Search results
Joe Palma (born Joseph Provenzano; March 17, 1905 – August 14, 1994) was an American film actor. Palma appeared in over 120 films between 1937 and 1968.
Joe Palma (1905-1994) was an actor who appeared in films like The Apartment and Some Like It Hot. He also worked as a stuntman and a stand-in for Shemp Howard in The Three Stooges.
- Actor, Stunts, Additional Crew
- March 17, 1905
- Joe Palma
- August 15, 1994
May 30, 2010 · Following the death of Shemp Howard, there were eight Three Stooges shorts owed to Columbia Pictures to fulfill the current year's contract. Producer/Director Jules White combed old footage of the...
- 4 min
- 37.1K
- Scott Reppert
Joe Palma was born on March 17, 1905 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Little Miss Broadway (1947), Hot Stuff (1956) and Scheming Schemers (1956). He was married to Marjorie Ann Ries. He died on August 15, 1994 in Poway, California, USA.
- March 17, 1905
- August 15, 1994
- Matt Reigle
- Shemp Howard leaves the Stooges, then returns, then makes his final exit. Shemp Howard was not fond of Ted Healy. Healy was known for excessive drinking (a fact that some attribute to his 1937 death after which he was allegedly in a fight, per Daily Telegraph) and Shemp was tired of not getting paid on time, so he left the Stooges in 1932 as Sensitive Skin notes.
- Shemp Howard's death made the Stooges think outside the box. Of course, losing Shemp was a blow to the Stooges. As for Moe Howard, he had lost a more than comedy partner, he had lost a brother.
- Fake Shemps became common in Hollywood. Of course, the Stooges were trying to replace Shemp in an era long before CGI could digitally insert him into shots or put his face on a body double.
Dec 4, 2011 · Columbia Studios still needed four new Three Stooges shorts after Shemp died, so they hired a replacement named Joe Palma to "be Shemp." Joe became Shemp's "double," or stand-in, faking scenes...
People also ask
How many movies did Joe Palma appear in?
Who was Joe Palma in Stooges?
Where did John Palma grow up?
Did Joe Palma play Shemp Howard in 'Stooges'?
Joe Palma was born in 1905 and died in 1994. He worked as an undertaker and a personal assistant of Jack Lemmon. He appeared in 57 films as a Three Stooges' co-star or a 'fake Shemp'.
