Joe DeRita
Birthday
1909/07/12
Day of death
1993/07/03 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Also know as
The Three Stooges, Joe De Rita
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Joe DeRita (July 12, 1909 – July 3, 1993), born Joseph Wardell, was an American comedian who is best known as Curly-Joe DeRita, the "sixth" member of the Three Stooges. DeRita was born into a show-business family in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Wardell's father was a stage technician, his mother a professional stage dancer, and the three often acted on stage together from his early childhood. Taking his mother's maiden name, DeRita (Portuguese), the act...Read more
Acting
(1961) Snow White and the Three Stooges
as Curley-Joe
(1963) It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
as Airport Firemen #3
(1965) The Outlaws Is Coming
as Curly-Joe
(2003) Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
as Joe (archive footage)
(1962) The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
as Curly Joe
(1959) Have Rocket, Will Travel
as Curley-Joe
(2001) The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume I
as Curly-Joe
(2001) The Three Stooges Story
as Curly-Joe
(2001) The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume II
as Curly-Joe
(1948) Coroner Creek
as Jack the Bartender
(1946) People Are Funny
as Mr. Hinkley (uncredited)
(1943) Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Meek Man (uncredited)
(1945) The Sailor Takes a Wife
as Waiter
(2001) The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
as Joe
(1963) The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
as Curly-Joe
(1944) The Doughgirls
as Snoring Man
(1997) The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
as (archive footage)
(1962) The Three Stooges in Orbit
as Curly-Joe
(1970) Kook's Tour
as Curly-Joe
(1947) The Good Bad Egg
as Joe Priggle
(1948) Jitter Bughouse
as Joe
(1946) Slappily Married
as Joe Bates
(1947) Wedlock Deadlock
as Eddie
(1966) The New 3 Stooges: Mummies Boys
as Curly-Joe
(2002) Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1963) The Three Stooges Scrapbook
as Curly-Joe
(2004) The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
as Curly-Joe (archive footage)
(1946) High School Hero
as Tiny
(1963) 4 for Texas
as Painting Deliveryman
(1958) The Bravados
as Tony Mirabel (uncredited)
(1989) Batmania: From Comics to Screen
as Self / Curly-Joe (archive footage)
(1968) Star Spangled Salesman
as Curly Joe
(1946) The French Key
as Fox
(1958) Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
as ---
(1965) The New 3 Stooges
as Curly Joe (voice)
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Operating Room Attendant
(1948) The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
(2015) The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
as Curly-Joe
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self
(1956) The Steve Allen Show
as Self (The Three Stooges)