ICHOF inductee Dougie Ashton passed away on August 25th at the age of 96. Please enjoy this rare audio interview with him from 1973 when he ...

Sorry I am a day late on this, but my day was taken up with a jump to Red Bluff, CA, waiting for hours to have my trailer parked, and trying...

  Peggy Williams teaching at the Ringling Clown College in 1980. From the photo collection of Mark Renfro.

Pepe Silva, M. Adrian, and Tom Dougherty, who will be debuting their new trio at the Dresdner Weihnachts-Circus in Dresden, Germany this Dec...

Two wonderful people, Alexandra and Yann Rossi, photographed for the English circus magazine, King Pole.   

Nine years ago Pat Cashin left us way too soon. Not a week goes by that I don't think about him or some ridiculous hilarious thing he sa...

Gary Cooper, aka "Oscar", who graduated from the Ringling Clown College in 1978 and then performed in the Clyde Beatty Clown Alley...

  Gary Ray, better known as "Patches" is a graduate of the 1972 class of the Ringling Clown College. He had a long circus career w...

Prince Paul Alpert, photographed by Bill Ballantine on the Ringling Blue Unit sometime in the 1970s. 

If I am not mistaken, this would have been after his appearance in Cirque Du Soliel's We Reinvent The Circus, which was the first time I...

  Anyone have any info on Mr. O'Connor, aside from the fact that he looks like 99% of the other clowns of that era?

Mother and son clown duo Amel and seven year old Andres, who performed with the Blue Unit's 1976 Clown Alley. I believe Amel performed a...

Freddie Freeman drawn by long time Hanna Barbara comics artist Ray Dirgo in 1978.  

 

Tim Torkildson and Steve Smith when they were working as Goodwill Ambassadors for the Greatest Show on Earth   

A collection of old and rare circus clown photos provided by Frank and Violet Rehak and edited by Chappie Fox. Some great stuff in here. Unf...

  Christy McDonald Atkinson's walkaround from Clown College 1989. I look at that prop and just imagine trying to make it through some of...

The Board of Directors of the International Clown Hall of Fame and Research Center are supremely happy to announce the 2025 Inductees! We fe...

  Garry "Otis" Irvingwhite and Robert "Onionhead" Dunn on Universoul Circus.