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Lou Jacobs(1903-1992)

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Lou Jacobs was born on 1 January 1903 in Bremerhaven, Germany. He was an actor, known for The Greatest Show on Earth (1952), Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: Be a Clown (1987) and Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College: 20th Anniversary (1988). He died on 13 September 1992 in Sarasota, Florida, USA.
BornJanuary 1, 1903
DiedSeptember 13, 1992(89)
BornJanuary 1, 1903
DiedSeptember 13, 1992(89)
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Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Gloria Grahame, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Lamour, and Cornel Wilde in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
The Greatest Show on Earth
6.5
  • Lou Jacobs
  • 1952
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: Be a Clown (1987)
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: Be a Clown
7.2
Video
  • Actor
  • 1987
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Clown College: 20th Anniversary
TV Special
  • Self
  • 1988
The Bob Braun Show (1967)
The Bob Braun Show
2.5
TV Series
  • Self - Professional Clown

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Actor

  • Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: Be a Clown (1987)
    Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus: Be a Clown
    7.2
    Video
    • 1987
  • Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Gloria Grahame, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Lamour, and Cornel Wilde in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
    The Greatest Show on Earth
    6.5
    • Lou Jacobs
    • 1952

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  • Born
    • January 1, 1903
    • Bremerhaven, Germany
  • Died
    • September 13, 1992
    • Sarasota, Florida, USA(undisclosed)

Did you know

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    His clown portrait can be seen decorating the circus tent in the James Bond film Octopussy (1983).

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