Wheeler the Clown Wheeler the CLOWN                                      Presents:

A History of the Wonderful World of Clowning

Wheeler note: This history includes clowns of the theater, circus, movies, and television. As such, I must note here that the rights to the Bozo the Clown character is owned by Larry Harmon Pictures (TM) and (c) 2002, and the rights to the Ronald McDonald character is owned by the McDonalds Corporation. The inclusion of famous television or other copyrighted or trademark clowns on these pages are for historical purposes only. Many pictures contained in these pages are courtesy of WGN-TV, Chicago, and the International Clown Hall of Fame. All pictures borrowed from websites include the name of the website from which they were borrowed.

Joseph "Joey" Grimaldi as "Clown" - click here

Francois Fratellini - click here

Bert Austin Williams - click here

Lon Chaney as Flik the Clown - click here

Otto Griebling - click here

 Oleg Popov - click here
19th Century

1900s

1910s

1920s

1930s

1940s

Bob "Corny" Keeshan - click here

Paul Jung - click here

Peggy Williams - click here

Frankie Saluto - click here

Roy "Cooky Cook" Brown

 Joey "Bozo the Clown" D

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

1800s-2000s

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