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 CurlyJoe DeRita the sixth member of the Three Stooges DeRita was born into a showbusiness family in Philadelphia Pennsylvania Wardells 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 mothers 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia