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Paul Wenzel
Dec 09, 1882 - Jan 18, 1973 Age: 90
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About Paul Wenzel
Entertainer. He performed as a circus clown for over 60 years throughout the United States of America. He appeared with large and small shows before finding a permanent home with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus. He was a tall (6'4") man, slim and easy to identify in his checkered yellow costumes and clown wig hair. Paul Wenzel appeared and preferred to work with geese. He and his partner Samson the Goos had an act with Ringling Brothers for 17 years. Samson was found by Wenzel in Georgia where Samson was guarding a bootlegger's still. He excelled in the art of preparing eccentric elaborate props and costumes, made from piano wire and silk. At least one of them has been repaired and reconditioned, and is in the custody of the Ringling Brothers' circus. He even created huge silk suits and wire for the elephants of Ringling. He transformed them into things such as clowns and huge butterflies. Paul was a stunt double for Harold Lloyd in the movie "Safety Last." In the famous clock scene Lloyd was unable to do the swinging scene. His props and costumes can be seen in Cecil B. DeMille's movie, "The Greatest Show on Earth." In 1965 Paul was fitted with a Pacemaker which was reported in many U.S. newspapers. In 1965, Paul's picture appeared in many newspapers of him wearing an external pacemaker, days later he was fitted with one of the earliest an internal pacemaker. In 2014, he was inducted into the International Clown Hall of Fame.
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Born
12-09-1882
Germany
Passed away
01-18-1973
Sarasota County, Florida, USA
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