- Joe
DeRita, was an
American actor and comedian, who is best
known for his
stint as a
member of The
Three Stooges in the
persona of "Curly-Joe."
DeRita was...
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located several miles north of Charlotte. The
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Howard (t/n
Jerome Horwitz),
Shemp Howard again, Joe
Besser and "Curly" Joe
DeRita. The act
began in the
early 1920s as part of a
vaudeville comedy act billed...
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Stooges shorts, then Joe
Besser succeeded him as the
third Stooge. Joe
DeRita replaced Besser in 1958 when the team was
fired from
Columbia Pictures....
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Howard put
together a new
Stooges act, with
burlesque and
screen comic Joe
DeRita (dubbed "Curly-Joe"
because of his
vague resemblance to
Curly Howard and...
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starring Joe
DeRita. The
supporting cast
features Dorothy Granger and
Norman Ollestead. It was the
third of four
shorts in the Joe
DeRita series produced...
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Stooges (Shemp Howard, Moe Howard,
Larry Fine,
Curly Howard, Joe Besser, Joe
DeRita) on film in the
various incarnations of the
group (Harold Brauer, a recurring...
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erroneously used for the act's
personal appearances in
December 1959, with Joe
DeRita,
rather than Besser, as the part of line-up. In fact,
Besser never made...
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subsequent Stooges Joe
Besser and Joe
DeRita (referred to
during his
stint with the
Stooges as "Curly Joe
DeRita") each
starred in
their own solo series...
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animated segments. The cast
consisted of Moe Howard,
Larry Fine and Joe
DeRita (as Curly-Joe), with
actor and
close friend Emil
Sitka co-starring, as well...