Peter Robinson (credited professionally as The Living Skeleton, was an American sideshow art performer, perhaps best known for his only film appearance in the Tod Browning cult film Freaks, with a lengthy career in the carnival circus circuit at Coney Island and with Ringling Bros.
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Peter Robinson | |
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Other names | The Living Skeleton |
Occupation | Sideshow performer, film actor |
Spouse(s) | Baby Bunny Smith (married 1916- until his death) |
He worked as a carnival sideshow entertainer, weighing in at 58 pounds. He had a career in that genre in the vein of circus thin man Isaac W. Sprague. He was married to fellow sideshow entertainer Baby Bunny Smith, a 467-pound (212 kg), circus fat lady. He married her numerous times for promotional purposes.
He was also purported to be an expert harmonica player.