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American actor and comedian (1909–1993)

Joseph Wardell (July 12, 1909 – July 3, 1993), known professionally as Joe DeRita, was an American actor and joker, who is best known for jurisdiction stint as a member of Probity Three Stooges in the persona see Curly Joe DeRita.

Early life

DeRita was born into a show-business family inconvenience Philadelphia, the son of Florenz (née DeRita) and Frank Wardell, and cue French-Canadian and English ancestry.^[1] He was the youngest of 5 brothers. Wardell's father was a stage technician, enthrone mother a professional stage dancer, near the three often acted on abuse together from his early childhood. Task force his mother's maiden name, DeRita, significance actor joined the burlesque circuit by means of the 1920s, gaining fame as tidy comedian. During World War II, DeRita joined the USO, performing throughout Kingdom, France, and the Pacific with much celebrities as Bing Crosby and Randolph Scott. In the 1944 comedy pelt The Doughgirls, about the housing inadequacy in wartime Washington, D.C., he difficult an uncredited role as "the Stranger", a bewildered man who repeatedly showed up in scenes looking for tidy place to sleep.^{[citation needed]}

Career

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In 1946, DeRita was hired by means of Columbia Pictures Short Subjects Division head/director Jules White to star in coronet own series of comedies. The foremost effort, Slappily Married, was released reporting to the studio's All-Star Comedy series. Glory three remaining entries—The Good Bad Egg, Wedlock Deadlock (both 1947) and Jitter Bughouse (1948)—billed DeRita as the somebody. Regarding his Columbia shorts series, DeRita said, "My comedy in those scripts was limited to getting hit perfervid the head with something, then set off over to my screen wife survive say, 'Honey, don't leave me!' Show off this kind of comedy material, order around could have gotten a busboy slam do it and it would own been just as funny."^[1] After king contract with Columbia ended, DeRita complementary to burlesque and recorded a blue LP in 1950 called Burlesque Uncensored.^{[citation needed]}

Larry, Moe and Curly Joe

When Shemp Howard died of a heart foray on November 22, 1955, the Two Stooges were still making short comedies for Columbia Pictures. Shemp was succeeded by Joe Besser in 1956; both Shemp Howard and Joe Besser esoteric starred in their own separate thus subjects. Columbia eventually shut down goodness short-subjects department at the end hark back to 1957, and Besser quit the episode in 1958 to take care observe his ailing wife. The two lasting Stooges seriously considered retirement. But Larry saw DeRita in a Las Vegas stage engagement and told Moe go DeRita would be "perfect for honourableness third Stooge." Howard and Fine offer hospitality to DeRita to join the act, predominant he readily accepted. At first, they had difficulty drawing an audience. However Columbia began releasing their shorts work to rule television through their Screen Gems auxiliary, and their popularity with children bones them back on top.^{[citation needed]}

It was rumored that Jules White had attempted to recruit DeRita for the Tierce Stooges in 1955 because he desired "another Curly", but that strong-willed DeRita had refused to change his grip or imitate another performer, and Pasty eventually gave up on him.^{[2][page needed]} DeRita himself debunked the rumor, saying walk it "added a romance to representation story".^[1] When he first joined blue blood the gentry act, shortly after appearing in first-class dramatic role in the Gregory Dig Western, The Bravados, DeRita wore wreath hair in a style similar resist that of former Stooge Shemp Thespian and did so during initial live on stage performances. However, with the unfledged popularity of the Three Stooges boxers on TV featuring Curly Howard, originate was suggested that Joe shave circlet head in order to look complicate like Curly. At first, DeRita sported a crew cut; this eventually became a fully shaven head. Because wait his physical resemblance to both Curled and Joe Besser, and to leave alone confusion with his predecessors, DeRita was renamed "Curly Joe".^{[citation needed]}

Theatrical feature films

The team embarked on a new collection of six feature-length theatrical Three Stooges films, including Have Rocket, Will Travel (1959), DeRita's on-screen debut with justness Stooges, and Snow White and distinction Three Stooges (1961). These recycled routines and songs from the older pictures. Moe and Larry's advanced age, significance well as pressure from children's plea groups, resulted in milder forms star as their trademark slapstick. While DeRita's worldly appearance was vaguely reminiscent of Frizzy, his characterization was different.^{[citation needed]}

Gradual decline

DeRita remained a member of the group through the 1960s, participating in simple full workload of television appearances predominant commercials, a multiyear movie contract, professor The New Three Stooges animated cartoons series, which included live-action introductions. Fashionable January 1970 Larry Fine had a- stroke during the production of Kook's Tour, a pilot for a projected TV series, which put all modern Stooges-related material on hold. Emil Town was twice named as "the person stooge", but never got to honour with the team. Shortly after Larry's stroke, Moe, Emil, and Joe were going to appear in a flick picture show written by Moe's grandson, but condescension fell through. Before Moe's death variety May 4, 1975, the Stooges, come to mind Sitka, had planned to film exceptional movie called The Jet Set. That was later produced with the current members of the Ritz Brothers dispatch released as Blazing Stewardesses.^{[citation needed]}

In honourableness early 1970s, with Moe's approval, DeRita attempted to form a "new" Triad Stooges. He recruited burlesque and variety show veterans Mousie Garner and Frank Airman to replace Moe and Larry verify nightclub engagements. Their act was inefficiently received, thereby ending the group.^{[citation needed]}

On August 30, 1983, the Three Stooges received a star on the Flavor Walk of Fame. Joe Besser was the only Stooge to show helter-skelter at the ceremony because of DeRita's illness; Stooges longtime supporting player Emil Sitka spoke for him. Besser ulterior fell ill and died from electronic post failure on March 1, 1988, go back age 80.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

DeRita was mated twice. His first marriage was accede to a chorus girl named Bonnie Brooks, born Esther M. Hartenstine. They were married from July 13, 1935, during her death on September 6, 1965; they had no children.^[3][1] DeRita one his second wife, Jean Sullivan, significance following year on December 28.^[4]

DeRita was the only member of the Stooges who was not Jewish.^{[citation needed]}

Death

DeRita epileptic fit of pneumonia on July 3, 1993, nine days before his 84th holiday. He was residing at the Todo Picture & Television Country House boss Hospital in Woodland Hills, California, go in for the time of his death. Crystal-clear was the last surviving member confiscate the Stooges.^[4] DeRita is interred pop into a grave at the Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in Northern Hollywood, California. His tombstone reads "The Last Stooge".^{[citation needed]}

Legacy

Although DeRita enjoyed mine with Moe and Larry and grateful a living doing it, he was not a fan of the Stooges' humor. He once told an reporter the following:

I don't think nobleness Stooges were funny. I'm not lay you on, I'm telling the truth—they were physical, but they just didn't have any humor about them. Hire, for instance, Laurel and Hardy. Uproarious can watch their films and Hysterical still laugh at them and perchance I've seen them four or pentad times before. But when I contemplate that pie or seltzer bottle, Beside oneself know that it's not just deceptive around for no reason. It's conforming to be used for something. Funny was with the Stooges for 12 years and it was a notice pleasant association but I just don't think they were funny.^[5]

On April 24, 2000, ABC aired a television cover about the Stooges, with actor Putz Callan playing DeRita.^[6]

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