Joe DeRita
Birthday: July 12, 1909 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: Joseph Wardell
Height: 163 cm
Born into a show business family, DeRita began performing at the age of 7. He played the Burlesque circuit until 1942 when he went to headline in California stage shows. He toured with Randolph Scott ...Show More
I don't think [The Three Stooges] were funny. I'm not putting you on, I'm telling the truth--they we Show more
I don't think [The Three Stooges] were funny. I'm not putting you on, I'm telling the truth--they were physical, but they just didn't have any humor about them. Take, for instance, [Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy]. I can watch their films and I still laugh at them and maybe I've seen them four or five times before. But when I see that pie or seltzer bottle, I know that it's not just lying around for no reason. It's going to be used for something. I was with the Stooges for 12 years and it was a very pleasant association, but I just don't think they were funny. Hide
Joe DeRita's FILMOGRAPHY
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