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Joseph Wardell, known professionally as Joe DeRita, was an American actor and comedian, who is best known for his stint as a member of The Three Stooges in the persona of "Curly-Joe."
Birth Name
Joseph Wardell
Born
Monday, 12 July 1909
Died
Saturday, 03 July 1993
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Self - Curly-Joe | 2015 |
| The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special | Curly-Joe / Joe (archive footage) | 2003 |
| The Three Stooges Family Album | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Classic Comedy Teams | Self | 1986 |
| The Making of The Stooges | Self | 1984 |
| Blazing Stewardesses | Curly Joe (rehearsed only) | 1975 |
| Kook's Tour | Curly-Joe | 1970 |
| Star Spangled Salesman | Curly Joe | 1968 |
| Off to See the Wizard | Three Men in a Tub | 1967 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Hey Moe, Hey Dad! | Self - Curly-Joe | 2015 |
| The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special | Curly-Joe / Joe (archive footage) | 2003 |
| The Three Stooges Family Album | (archive footage) | 1998 |
| Biography | Self | 1987 |
| Classic Comedy Teams | Self | 1986 |
| The Making of The Stooges | Self | 1984 |
| Blazing Stewardesses | Curly Joe (rehearsed only) | 1975 |
| Kook's Tour | Curly-Joe | 1970 |
| Star Spangled Salesman | Curly Joe | 1968 |
| Off to See the Wizard | Three Men in a Tub | 1967 |
| The Outlaws Is Coming | Curly-Joe | 1965 |
| The New 3 Stooges | Curly Joe / Curly Joe (voice) / Curly-Joe / Narrator / Tinker Joe / Wilbur Wright | 1965 |
| 4 for Texas | Curly-Joe / Painting Deliveryman | 1963 |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | Airport Firemen #3 / Fireman | 1963 |
| The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze | Curly-Joe | 1963 |
| The Three Stooges in Orbit | Curly-Joe | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - Guest | 1962 |
| The Three Stooges Meet Hercules | Curly Joe | 1962 |
| Snow White and the Three Stooges | Curly-Joe / Curley-Joe | 1961 |
| Have Rocket -- Will Travel | Curly-Joe / Curley-Joe | 1959 |
| Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse | Man at Bar | 1958 |
| The Bravados | Mr. Simms | 1958 |
| Bachelor Father | Arthur Fletcher | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Self | 1957 |
| Code 3 | Bartender | 1957 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self / Self (The Three Stooges) / Self - Operating Room Attendant | 1956 |
| Columbia Laff Hour | Curly Joe | 1956 |
| I Married Joan | Waiter | 1952 |
| The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet | Man with Lollipop | 1952 |
| TV Club | Self | 1950 |
| Coroner Creek | Jack - Bartender | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self - the Three Stooges / Self | 1948 |
| Jitter Bughouse | Joe | 1948 |
| Wedlock Deadlock | Eddie | 1947 |
| The Good Bad Egg | Joe Priggle | 1947 |
| Slappily Married | Joe Bates | 1946 |
| High School Hero | Tiny | 1946 |
| The French Key | Detective Fox / Fox | 1946 |
| People Are Funny | Mr. Hinkley | 1946 |
| The Sailor Takes a Wife | Waiter | 1945 |
| The Doughgirls | The Stranger / Snoring Man | 1944 |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | Meek Man | 1943 |
