Seven Stooges?
Peligro!
names I have heard are as follows:
Larry (played by two different actors thru the years)
Moe
Curly
Joe
"curly joe"
Shemp
Were there ever any other stooges? What about the other actor who
played Larry? Does anyone know his name?
D. Kirkpatrick
srew...@hotmail.com (Peligro!) wrote:
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Moe Howard
Shemp (Sam?) Howard
Curly (Jerome) Howard
-- The Howards were brothers in real life.
Larry (Fineberg) Fine
"Joe" Besser
"Curly Joe" DeRita
The "official" count is 6 per the above.
After Larry suffered a stroke and was unabl to continue with the act,
Emil Sitka was asked to join the act to replace him. He was to have
played a character called "Harry". Only a few publicity photos exist of
this planned partnership.
However at approximately the same time, Moe learned that he was
terminally ill with cancer so the act never got off the ground. Moe
retired to complete his autobiography and died May 5, 1975.
The addition of Emil would have made the Stooge count "7". However,
since they never appeared with Emil as the Stooges, there is great
debate amongst fans as to whether Emil was a real stooge or simply
destine to be one.
Emil played a straight man for the boys for many years having first
appeared in a short with Curly as a butler. This was also Curly's last
short interestingly enough and the only time the two worked together as
far as I know. He appeared many times with Shemp as a professor,
socialite, or minister with wavy hair and sometimes thick stage glasses.
He is known for his line "Join hands you love birds" in one of the
shorts. Each time he recites the line while attempting to marry Shemp,
he gets clocked over the noggin. The line appears on his grave marker
stone.
He also played in most if not all of the feature films, notably as the
professor in "3 Stooges in Orbit." He also appeared in live action
clips that supplemented the Stooge cartoon series.
You can see much of his material at <http://www.emilsitka.com> which si
maintained by the late actor's son. Sitka died just a few years ago at
age 85.
Sitka is referred to as "The Fourth Stooge" and is beloved by many in
the newsgroup.
DMK
Cardinal 1
>> names I have heard are as follows:
>>
>> Larry (played by two different actors thru the years)
>> Moe
>> Curly
>> Joe
>> "curly joe"
>> Shemp
>>
>> Were there ever any other stooges? What about the other actor who
>> played Larry? Does anyone know his name?
>
>-------
>
>Moe Howard
>Shemp (Sam?) Howard
>Curly (Jerome) Howard
>-- The Howards were brothers in real life.
>
>Larry (Fineberg) Fine
>
>"Joe" Besser
>
>"Curly Joe" DeRita
>
>The "official" count is 6 per the above.
>
I also count six, their names being:
Moses Horwitz (Moe Howard)
Jerome Horwitz (Curly Howard)
Louis Feinberg (Larry Fine)
Samuel Horwitz (Shemp Howard)
Joe Besser
Joe DeRita (Curly Joe)
The only "Seven Stooges" I've heard of was a band that made a novelty
song called "I wanna be your dog"; I have it on a collection of songs from
Rhino Records. It's an imitation of Larry, Moe, and Curly doing a punk rock
song.
Joseph V. Borejko
the Three Stooges". I never knew that Emil Sitka was Considered to be a
Stooge after Larry had a Stroke in 1970. However I read in one of the Threes
Stooges Biography Books that Moe's Youngest Brother Jack;( Younger than
Curly I believe) a retired Insurance salesman was Considered for a Stooge
around this same time. Imagine the Three Stooges as Moe, Harry, and Jack.
They Really would have been Confused with the Pep Boys, Then.
"Peligro!" <srew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have been told that through the years there were seven stooges. The
> names I have heard are as follows:
>
> Larry (played by two different actors thru the years)
> Moe
> Curly
> Joe
> "curly joe"
> S Stooges as Moe hemp
Steve Harris
srew...@hotmail.com says...
You may be thinking of Joe Palma, who doubled for Shemp after his death. No
other actor played Larry.
--Steve
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"Joseph V. Borejko" <jvbo...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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Joseph V. Borejko
let's not forget Solomon Horowitz, their Father; who appears as a Juror or
Spectator in the Episode" Disorder in the Court"
"R" <r*@att.net> wrote in message
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> x-no-archive: yes
>
> Joseph V. Borejko wrote:
>
> > There was also Ted Healy in the Beginning when the Act was "Ted Healy
> > and the Three Stooges". I never knew that Emil Sitka was Considered
> > to be a Stooge after Larry had a Stroke in 1970. However I read in
> > one of the Threes Stooges Biography Books that Moe's Youngest Brother
> > Jack;( Younger than Curly I believe)
>
> Curly was the baby (1903) in the family.
> Benjamin "Jack" Howard (1893-1976) was the 2nd oldest of the Horwitz
> children:
>
> Irving * (1891-1939)
> Benjamin [Jack] (1893 - Jan. 11, 1976)
> Samuel [Shemp] (Mar. 4, 1895 - Nov. 22,1955)
> Moses [Moe] (Jun. 19, 1897 - May 4,1975)
> Jerome [Curly] (Oct. 22, 1903 - Jan. 18,1952)
>
> * Irving was the only Horwitz brother to keep his last name and not change
> it to "Howard."
>
>
> a retired Insurance salesman was
> > Considered for a Stooge around this same time. Imagine the Three
> > Stooges as Moe, Harry, and Jack. They Really would have been Confused
> > with the Pep Boys, Then.
>
> > "Peligro!" <srew...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:422e12d5.03012...@posting.google.com...
> >> I have been told that through the years there were seven stooges. The
> >> names I have heard are as follows:
>
> >> Larry (played by two different actors thru the years)
> >> Moe
> >> Curly
> >> Joe
> >> "curly joe"
> >> S Stooges as Moe hemp
>
> >> Were there ever any other stooges? What about the other actor who
> >> played Larry? Does anyone know his name?
>
> Steve Harris probably got the answer right when he mentioned Joe
Palma
> who subsituted for Shemp in a couple of shorts (you only see the back of
his
> head) just before Joe Besser took over.
> Nobody else played Larry, except Larry
> (i.e., Louis Feinberg; Oct. 5,1902 - Jan. 24, 1975).
>
>
rci2990
rci2990
the front row all the way to the right.
"Joseph V. Borejko" <jvbo...@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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none your business
the idea was scrapped.
D. Kirkpatrick
"R" <r*@att.net> wrote:
> Steve Harris probably got the answer right when he mentioned Joe Palma
> who subsituted for Shemp in a couple of shorts (you only see the back of his
> head) just before Joe Besser took over.
> Nobody else played Larry, except Larry
> (i.e., Louis Feinberg; Oct. 5,1902 - Jan. 24, 1975).
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He may be referring to Emil Sitka who would have played "Harry" as a
Larry replacement in the 70s, but Moe discovered his terminal illness
and the act broke up at that point.
I had a copy of a lone publicity image showing this expectation but lost
it in a hard drive crash last may.
DMK
Steve Harris
"Moe, Harry! Moe, Harry!"
Nah, that just doesn't work.
Larry forever!
--Steve
Steve Harris
No disrespect to Emil, of course. I love him, too.
--Steve
Shemp
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>
> Joseph V. Borejko wrote:
>
>> There was also Ted Healy in the Beginning when the Act was "Ted Healy
>> and the Three Stooges". I never knew that Emil Sitka was Considered
>> to be a Stooge after Larry had a Stroke in 1970. However I read in
>> one of the Threes Stooges Biography Books that Moe's Youngest Brother
>> Jack;( Younger than Curly I believe)
>
> Curly was the baby (1903) in the family.
> Benjamin "Jack" Howard (1893-1976) was the 2nd oldest of the
> Horwitz
> children:
>
> Irving * (1891-1939)
> Benjamin [Jack] (1893 - Jan. 11, 1976)
> Samuel [Shemp] (Mar. 4, 1895 - Nov. 22,1955)
> Moses [Moe] (Jun. 19, 1897 - May 4,1975)
> Jerome [Curly] (Oct. 22, 1903 - Jan. 18,1952)
>
> * Irving was the only Horwitz brother to keep his last name and not
> change it to "Howard."
>
>
This may seem a morbid question, but does anyone know how Irving died? I
think Curly sure looked a lot like him.
John
Shemp
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>
> John, the morbid the merrier!
> How do you know what Irving looked like?
> I've never seen a pic of him or Benjamin (Jack)--but in a family
> tree
> drawing by an artist in Joan's book on Curly. ["Curly: An Illustrated
> Biography of the Superstooge" by Joan Howard Maurer, 1985, pp. 18-19]
> In her book (p 109), she wrote, mother Jennie died in 1939 (at 70)
> unknowing her first-born son, Irving died 3-weeks earlier. The
> Stooges were on tour when they received word on Sept. 6 that Jennie
> had died , so Irving probably died sometime in August, 1939.
> Wait a minute! On p. 108, I just noticed a picture (1933) of
> Irving
> held by Sol and Jennie, and he strikingly does look like Curly!
> I don't know how Irving died. If you find out, let us know.
> He was [probably] the same age as Curly, 48. [Irving, 1891 - Aug.
> 1939]
>
>
R:
I have a few Stooges books around here (I forget which ones) that have
pictures of both Irving and Jack.I think that Curly looks like Irving,
while Jack looks more like Shemp/Moe.
John
Tommie Hicks, Jr.
> Spectator in the Episode" Disorder in the Court"
shorts. I don't know the title, but I've seen the still.
Tommie Hicks
russr...@gmail.com
Originally, it was Ted healey and his stooges, Moe,Larry, shemp, and Fred sandborn
When shemp left, so did sanborn