Bill Ballantine photo gallery
Bill Ballantine photo gallery – Bill Ballantine, illustrator and writer, traveled with the Ringling Brothers circus during the 1946 tour, caught the bug and become a […]
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Paul Wenzel photo gallery circus clown
Paul Wenzel photo gallery circus clown – Professor Paul Wenzel was born in 1878 and performed as a circus clown for over 60 years throughout the […]
Frosty Little photo gallery
Frosty Little photo gallery dedicated to Frosty Little, “Boss Clown” of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus for several years.
Umberto "Antonet" Guillaume (1872-1935)
Born in Brescia, Italy, Antonet was the son of a famous family of Italian clowns. He followed in Footit’s tradition as an “authoritarian” whiteface clown. […]
Bill Ballantine
Bill Ballantine (1910 – 1999) Born in 1910 in Millvale, Pennsylvania, Ballantine was introduced to circuses by his father. His father was a member of […]
Earl Chaney – Mr. Clown
Earl Chaney (March 6, 1945 – ) Earl Chaney – Mr. Clown – has been making children of all ages laugh for over twenty years.He […]
Frank "Slivers" Oakley
Frank Oakley, aka. Slivers, 1871-1916 Frank Oakley, also known as Slivers (1871 – 1916) was the most popular circus clown of his generation. Born in […]
Curly Robbins
W.D. Robbins – Curly Robbins – 1928 – 2002 Curly Robbins began his clown career in 1959. He volunteered to be a clown at a […]
Jackie Le Claire (1927 – 2019)
Jackie’s parents were performers with the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus when he was born. He started clowning at a very young age, […]
The Sherman Brothers
CHESTER SHERMAN ( – 1976) JOE VANI (1913 – Present) Nineteen year old Joe Vani answered an ad looking for an experienced acrobat to […]