Biography of Stan Laurel, of Laurel and Hardy – I’m sorry, Ollie!
Biography of Arthur Stanley Jefferson, aka Stan Laurel (June 16, 1890 – February 23, 1965) Stan Laurel, the tall, thin, “dumb” half of the team […]
Famous Clowns
Art Carney biography – best known as Ed Norton on The Honeymooners
Art Carney biography (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) “A sewer worker is like a brain surgeon. We’re both specialists.” – Ed Norton, sewer […]
Don Burda, Homer the happy hobo
Don Burda, Homer the happy hobo (1935 – 2008) Don Burda grew up in the small town of Friend, Nebraska. He married his high school […]
Ernie Blinko Burch – famous circus & casino clown
Ernie Blinko Burch (1929 – 1997) Born around 1929 in Linden NJ. At age 15, he ran away from home and followed the Ringling […]
Roy Brown – our kooky cook Cooky from WGN-TV's Bozo the Clown TV show
Roy “Cooky” Brown (1932 – 2001) Roy Thomas Brown (July 8, 1932Â – January 22, 2001), the man behind Cooky the Cook for 25 years on […]
Bev Bergeron, Rebo the magic clown
Beverly “Rebo” Bergeron ( December 29, 1930 – December 3, 2020) Everyone has seen a clown twisting a single balloon into a dog — but […]
Mark Anthony, famous tramp clown
Mark Anthony, famous circus tramp clown (1915-June 23, 1990) The famous circus clown Mark Anthony was born Mark Galkowski in Norwich, Connecticut in 1915. During […]
Prince Paul, circus clown
Paul ‘Prince Paul’ Alpert (1913 – 1987) Inducted into the  Clown Hall of Fame in 1992, Paul Alpert became a  famous little person, after gaining […]
Felix Adler, king of clowns
Felix Adler (June 17, 1895 – February 1, 1960) – The White House Clown, King of Clowns Felix Adler was inducted into the Clown Hall of […]
Groucho Marx biography
Groucho Marx (October 2, 1890 – August 19, 1977) Julius Henry Marx, better known to the world as Groucho Marx, was born on October 2, […]