, & his son, Richard Freeman, was born in May, 1948.
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Red Skelton has written: 'Red Skelton's Gertrude and Heathcliffe' -- subject(s): American wit and humor