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List of clowns

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This is a list of notable clowns.

Circus-style

  • Angus Oblong – "Angus Oblong" from United States (1976–), creator of the animated series "The Oblongs", only appears as Angus Oblong
  • António Melo – Batatinha (literally Little Potato), from Portugal
  • Arthur Vercoe Pedlar – "Vercoe", an English clown
  • Barry Lubin – "Grandma", star clown of the Big Apple Circus
  • Bim Bom – clown duo of early 20th Century Russia
  • Carequinha – Brazilian clown and actor, born in a circus to a circus family Brazil
  • Cepillín – Mexican clown
  • Cha-U-Kao - French clown, performer at the Moulin Rouge
  • Charlie Cairoli – Italian-born British clown
  • Pinto Colvig - American clown who later became famous as the voice of Goofy.
  • Daniel Rice (1823–1901) – American clown of the 19th century and principal inspiration for Uncle Sam.
  • David Shiner – Tony Award-winning American born mime and circus clown who has appeared on Broadway and with several European circuses
  • Demetrius Nock – "Bello Nock," star clown in Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus
  • Dimitri – Swiss clown and mime
  • Emmett Kelly – American tramp clown
  • Ernie Burch – Blinko (c. 1944–1995), host of 1950s TV show. Ringling Bros. circus. The Greatest Show on Earth film. Named by Cecil B. DeMille
  • The Fratellini Family – family of French clowns
  • Fumagalli – European star clown, Big Apple Circus
  • George Carl – American clown who performed mainly in Europe.
  • Glen "Frosty" Little – America's last living Master Clown and longtime "Boss Clown" with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus
  • Greg and Karen DeSanto – husband and wife clown/comedy team
  • Grock – Charles Adrien Wettach (1880–1959), Swiss clown
  • Joe Jackson Sr. and Jr. – tramp clown entree with a breakaway bicycle
  • Johann Ludwig Jacob Lou Jacobs (1903–1992) – American Master Clown. Credited with inventing the clown car gag.
  • Josep Andreu i Lasserre – Charlie Rivel European clown
  • Jose de Jesus Medrano – Chuchin (1953–1984), Mexican clown and performance star
  • José Vega Santana – Remi (1958–) – "Puerto Rico's Greatest Clown"
  • Michael Halvarson – Swedish clown and star pickpocket entertainer who has appeared in Cirque du Soleil Kooza
  • Mikhail Nikolayevich Rumyantsev – Karandash (1901–1983), Soviet Clown and clowning teacher.
  • Nicolai Poliakoff – Coco the Clown longtime star clown of the Bertram Mills Circus
  • Oleg Popov (1930–2016), Russian clown, student of Karandash
  • Otto Griebling – (1896–1972), American Master Clown with the Cole Bros. and Ringling circuses
  • Paul Hunt – gymnast clown
  • Pierre Étaix (1928–2016), French clown, comedian and filmmaker
  • Reeve J. Porter (1989–Present), American clown, professional pagliacco and market joker
  • Roly Bain (1954 – 2016) English priest and clown who preached and performed as Holy Roly. He helped set up the organisation Holy Fools.
  • Sergey Pavlov – "Lalala", Russian clown, director and actor
  • Steve Smith – "T.J. Tatters", longtime director of Ringling Clown College
  • Vicki Gabereau – Rosie Sunshine, ran as a candidate in the 1974 Toronto mayoral election
  • Yuri Nikulin – Russian clown and actor
  • Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie – Zig and Zag Australian television clowns

Rodeo

Film

  • Abbott and Costello (William (Bud) Abbott, 1897–1974; Louis Costello, 1906–1959) – American comedy duo specializing in the white clown (straight man)/red clown (comic) relationship
  • Ben Turpin (September 19, 1869 – July 1, 1940) – cross-eyed comedian, best remembered for his work in silent films
  • Buster Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) – "The Great Stoneface"
  • Charlie Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) – British born comedian. His principal character was "The Little Tramp"
  • Chester Conklin (January 11, 1886 – October 11, 1971) – American comedian and actor
  • Harry Langdon (June 15, 1884 – December 22, 1944) – American silent film comedian and mime
  • Jacques Tati (October 9, 1908 – November 5, 1982) – French comedian, mime and filmmaker; played the socially inept Monsieur Hulot
  • Keystone Cops – incompetent group of policemen created by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917
  • Laurel and Hardy – comedy duo in film
  • Martin and Lewis – American comedy duo, comprising singer Dean Martin (as the "straight man") and comedian Jerry Lewis (as his stooge)
  • The Marx Brothers – team of sibling comedians that appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, film and television
  • Peter Sellers (September 8, 1925 – July 24, 1980) – English comedian and actor; played Inspector Clouseu
  • Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (March 24, 1887 – June 29, 1933) – actor, was involved in the "Fatty Arbuckle scandal"
  • Shaggy 2 Dope – DJ of the Insane Clown Posse, Detroit-based hip-hop group with a fan army of "schizophrenic wizards" called the juggalos and star of underground film Big Money Hustlaz
  • Slim Pickens – rodeo clown and film actor
  • Snub Pollard (November 9, 1889 – January 19, 1962) – silent film comedian, popular in the 1920s
  • The Three Stooges – slapstick comedians
  • W.C. Fields (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946) – American comedian and actor
  • Violent J – leader of the Insane Clown Posse, a Detroit-based hip-hop group and star of Big Money Hustlaz underground film.
  • Jim Varney - Actor of Ernest P. Worrell

Television

Theatrical

  • A. Robins – vaudeville's "The Banana Man" and "One Man Music Shop"
  • Alan Clay – international clown teacher and performer; author of Angels Can Fly, a Modern Clown User Guide
  • Alex the Jester – "King of Jesters," speaks a contemporary version of the medieval gibberish language Grammelot.
  • Andy Kaufman – American comic and practitioner of anti-humor
  • Avner Eisenberg – also known as Avner the Eccentric, a "Broadway" clown
  • Bill Irwin – Tony Award-winning clown known for his new vaudeville-style performances
  • Blue Man Group – trio of silent characters that perform covered in blue paint
  • Clark and McCullough – Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough started as circus clowns and progressed to be stars of stage and screen
  • Sylvester the Jester – The Human Cartoon
  • Dario Fo – Capo Comicio, creator of "Mistero Buffo" and "Accidental Death of an Anarchist"; recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature; uses Arlecchino stage persona, political activist
  • Ed Wynn – The Perfect Fool
  • Eric Davis – Cirque du Soleil clown and creator of Red Bastard
  • Geoff Hoyle – stage clown, started in the Pickle Family Circus with Bill Irwin and Larry Pisoni
  • George Carl – longtime star of the Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris
  • George Washington Lafayette Fox, American stage clown during the 19th century
  • Jango Edwards – American clown and entertainer in the European cabaret tradition
  • John Gilkey – Cirque du Soleil clown
  • Joseph Grimaldi – credited with being "the first whiteface clown" — in an homage to Grimaldi, circus clowns began referring to themselves and each other as "Joey"s, and the term 'joey' is now a synonym for clown
  • Marceline Orbes (1874–1927) – performed in Europe and for many years at the New York Hippodrome.
  • Morro and Jasp – Canadian clown duo
  • Mump and Smoot – Canadian "clowns of horror"
  • Olsen and Johnson – stars of Broadway's Hellzapoppin'
  • Puddles Pity Party (Michael Geier) – American traditional popular singer and YouTube celebrity who performs as a whiteface clown. Billed as the "sad clown with the golden voice."
  • Richard Pochinko – founder of "Canadian Clowning" style
  • Richard Tarlton – actor and clown in the Elizabethan theatre in England
  • Richard Usher – 19th-century clown, performed at Astley's Amphitheatre
  • Robert Armin – actor and clown in Shakespeare's company
  • Sergey Pavlov – Russian clown "LALALA", creator of "LALALA SHOW"
  • Slava Polunin – Russian-born clown and creator of "Slava's Snowshow"
  • Spike Jones and his City Slickers – American musical act featuring slapstick circus-style comedy
  • Thomas Monckton – award-winning physical clown
  • Tommy Cooper – British comedy magician
  • W. C. Fields – vaudeville comedy star
  • Will Kempe (fl. c 1589–1600) – actor dancer and clown who worked with Shakespeare; famously jigged his way from Norwich to London in 1600
  • Wolfe Bowart – stage clown touring internationally with his productions LaLaLuna and The Shneedles

Fictional

  • Adam the Clown – from the video game Dead Rising. Equipped with two chainsaws that he juggles, he is a boss in the game.
  • Binky the Clown – from the Garfield comic by Jim Davis.
  • Buggy the Clown – the antagonist of the manga and anime One Piece
  • Buttons the Clown – a central character from the 1952 film The Greatest Show on Earth, played by James Stewart
  • Calvero – clown character played Charlie Chaplin in the film Limelight
  • Captain Spaulding – from the horror films House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects
  • Chuckles the Clown – Mary Tyler Moore Show background character who was trampled to death in an episode
  • Colly Wobble, a clown toy in CBeebies TV show
  • Crackers the Clown, played by Peter Brocco – "bad-guy" clown in the Adventures of Superman episode titled "The Clown Who Cried".
  • Dodo Delwyn – once a famous Ziegfeld star, is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks in 1953 film The Clown; played by Red Skelton
  • Dr. Rockso – the Rock & Roll Clown from Metalocalypse
  • Fatso the Clown – clown statue in The 70s Show episode titled "Fun It"
  • Fizbo the Clown - Cam Tucker's clown character from Modern Family.
  • Frenchy the Clown – character of the national lampoon comic Evil clown comics series.
  • The Ghost Clown – evil hypnotist clown featured in the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode titled "Bedlam in the Big Top"
  • Gamzee Makara – clown-like Highblood Troll and one of the antagonists of the webcomic "Homestuck"
  • I Pagliacci, (The Clowns) – tragic opera by Ruggiero Leoncavallo prominently features Arlecchino as a character
  • Jack – advertising icon for the fast food company, Jack in the Box
  • Jack Point – from the Judge Dredd Megazine's The Simping Detective series
  • Jojo – main character on the Disney Channel's Jojo's Circus
  • The Joker – supervillain often called the "Clown Prince of Crime" created by DC Comics
  • Kefka Palazzo – main antagonist of Final Fantasy VI
  • Killer Klowns – from the horror films Killer Klowns from Outer Space
  • Koko the Clown – from Max Fleischer's Out of the Inkwell series of animated cartoons. [1]
  • Krusty the Clown – television clown on the Fox animated television series The Simpsons
  • Mr. Magic Pierrot - a monster of the day in the fourth season of the Sailor Moon anime series. Some clown-like monsters called "Pierrot" also appear in the Sailor Moon musicals and in the live-action series.
  • Pennywise – shape-shifting monster in the Stephen King book and screen adaptations, It
  • Pierrot Bolneze – from Yakitate! Japan, clown, bread judge and master of ceremonies, he's also the crown prince of Monaco according to the series
  • Rajoo – circus clown and the central character in Raj Kapoor's film Mera Naam Joker
  • Rollo the Clown – played by William (Billy) Wayne, the "good-guy" clown in the Adventures of Superman episode titled "The Clown Who Cried".
  • Rollo the Clown – from the 1991 film The Little Engine That Could, based on the children's book of the same name.
  • Ronald McDonald – McDonald's fast-food restaurant chain's advertising clown character, first portrayed by Willard Scott.
  • Sacarrolha - protagonist in a long-running Brazilian comic strip, created by Primaggio Mantovi. [2]
  • Shakes the Clown – title character of the film of the same name.
  • Splinters – title character in a newspaper comic strip by , which ran between 1911 and 1912. [3]
  • Stan – clown name of the character Louison in the 1991 French film Delicatessen.
  • Sweet Tooth – sociopathic serial killer who is a primary protagonist/antagonist in theTwisted Metal franchise.
  • Violator – serial killer and one of the enemies from the Spawn franchise.
  • Vulgar the Clown – protagonist of the 2000 motion picture Vulgar
  • Wobble – roly-poly clown from the BBC children's TV show Playbus (later Playdays)
  • Yorick – court jester who featured as the subject of a lengthy soliloquy in Shakespeare's Hamlet

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fleischer_max.htm
  2. ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/mantovi_primaggio.htm
  3. ^ https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/steinigans_william.htm
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