Joe DeRita
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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 actor joined the burlesque circuit during the 1920s, gaining fame as a comedian. During World War II, DeRita joined the USO, performing through Britain and France with such celebrities as Bing Crosby and Randolph Scott.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 6.951 |
| Birthday | 1909-07-12 |
| Place of Birth | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Also Known As | The Three Stooges, Joe De Rita, |
1961
Snow White and the Three Stooges
5.5/22
Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Fortunia, a noble king and his lovely young queen lack but one blessing to make their joy complete. The queen give...
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Snow White and the Three Stooges
1965
The Outlaws Is Coming
5.2/14
Rance Roden plans to kill off all the buffalo and thus cause the Indians to riot. After they destroy the US Cavalry, Rance and his gang will take over...
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The Outlaws Is Coming
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7/570
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1962
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
6.7/25
The Three Stooges manage to crash through the time barrier with their slap-happy antics in this classic feature-length comedy. Larry, Moe, and Curly-J...
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The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
1959
Have Rocket, Will Travel
5/17
The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing taran...
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Have Rocket, Will Travel
1963
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
6/11
Phileas Fogg III, great grandson of the original Phileas Fogg, accepts a bet to duplicate his great grandfather's famous trip around the world in resp...
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The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
1944
The Doughgirls
7/4
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, hi...
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The Doughgirls
1962
The Three Stooges in Orbit
5.2/17
The fate of the planet in the hands of Larry, Moe and Curly Joe? That's exactly the situation the trio finds themselves in when they befriend a wacky...
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The Three Stooges in Orbit
1970
Kook's Tour
5/3
After nearly 50 years of eye-poking and face-slapping, the Stooges decide to retire and tour the world with their dog, Moose. They start by touring Am...
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Kook's Tour
1948
Jitter Bughouse
0/0
A member of a band practicing for an upcoming commercial finds out from his girlfriend that she got a job as nurse to a rich but eccentric old man, Mr...
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Jitter Bughouse
1947
The Good Bad Egg
0/0
In this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by...
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The Good Bad Egg
1946
Slappily Married
5/1
Joe's wife, who thinks he's been carrying on with another woman, moves out.
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Slappily Married
1947
Wedlock Deadlock
0/0
Newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before Betty's mother (Esther Howard), aunt (Patsy Moran...
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Wedlock Deadlock
1946
High School Hero
5/1
The students at Whitney High School are down in the dumps since their football team faces almost certain defeat and hasn't won a game in 28 years. The...
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High School Hero
1963
4 for Texas
5.1/55
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000...
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4 for Texas
1958
The Bravados
6.5/121
Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts...
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The Bravados
1989
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
7.5/4
This is the fully documented story of Batman, his genesis, his development, and his overall entertainment career. Told with dramatic insight, this act...
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Batmania: From Comics to Screen
1968
Star Spangled Salesman
6/1
A collection of television celebrities pitch United States Savings bonds.
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Star Spangled Salesman
1946
The French Key
5/1
Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when they sneak back to retrieve their luggage, they d...
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The French Key
2003
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
10/1
Woody Harrelson hosts a special tribute to the Three Stooges in honor of their 75th Anniversary. In addition to classic Stooges routines, there are fe...
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Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2001
The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume I
10/1
These rare glimpses of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly-Joe DeRita in color were shot in 1965 as live-action scenes for The New Three Stooges cartoon,...
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The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume I
2001
The Three Stooges Story
0/0
You'll see all six of the Three Stooges - brothers Moe, Curly, and Shemp Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita - in this exhaustive "Ny...
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The Three Stooges Story
2001
The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume II
0/0
These rare glimpses of Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly-Joe DeRita in color were shot in 1965 as live-action scenes for The New Three Stooges cartoon,...
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The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume II
1948
Coroner Creek
6/28
A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.
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Coroner Creek
1946
People Are Funny
5.2/5
A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to...
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People Are Funny
1945
The Sailor Takes a Wife
6/1
While waiting in New York City to ship out to Europe, a sailor stops by a serviceman's canteen and meets a USO hostess. They immediately fall for each...
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The Sailor Takes a Wife
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
6.1/32
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
2001
The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
0/0
Three's never a crowd when it comes to the immortal Stooges, as demonstrated by this no-holds-barred, back-to-back compilation of mayhem, wild comedy,...
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The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
1966
The New 3 Stooges: Mummies Boys
0/0
As archaeologists in Egypt, the Stooges enter a pyramid and are surprised to discover not only mummies but their ghosts as well.
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The New 3 Stooges: Mummies Boys
1997
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
0/0
A tribute to the Three Stooges comedy team, featuring old clips and home movies mixed with music performances of Stooge-themed songs.
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The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
2002
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
0/0
The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtuall...
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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
The Three Stooges Scrapbook
5/1
Three Stooges Scrapbook is an unaired 1960 television pilot. The Three Stooges room with a mad scientist after their eviction, and present the story o...
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The Three Stooges Scrapbook
2004
The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made
4.621/29
There are some movies that are so bad they're good. And there are some movies that are so bad- that they're just bad...
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