Paul Jung, famous producing circus clown

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Paul Jung (1901 - 1965)

Inducted into the Clown Hall of Fame in 1992. As a youngster Paul Jung first performed in a vaudeville acrobatic act with his brothers, but at 16 joined the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus. He became a prolific producing clown that continued with the Ringling Bros. merger. The Dayton, Ohio native created such well-remembered routines as the washing machine that would shrink people, the steam roller that seemed to flatten clowns and the "sawn in two" illusion. He also had his own Laugh Factory, where he created props and acts for ice shows and other circuses besides those for the Greatest Show on Earth. He met an untimely death during a robbery in his New York hotel room.