Joe Besser Overview:

Actress, Joe Besser, was born Joseph Besser on Aug 12, 1907 in St. Louis, MO. Besser died at the age of 80 on Mar 1, 1988 in North Hollywood, CA .

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Buzz Johnson: [sees Harry with a glass of water] Where're you going with the water?
Harry: Oh my tent's on fire!


Moe Howard: [Joe bumps into Larry spilling cocktail onto Fifi's dress]
[to Larry]
Moe Howard: Look what you have done.
Larry Fine: [pointing to Joe] He made me do it.
Joe Besser: [to Larry] You're a snitch!


Greta: [offering a glass to Joe] Join me in a cocktail?
Joe: There isn't room in there for the both of us.


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Never saw any of The Three Stooges shorts he was in.

After Shemp Howard died, Moe Howard and Larry Fine wanted to continue as "The Two Stooges." Four shorts remained to be filmed. The Stooges made them, all remakes with stock footage and with new scenes that included a fake Shemp (Joe Palma). The Stooges then became three again with the addition of Besser as the third Stooge. Initially, because Besser was afraid of being hurt, Larry offered to take the slaps for him. As the making of the films progressed, and Besser became more comfortable with the team and its shtick, he took his share of slaps, eye-pokes, nose tweaks and pies in the face as his predecessors. So did Larry.

Was the only member of The Three Stooges to use his actual birth name in the act. All of the other Stooges, and even Ted Healy, used stage or Americanized names.

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