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Joe Besser. Joe Besser (born Jessel Besser, [ 1 ] August 12, 1907 – March 1, 1988) was an American actor, comedian, and musician, known for his impish humor and wimpy characters. He is best known for his brief stint as a member of The Three Stooges in movie short subjects of 1957–1959. He is also remembered for his television roles: Stinky ...
- Early Life
- Began to Acting
- The Three Stooges Years
- After The Stooges
- Death
- Trivia
Besser was born in St. Louis, Missouri, making him the only Stooge member not born on the East Coast. He was the ninth child of Morris and Fanny Besser (Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe). He had seven older sisters, and an older brother Manny who was in show business, primarily as an ethnic Jewish comic. From an early age, Joe was fascinated w...
Besser remained in show business and developed a unique comic character: a whiny sissy who flew into temper tantrums with his painfull whimpers . Besser, with his frequent outbursts of "You crazy, youuuuu!" and "Not so faaaaaast!," was so original and so outrageously silly that he became a vaudeville headliner, and movie and radio appearances soon ...
After Shemp Howard died of a sudden heart attack on November 22, 1955, at the age of 60 his brother Moe suggested that he and his teammate Larry Fine continue working as "The Two Stooges". Studio chief Harry Cohnrejected the proposal. Although Moe had legal approval to allow new members into the act, Columbia executives had final say about any acto...
Besser returned to films and television, most notably as the superintendent "Jillson" for four seasons (1961–1965) of The Joey Bishop Show, and the voice of Babu the genie in Jeannie, an animated version of I Dream of Jeannie. He also made occasional appearances on the ABC late-night series, also called The Joey Bishop Show between 1967 and 1969. B...
Joe Besser died of heart failure on March 1, 1988. His wife Erna died on July 1, 1989, from a heart attack at age 80, the second longest living member of all the stooges after Joe DeRita who died at the age of 83. Both spouses are buried in the same plot in Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.
Besser never appeared in any feature films with the Stooges, nor did he make any public appearances as a member of the group, due to his retirement from the act and being soon replaced by Joe DeRita.
Besser began to attract more audience recognition as Mr. Know It All on radio's "Let Yourself Go" (from 1945 to 1949) and then in 1950, when he spent a year as a comedy performer on the CBS ...
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Joe Besser. Special | 6m 23s. Jim Kirchherr explores the life and career of Joe Besser. Born to Orthodox Jewish parents in St. Louis. After beginning his career as a vaudeville and radio star, he ...
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