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He was a star attraction for the Big Apple Circus and for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus before pursuing an independent career as a performer. [4] In 2001, Time magazine included him on a list of "America's Best Artists and Entertainers", as "America's Best Clown". [2]
The property was also used as the winter quarters for his son Richard's circus, the R.T. Richards Circus. Alfred died in his 28-room New Jersey manor, three years after its completion, on October 21, 1919. Charles Edward Ringling (1863–December 3, 1926). [10] John Nicholas Ringling (1866–1936). John was a singer and a professional clown. [1]
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, also known as the Ringling Bros. Circus, Ringling Bros., the Barnum & Bailey Circus, Barnum & Bailey, or simply Ringling, is an American traveling circus company billed as The Greatest Show on Earth. It and its predecessor have run shows from 1871, with a hiatus from 2017 to 2023.
Clown College was the brainchild of Irvin Feld, the owner of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and longtime Ringling clown and front man Bill Ballantine. In 1968, Ringling had only a handful of clowns, most of them over fifty years of age. It was clear that these performers would not be able to go on forever.
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; Muhammad Ali with clowns Charlie Frye and Skeeter Reece in 1980. Paul Hunt – gymnast clown
David Larible comes from six generations of circus artists, and his family has ties with many other European circus families. His great-grandfather was Pierre Larible, an acrobat and dancer; his grandfather was also a clown. Larible's father, Eugenio Larible (1931-2017), was a trapeze artist and juggler who taught at a circus school in Verona ...
Timothy J. Holst (October 9, 1947 – April 16, 2009) began his circus career in 1971 graduating from Clown College, touring as a clown in 1972, and then became the singing ringmaster in 1973 with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. [1] [2] The son of a postman and a nurse, Holst was born in Galesburg, Illinois.
A Feld Entertainment press release noted the New York performances marked the first time in its 130-year history that a Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus tent was raised in Manhattan. [12] The New York run also had some controversy in what The New York Times dubbed a holiday war between it and the Big Apple Circus. [6]