Kim Coates

. Being the final living member of the original Three Stooges act, his epitaph reads, "The Last Stooge.". Related Links:. Curly Joe DeRita died in Los Angeles on July 3, 1993.
External Links:. In later years, DeRita attempted to form "The New Three Stooges," featuring actors unrelated to the originals, but the act failed and DeRita retired.
Bried Filmography. However, Larry Fine suffered a stroke in 1970, permanently disbanding the Stooges.

He lives in Los Angeles, California, USA with his wife and two children. Through the 1960s, DeRita became a readily accepted member of the team, participating in animated series and television series such as The New 3 Stooges. He has also worked on Broadway portraying Stanley Kowalski in A Streetcar Named Desire and in the lead role of Macbeth performed at the Stratford Theatre. The team formed Comedy III Productions, Inc., and created a number of theatrical Three Stooges films, including Have Rocket, Will Travel and Snow White Meets the Three Stooges. Kim Coates (born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian actor who has worked in both Canadian and American movies and television series. With the advent of longer theatrical films, Columbia Pictures' short films studio shut down, leaving the Stooges to seek their own full-length features. List of people. DeRita's arrival coincided with necessary changes to the formula.

List of Canadians. Noticing his physical resemblance of predecessors Besser and Curly Howard, DeRita was named "Curly Joe," and became the third Stooge in 1958. List of actors. Familiar with DeRita's work, Howard asked him to join the act, which he readily accepted. Kim Coates at IMDB.com (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167649/). After Shemp Howard died in 1955, Moe Howard and Larry Fine tried to complete the "Three Stooges" act with Joe Besser, who left shortly thereafter over creative differences. as Drifter. During World War II, DeRita joined the USO, performing through Great Britain and France with such celebrities as Bing Crosby and Randolph Scott.

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