Curly Joe DeRita
Encyclopedia
Joe DeRita born Joseph Wardell, was an American
comedian
who is best known as Curly-Joe DeRita, the "sixth" member of the Three Stooges
.
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
.
, Larry Fine
, and Moe Howard
) had been making short comedies for Columbia Pictures
since 1934. Curly suffered a stroke in 1946, forcing him to retire; his brother Shemp Howard, the original third Stooge before leaving the act in 1932 for a solo career, only wanted to be a temporary replacement. Joe DeRita was also starring in his own series at Columbia (in such entries as The Good Bad Egg
, Wedlock Deadlock
and Slappily Married
). Stooges producer-director Jules White
attempted to recruit Joe DeRita for the Three Stooges, because he wanted "another Curly." However, the strong-willed DeRita refused to change his act or imitate another performer, and White eventually gave up on DeRita (DeRita's own short-subject contract was not renewed after four films, the final entry being Jitter Bughouse
.). DeRita returned to burlesque, and in the 1950s he recorded a risque LP called Burlesque Uncensored.
Shemp Howard died in 1955, and was succeeded by Joe Besser
. Columbia shut down the short-subjects department at the end of 1957, and Besser quit the act to take care of his ailing wife. The two remaining Stooges seriously considered retirement. Then Columbia's television subsidiary, Screen Gems, syndicated the Stooges' old comedies to television, and The Three Stooges were suddenly television superstars.
Now Moe and Larry had many job offers, but they needed a new partner. Larry saw Joe DeRita in a Las Vegas stage engagement, and told Moe that DeRita would be "perfect for the third Stooge." Howard and Fine invited DeRita to join the act, and he readily accepted. When he first joined the act in 1958, Joe wore his hair in a style similar to that of former Stooge Shemp Howard. However, with television's restored popularity of the Three Stooges shorts featuring Curly Howard
, it was suggested that Joe shave his head in order to look more like "Curly". Because of his physical resemblance to both Curly and Joe Besser, and to avoid confusion with his predecessors, DeRita was renamed Curly Joe.
The team embarked on a new series of theatrical Three Stooges films, including Have Rocket, Will Travel
and Snow White and the Three Stooges
. Aimed primarily at children, these films rarely reached the same comedic heights as their shorts. (Moe and Larry's advanced ages, plus pressure from the PTA
and other children's advocates, led to the toning-down of the trio's trademark violent slapstick.) While DeRita's physical appearance was reminiscent of the original "Curly," his characterization was milder, and not as manic or surreal. Curly Joe also showed a bit more backbone, even occasionally talking back to Moe, calling him "buddy boy."
Through the 1960s, DeRita remained a member of the team, participating in animated cartoons (with live-action introductions) and a failed television
pilot titled Kook's Tour
. However, Larry Fine suffered a paralyzing stroke
in 1970, putting all new Stooges-related material on hold. Emil Sitka
was named as "the middle stooge", but never got to perform with the team. Before Moe's death in 1975, the Stooges (with Emil Sitka
taking on the role as the middle stooge) had planned to film an R-rated movie called The Jet Set (later produced with the surviving members of the Ritz Brothers
and released as Blazing Stewardesses
).
In the 1970s, DeRita attempted to form a truly "new" Three Stooges. He recruited burlesque and vaudeville
veterans Mousie Garner and Frank Mitchell
to replace Moe and Larry for nightclub engagements, but the act failed and DeRita retired.
at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital
in Woodland Hills, California
, nine days before his 84th birthday. He was buried in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
in North Hollywood; his epitaph reads "The Last Stooge".
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! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1943
| Thank Your Lucky Stars
| Meek Man (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1944
| The Doughgirls
| The Stranger (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1945
| The Sailor Takes a Wife
| Waiter (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1946
| People Are Funny
| Comic Bit
|
|-
|
| The French Key
| Fox
|
|-
|
| High School Hero
| Tiny
|
|-
|
| Slappily Married
(short film)
| Joe Bates - Dim-Witted Husband
| Joe DeRita series
|-
| 1947
| The Good Bad Egg
(short film)
| Mr. Priggle
| Joe DeRita series
|-
|
| Wedlock Deadlock
(short film)
| Eddie
| Joe DeRita series
|-
| 1948
| Jitter Bughouse
(short film)
| Joe
| Joe DeRita series
|-
|
| Coroner Creek
| Bartender (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1958
| The Bravados
| Mr. Simms (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1959
| Have Rocket, Will Travel
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
| 1960
| The Three Stooges Scrapbook
| Curly-Joe
| Unsold TV series pilot
|-
| 1961
| Snow White and the Three Stooges
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
| 1962
| The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
|
| The Three Stooges in Orbit
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
| 1963
| The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
|
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
| Fireman (uncredited)
|
|-
|
| 4 for Texas
| Curly-Joe (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1965
| The Outlaws Is Coming
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
|
| The New 3 Stooges (TV series)
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
|
| Danny Thomas Meets the Comics (TV movie)
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
| 1966
| The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
| Man with Lollipop
|
|-
| 1967
| Off to See the Wizard
(TV series)
| Three Men in a Tub
|-
| 1968
| Star Spangled Salesman
(short film)
| Curly-Joe
|-
| 1970
| Kook's Tour
| Curly-Joe
| Unsold TV series pilot
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
comedian
Comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience, primarily by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting a fool, as in slapstick, or employing prop comedy...
who is best known as Curly-Joe DeRita, the "sixth" member of the Three Stooges
Three Stooges
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first names: "Moe, Larry, and Curly" and "Moe,...
.
Early life
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 burlesqueAmerican burlesque
American Burlesque is a genre of variety show. Derived from elements of Victorian burlesque, music hall and minstrel shows, burlesque shows in America became popular in the 1860s and evolved to feature ribald comedy and female striptease...
circuit during the 1920s, gaining fame as a comedian. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
, DeRita joined the USO
United Service Organizations
The United Service Organizations Inc. is a private, nonprofit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military, with programs in 160 centers worldwide. Since 1941, it has worked in partnership with the Department of Defense , and has provided support and...
, performing through Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
with such celebrities as Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
Harry Lillis "Bing" Crosby was an American singer and actor. Crosby's trademark bass-baritone voice made him one of the best-selling recording artists of the 20th century, with over half a billion records in circulation....
and Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott
Randolph Scott was an American film actor whose career spanned from 1928 to 1962. As a leading man for all but the first three years of his cinematic career, Scott appeared in a variety of genres, including social dramas, crime dramas, comedies, musicals , adventure tales, war films, and even a few...
.
Career with The Three Stooges
The Three Stooges (Curly HowardCurly Howard
Jerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz , better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian. He is best known as a member of the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, along with his older brothers Moe Howard and Shemp Howard, and actor Larry Fine...
, Larry Fine
Larry Fine
Louis Feinberg , known professionally as Larry Fine, was an American comedian and actor, who is best known as a member of the comedy act The Three Stooges.-Early life:...
, and Moe Howard
Moe Howard
Moses Harry Horwitz , known professionally as Moe Howard, was an American actor and comedian best known as the leader of The Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades...
) had been making short comedies for Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures
Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. is an American film production and distribution company. Columbia Pictures now forms part of the Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese conglomerate Sony. It is one of the leading film companies...
since 1934. Curly suffered a stroke in 1946, forcing him to retire; his brother Shemp Howard, the original third Stooge before leaving the act in 1932 for a solo career, only wanted to be a temporary replacement. Joe DeRita was also starring in his own series at Columbia (in such entries as The Good Bad Egg
The Good Bad Egg
The Good Bad Egg was an American comedy short released by Columbia Pictures on March 20, 1947. It stars Joe DeRita, Dorothy Granger, and Norman Ollestead...
, Wedlock Deadlock
Wedlock Deadlock
Wedlock Deadlock was an American comedy short released by Columbia Pictures on December 18, 1947. It stars Joe DeRita, Dorothy Granger, and Norman Ollestead...
and Slappily Married
Slappily Married
Slappily Married was an American short subject by Columbia Pictures, released on November 7, 1946. The short was directed by Edward Bernds. It starred Joe DeRita, Christine McIntyre, Dorothy Granger and Dick Wessel...
). Stooges producer-director Jules White
Jules White
Jules White born Julius Weiss was a film director and producer best known for his short-subject comedies starring the Three Stooges.-Early years:...
attempted to recruit Joe DeRita for the Three Stooges, because he wanted "another Curly." However, the strong-willed DeRita refused to change his act or imitate another performer, and White eventually gave up on DeRita (DeRita's own short-subject contract was not renewed after four films, the final entry being Jitter Bughouse
Jitter Bughouse
Jitter Bughouse was an American comedy short released by Columbia Pictures on March 20, 1947. It stars Joe DeRita, Christine McIntyre and Emil Sitka. This was the fourth and final entry in the Joe DeRita series produced by Columbia from 1946-1948; all entries were remakes of other Columbia...
.). DeRita returned to burlesque, and in the 1950s he recorded a risque LP called Burlesque Uncensored.
Shemp Howard died in 1955, and was succeeded by Joe Besser
Joe Besser
Joe Besser was an American comedian, known for his impish humor and wimpy characters, and is now best remembered for his brief stint as a member of the Three Stooges in movie short subjects of 1957-59...
. Columbia shut down the short-subjects department at the end of 1957, and Besser quit the act to take care of his ailing wife. The two remaining Stooges seriously considered retirement. Then Columbia's television subsidiary, Screen Gems, syndicated the Stooges' old comedies to television, and The Three Stooges were suddenly television superstars.
Now Moe and Larry had many job offers, but they needed a new partner. Larry saw Joe DeRita in a Las Vegas stage engagement, and told Moe that DeRita would be "perfect for the third Stooge." Howard and Fine invited DeRita to join the act, and he readily accepted. When he first joined the act in 1958, Joe wore his hair in a style similar to that of former Stooge Shemp Howard. However, with television's restored popularity of the Three Stooges shorts featuring Curly Howard
Curly Howard
Jerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz , better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian. He is best known as a member of the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, along with his older brothers Moe Howard and Shemp Howard, and actor Larry Fine...
, it was suggested that Joe shave his head in order to look more like "Curly". Because of his physical resemblance to both Curly and Joe Besser, and to avoid confusion with his predecessors, DeRita was renamed Curly Joe.
The team embarked on a new series of theatrical Three Stooges films, including Have Rocket, Will Travel
Have Rocket, Will Travel
Have Rocket, Will Travel is a 1959 comedy film starring The Three Stooges. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita . Released by Columbia Pictures, the feature was produced to capitalize on the comedy trio's late 1950s resurgence in popularity...
and Snow White and the Three Stooges
Snow White and the Three Stooges
Snow White and the Three Stooges is the second feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita . Released by 20th Century Fox, this was the trio's take on the classic fairy tale Snow White...
. Aimed primarily at children, these films rarely reached the same comedic heights as their shorts. (Moe and Larry's advanced ages, plus pressure from the PTA
Parent-Teacher Association
In the U.S. a parent-teacher association or Parent-Teacher-Student Association is a formal organization composed of parents, teachers and staff that is intended to facilitate parental participation in a public or private school. Most public and private K-8 schools in the U.S. have a PTA, a...
and other children's advocates, led to the toning-down of the trio's trademark violent slapstick.) While DeRita's physical appearance was reminiscent of the original "Curly," his characterization was milder, and not as manic or surreal. Curly Joe also showed a bit more backbone, even occasionally talking back to Moe, calling him "buddy boy."
Through the 1960s, DeRita remained a member of the team, participating in animated cartoons (with live-action introductions) and a failed television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
pilot titled Kook's Tour
Kook's Tour
Kook's Tour is the title of an American short comedy film produced in late 1969 and early 1970. It was the final film to star the Three Stooges and originally intended as part of a television series. However, on January 9, 1970, before filming was completed, Larry Fine suffered a severe stroke,...
. However, Larry Fine suffered a paralyzing stroke
Stroke
A stroke, previously known medically as a cerebrovascular accident , is the rapidly developing loss of brain function due to disturbance in the blood supply to the brain. This can be due to ischemia caused by blockage , or a hemorrhage...
in 1970, putting all new Stooges-related material on hold. Emil Sitka
Emil Sitka
Emil Sitka was a veteran American actor who appeared in hundreds of movies, short films, and television shows, and is best known for his numerous appearances with the Three Stooges—nearly 40...
was named as "the middle stooge", but never got to perform with the team. Before Moe's death in 1975, the Stooges (with Emil Sitka
Emil Sitka
Emil Sitka was a veteran American actor who appeared in hundreds of movies, short films, and television shows, and is best known for his numerous appearances with the Three Stooges—nearly 40...
taking on the role as the middle stooge) had planned to film an R-rated movie called The Jet Set (later produced with the surviving members of the Ritz Brothers
Ritz Brothers
The Ritz Brothers were an American comedy team who appeared in films, and as live performers from 1925 to the late 1960s.Although there were four brothers, the sons of Austrian-born haberdasher Max Joachim and his wife Pauline, only three of them performed together. There was also a sister,...
and released as Blazing Stewardesses
Blazing Stewardesses
Blazing Stewardesses is a 1975 sex comedy film that reunited the last remaining members of the Ritz Brothers comedy team. Originally, the film was to have starred the Three Stooges featuring Moe Howard, Emil Sitka , and Curly Joe DeRita, but Howard's illness led to the Ritz Brothers being brought...
).
Vaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
veterans Mousie Garner and Frank Mitchell
Frank Mitchell (actor)
Frank Mitchell was an American film actor. He appeared in over 70 films between 1920 and 1980.-Career:Frank Mitchell was a short, stocky, mischievous-looking comic and acrobat who got his start in entertainment by entering contests imitating Charles Chaplin...
to replace Moe and Larry for nightclub engagements, but the act failed and DeRita retired.
Personal life
DeRita was married to a chorus girl named Bonnie Brooks in 1935. After her death in 1965, he married Jean Sullivan.Death
On July 3, 1993, DeRita died of pneumoniaPneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung—especially affecting the microscopic air sacs —associated with fever, chest symptoms, and a lack of air space on a chest X-ray. Pneumonia is typically caused by an infection but there are a number of other causes...
at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital
Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital
The Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital is a retirement community, with individual cottages, and a fully licensed, acute-care hospital, located at 23388 Mulholland Drive in Woodland Hills, California...
in Woodland Hills, California
Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
Woodland Hills is a district in the city of Los Angeles, California.Woodland Hills is located in the southwestern area of the San Fernando Valley, east of Calabasas and west of Tarzana, with Warner Center in its northern section...
, nine days before his 84th birthday. He was buried in the Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery
Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 10621 Victory Boulevard in North Hollywood, California.The cemetery has a special section called the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation that is the final resting place for a number of aviation pioneers — barnstormers, daredevils and...
in North Hollywood; his epitaph reads "The Last Stooge".
Legacy
Although DeRita enjoyed working with Moe and Larry—and made a good living doing it—he was not a fan of the Stooges' humor. He told an interviewer the following:In popular culture
In the spring of 2000, ABC aired a made-for-television movie about the Stooges, with actor Peter Callan playing the role of Joe DeRita.----
Filmography
{| class="wikitable sortable"|+
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1943
| Thank Your Lucky Stars
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Thank Your Lucky Stars may refer to:*Thank Your Lucky Stars , a 1943 film*Thank Your Lucky Stars , a British television program*Thank Your Lucky Stars , a 1990 album by the British band Whitehouse....
| Meek Man (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1944
| The Doughgirls
| The Stranger (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1945
| The Sailor Takes a Wife
| Waiter (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1946
| People Are Funny
People Are Funny
People are Funny is an American radio and television game show, created by John Guedel that remained popular throughout the 1940s. The program ran from 1942 to 1960. The program's stunts and audience participation were calculated to reveal the humorous side of human nature...
| Comic Bit
|
|-
|
| The French Key
| Fox
|
|-
|
| High School Hero
| Tiny
|
|-
|
| Slappily Married
Slappily Married
Slappily Married was an American short subject by Columbia Pictures, released on November 7, 1946. The short was directed by Edward Bernds. It starred Joe DeRita, Christine McIntyre, Dorothy Granger and Dick Wessel...
(short film)
| Joe Bates - Dim-Witted Husband
| Joe DeRita series
|-
| 1947
| The Good Bad Egg
The Good Bad Egg
The Good Bad Egg was an American comedy short released by Columbia Pictures on March 20, 1947. It stars Joe DeRita, Dorothy Granger, and Norman Ollestead...
(short film)
| Mr. Priggle
| Joe DeRita series
|-
|
| Wedlock Deadlock
Wedlock Deadlock
Wedlock Deadlock was an American comedy short released by Columbia Pictures on December 18, 1947. It stars Joe DeRita, Dorothy Granger, and Norman Ollestead...
(short film)
| Eddie
| Joe DeRita series
|-
| 1948
| Jitter Bughouse
Jitter Bughouse
Jitter Bughouse was an American comedy short released by Columbia Pictures on March 20, 1947. It stars Joe DeRita, Christine McIntyre and Emil Sitka. This was the fourth and final entry in the Joe DeRita series produced by Columbia from 1946-1948; all entries were remakes of other Columbia...
(short film)
| Joe
| Joe DeRita series
|-
|
| Coroner Creek
Coroner Creek
Coroner Creek is a 1948 western film starring Randolph Scott as a man who seeks vengeance for the death of his fiancée. It was based on the novel of the same name by Luke Short.-Cast:*Randolph Scott as Chris Denning*Marguerite Chapman as Kate Hardison...
| Bartender (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1958
| The Bravados
The Bravados
The Bravados is a 1958 western film , directed by Henry King starring Gregory Peck and Joan Collins. The CinemaScope film was based on a novel of the same name written by Frank O'Rourke.-Plot:...
| Mr. Simms (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1959
| Have Rocket, Will Travel
Have Rocket, Will Travel
Have Rocket, Will Travel is a 1959 comedy film starring The Three Stooges. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita . Released by Columbia Pictures, the feature was produced to capitalize on the comedy trio's late 1950s resurgence in popularity...
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
| 1960
| The Three Stooges Scrapbook
The Three Stooges Scrapbook
The Three Stooges Scrapbook was an unaired 1960 television pilot starring The Three Stooges . The pilot featured the slapstick trio getting evicted from a rooming house for cooking in their apartment, looking for a new place to live, finding refuge in the home of a mad inventor , and presenting an...
| Curly-Joe
| Unsold TV series pilot
|-
| 1961
| Snow White and the Three Stooges
Snow White and the Three Stooges
Snow White and the Three Stooges is the second feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita . Released by 20th Century Fox, this was the trio's take on the classic fairy tale Snow White...
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
| 1962
| The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules was the third feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita . Released by Columbia Pictures, The Three Stooges Meet Hercules was directed by long-time...
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
|
| The Three Stooges in Orbit
The Three Stooges in Orbit
The Three Stooges In Orbit was the fourth feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita . Released by Columbia Pictures, The Three Stooges In Orbit was directed by long-time Stooge...
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
| 1963
| The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze is the fifth feature film made by the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita...
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
|
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
| Fireman (uncredited)
|
|-
|
| 4 for Texas
4 for Texas
4 for Texas is a 1963 American western comedy starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, and featuring screen thugs Charles Bronson and Mike Mazurki, with a cameo appearance by the Three Stooges...
| Curly-Joe (uncredited)
|
|-
| 1965
| The Outlaws Is Coming
The Outlaws Is Coming
The Outlaws IS Coming! is the sixth and last theatrical feature film to star the Three Stooges after their 1959 resurgence in popularity. By this time, the trio consisted of Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe DeRita . Like its predecessor, The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze...
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
|
| The New 3 Stooges (TV series)
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
|
| Danny Thomas Meets the Comics (TV movie)
| Curly-Joe
|
|-
| 1966
| The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet (TV series)
| Man with Lollipop
|
|-
| 1967
| Off to See the Wizard
Off to See the Wizard
Off The See The Wizard was a part-animated but mostly live action television anthology series produced by MGM Television and telecast on ABC-TV between 1967 and 1968.-History:...
(TV series)
| Three Men in a Tub
|-
| 1968
| Star Spangled Salesman
Star Spangled Salesman
Star Spangled Salesman is a 1968 short film produced by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to promote the sale of Savings Bonds.The film, directed by Norman Maurer, stars Howard Morris as a movie studio clerk who is assigned to get his colleagues interested in enrolling a payroll plan that is tied...
(short film)
| Curly-Joe
|-
| 1970
| Kook's Tour
Kook's Tour
Kook's Tour is the title of an American short comedy film produced in late 1969 and early 1970. It was the final film to star the Three Stooges and originally intended as part of a television series. However, on January 9, 1970, before filming was completed, Larry Fine suffered a severe stroke,...
| Curly-Joe
| Unsold TV series pilot