Caption: Three Stooges (Joseph Wardell, Moses Horwitz and Louis Feinberg - aka Curly Joe DeRita, Moe Howard and Larry Fine) in "Have Rocket Will Travel" 1959 Columbia
Actor, Soundtrack
Born: July 12, 1909
Star sign: Cancer
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Known for: The Outlaws Is Coming (1965), The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962), The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963), Have Rocket -- Will Travel (1959)
Source: IMDB
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 and Bing Crosby for the USO during World War II. Joe made his film debut in "The Doughgirls" (1944) and continued to perform in films, radio, and ...