Joe DeRita

Joe DeRita

​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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joe DeRita, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Joe DeRita
  • Popularity: 2.936
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1909-07-12
  • Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As: The Three Stooges, Joe De Rita
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Joe DeRita Movies

  • 1961
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    Snow White and the Three Stooges

    Snow White and the Three Stooges

    5.5 1961 HD

    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...

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  • 1963
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    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    7 1963 HD

    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...

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  • 1965
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    The Outlaws Is Coming

    The Outlaws Is Coming

    5.2 1965 HD

    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...

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  • 2003
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    Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

    Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

    10 2003 HD

    Woody Harrelson hosts a special tribute to the Three Stooges in honor of their 75th Anniversary. In addition to classic Stooges routines, there are...

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  • 1962
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    The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

    The Three Stooges Meet Hercules

    6.6 1962 HD

    The Three Stooges manage to crash through the time barrier with their slap-happy antics in this classic feature-length comedy. Larry, Moe, and...

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  • 1959
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    Have Rocket, Will Travel

    Have Rocket, Will Travel

    5 1959 HD

    The Stooges are janitors working at a space center who accidentally blast off to Venus. They encounter a talking unicorn, a giant fire breathing...

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  • 2001
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    The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume II

    The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume II

    1 2001 HD

    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...

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  • 2001
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    The Three Stooges Story

    The Three Stooges Story

    1 2001 HD

    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...

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  • 2001
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    The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume I

    The Three Stooges Funniest Moments - Volume I

    10 2001 HD

    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...

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  • 1943
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    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    Thank Your Lucky Stars

    6.1 1943 HD

    An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

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  • 1948
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    Coroner Creek

    Coroner Creek

    6 1948 HD

    A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.

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  • 1945
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    The Sailor Takes a Wife

    The Sailor Takes a Wife

    6 1945 HD

    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...

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  • 1946
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    People Are Funny

    People Are Funny

    5.2 1946 HD

    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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  • 2001
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    The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter

    The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter

    1 2001 HD

    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...

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  • 1963
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    The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze

    The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze

    6 1963 HD

    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...

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  • 1944
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    The Doughgirls

    The Doughgirls

    7 1944 HD

    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,...

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  • 1997
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    The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!

    The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!

    1 1997 HD

    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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  • 1962
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    The Three Stooges in Orbit

    The Three Stooges in Orbit

    5.1 1962 HD

    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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  • 1970
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    Kook's Tour

    Kook's Tour

    5 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 1948
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    Jitter Bughouse

    Jitter Bughouse

    1 1948 HD

    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,...

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  • 1947
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    The Good Bad Egg

    The Good Bad Egg

    1 1947 HD

    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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  • 1947
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    Wedlock Deadlock

    Wedlock Deadlock

    1 1947 HD

    Newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before Betty's mother (Esther Howard), aunt (Patsy...

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  • 1946
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    Slappily Married

    Slappily Married

    5 1946 HD

    Joe's wife, who thinks he's been carrying on with another woman, moves out.

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  • 1966
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    The New 3 Stooges: Mummies Boys

    The New 3 Stooges: Mummies Boys

    1 1966 HD

    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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  • 2002
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    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

    1 2002 HD

    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...

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  • 1963
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    The Three Stooges Scrapbook

    The Three Stooges Scrapbook

    5 1963 HD

    Three Stooges Scrapbook is an unaired 1960 television pilot. The Three Stooges room with a mad scientist after their eviction, and present the story...

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  • 2004
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    The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

    The 50 Worst Movies Ever Made

    4.621 2004 HD

    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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  • 1946
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    High School Hero

    High School Hero

    5 1946 HD

    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....

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  • 1963
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    4 for Texas

    4 for Texas

    5.1 1963 HD

    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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  • 1958
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    The Bravados

    The Bravados

    6.5 1958 HD

    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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  • 1989
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    Batmania: From Comics to Screen

    Batmania: From Comics to Screen

    7.5 1989 HD

    This is the fully documented story of Batman—his genesis, his development, and his overall entertainment career. Told with dramatic insight,...

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  • 1968
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    Star Spangled Salesman

    Star Spangled Salesman

    6 1968 HD

    A collection of television celebrities pitch United States Savings bonds.

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  • 1946
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    The French Key

    The French Key

    5 1946 HD

    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...

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  • 1958
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    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse

    5.25 1958 HD

    Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958...

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  • 1965
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    The New 3 Stooges

    The New 3 Stooges

    7.4 1965 HD

    Larry, Moe and Curly Joe bring their mastery of mirth, merriment and mayhem to plenty of places from the Old West to Outer Space and everywhere in...

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1948
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    The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

    6.632 1948 HD

    The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by...

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  • 2015
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    The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

    The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

    8.5 2015 HD

    Celebrate a century of Stoogery with this long-anticipated collection that will smack you over the head with private home movies, family photographs,...

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Steve Allen Show

    The Steve Allen Show

    5 1956 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Three Stooges

    The Three Stooges

    1 1934 HD

    The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy team active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short-subject films by...

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