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Emmett Leo Kelly Jr. (November 13, 1924 – November 29, 2006) was an American clown. He was the son of Emmett Kelly Sr. , who was a legendary circus clown. Kelly Jr. copied his father's style.
Emmett Leo Kelly was born in Sedan, Kansas on December 9, 1898. His father, Thomas, was a section foreman for the Missouri-Pacific Railroad.While he was still a child, the family moved to Southern Missouri where his father had purchased a farm in Texas County, near the community of Houston, Missouri. [1]
In 1968, with the craft of clowning seemingly neglected and with many of the clowns in their 50s, he established the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College. [19] [32] Circus Williams, a circus in Europe was purchased for $2 million just to have its star animal trainer, Gunther Gebel-Williams, for the core of his revamped circus.
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Joe Jackson Sr & Jr. - famous tramp clown entree with a breakaway bicycle; Lou Jacobs - an original founder and teacher in the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College; Emmett Kelly, Sr. - performer who created the tramp clown character "Weary Willie". His son, Emmett Kelly Jr., performed a similar character.
In 1988, after 64 years, Lou Jacobs finally retired from the Circus, but continued teaching at the Clown College. On April 23, 1989, he was one of the first six clowns to be inducted into the recently formed Clown Hall of Fame in Delavan, Wisconsin. His fellow inductees were: Felix Adler, Otto Griebling, Emmett Kelly, Mark Anthony, and Red ...
The Emmett Kelly Museum in Sedan, Kansas, nominally honors their native son, the famed circus clown. [1] The museum houses a mix of local memorabilia along with a few Kelly-related items, but its main attraction is the world's largest collection of commemorative Jim Beam bottles, some 1,500, donated by a couple who once took them on tour.