and comic juggler who has appeared with the New Pickle Circus and Cirque du Soleil Eric Davis - American clown and comedian who has performed with Cirque du Soleil Michael Halvarson - Swedish clown and star pickpocket entertainer who has appeared in the Cirque du Soleil production Koozå Famous former circus clowns Tod Browning - film director whose work includes several silent films with circus themes as well as the film Freaks Pinto Colvig - writer, animator and voice-over artist; the original Bozo the Clown Federico Fellini - one-time clown turned film director; used clowns and circus themes in many of his films Alejandro Jodorowsky - worked as both a circus clown and puppeteer before finding his calling as a cult filmmaker. Like Federico Fellini, he uses clowns and circus themes in some of his films. Emmett Kelly - actor who often appeared in classic "hobo clown" costume and make-up. Once, when called upon to be a villain in a film (The Fat Man, 1951), he refused to appear in his "Weary Willie" hobo persona, opting instead to portray a whiteface clown. Bassie and Adriaan - a Dutch clown and acrobat duo that travelled around with a circus and subsequently made a TV show based around the act. References Clowns by John H. Towsen. . Publisher: E P Dutton - 1976-11. Clown Alley by Bill Ballantine. . Publisher: Little Brown & Co (T) - April, 1982. Clown for Circus and Stage by Mark Stolzenberg. . Publisher: Sterling Pub Co Inc - May, 1981. The Physical Comedy Handbook by Davis Rider Robinson. . Publisher: Reed Elsevier Incorporated - May 1999. The Pickle Clowns: New American Circus Comedy by Joel Schechter. . Publisher: Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Tx) - August, 2001. Here Come the Clowns: A Cavalcade of Comedy from Antiquity To the Present by Lowell Swortzell Publisher: Viking Press; 1st ed edition (1978) Clowning Through by Frank Foster and Willan G. Bosworth Publisher: Heath Cranston LTD London - 1937 Step Right Up!: The Adventure of Circus in America by LaVahn G Hoh. . Publisher: Betterway Publications - 1990. Two Hundred Years of the American Circus: From ABA-Daba to the Zoppe-Zavatta Troupe by Tom Ogden Albert F. House. . Publisher: Facts on File, Incorporated - January 1993 Circus Report Format: Magazine. Publisher: Graphics 2000. ASIN: B00006K8X5 Spectacle Format: Magazine. Publisher: Circus Plus Publications. ASIN: B00006KXUX External links www.clownlink.com Circus Clowns gallery Circus