His classmates remember him as 'the class clown'. [=a student who tried to make other students laugh]
a rodeo 'clown' [=a person in a rodeo who dresses like a circus clown]
He was always 'playing the clown'. [=trying to make people laugh]
(..) We're not gonna let you put her in the ground! Who do you think the police are gonna listen to? Me? Or some hippie in a clown outfit? - Come on, Abby. - Where are we going? I'm... - We're going to see Leslie. - I'm visiting with the children. - We have to see them at the house. (..)2016 Captain Fantastic