Jackman's "The Greatest Showman" role (6)

I believe the answer is:

barnum

(Other definitions for barnum that I've seen before include "US creator of "The Greatest Show On Earth"" , "With Bailey, he ran a famous circus" , "Man who was responsible for entertaining" , "One putting on a show" , "Bailey's circus partner, d. 1891" .)

I've seen this clue in the LA Times.

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