The Stooges' hallmark was extremely physical slapstick comedy punctuated by quickly-delivered one-liners, within outrageous storylines.
Three Stooges Combinations
1. Moe Howard, and Ted Healy 1922–1923
2. Moe Howard, Ted Healy, and Shemp Howard 1923
3. Moe Howard, Ted Healy, Larry Fine, and Shemp Howard 1923–1932
4. Moe Howard, Ted Healy, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard 1932–1934
5. Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard 1934–1947
6. Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Shemp Howard 1947–1956
7. Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Joe Besser 1957–1959
8. Moe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Joe DeRita 1958–1975
9. Moe Howard, Emil Sitka, and Curly Joe DeRita 1975
Moe Howard
Real Name: Harry Moses Horwitz
Born: June 19, 1897(1897-06-19)
Died: May 4, 1975 (aged 77)
Stooge years: 1922, 1926, 1929–1975
Larry Fine
Real Name: Louis Feinberg
Born: October 5, 1902(1902-10-05)
Died: January 24, 1975 (aged 72)
Stooge years: 1925–1926, 1929–1975
Curly Howard
Real Name: Jerome Lester Horwitz
Born: October 22, 1903(1903-10-22)
Died: January 18, 1952 (aged 48)
Stooge years: 1932–1946
Shemp Howard
Real Name: Schmool Samuel Horwitz
Born: March 4, 1895(1895-03-04)
Died: November 22, 1955 (aged 60)
Stooge years: 1922–1925, 1929–1932, 1947–1955
Ted Healy
Real Name: Clarence Ernst Lee Nash
Born: October 1, 1896(1896-10-01)
Died: December 21, 1937 (aged 41)
Stooge Years: 1922–1925, 1929–1934
Joe Palma
Born: March 17, 1905(1905-03-17)
Died: August 15, 1994 (aged 89)
Stooge Year: 1956 (body double for Shemp)
Joe Besser
Born: August 12, 1907(1907-08-12)
Died: March 1, 1988 (aged 80)
Stooge years: 1956–1957
Curly-Joe DeRita
Real Name: Joseph Wardell
Born: July 12, 1909(1909-07-12)
Died: July 3, 1993 (aged 83)
Stooge years: 1958–1975
Emil Josef Sitka [9]
Born: December 22, 1914(1914-12-22)
Died: January 16, 1998 (aged 83)
Stooge year: 1975
Sitka was officially named a member of the Stooges following Larry Fine's stroke, but never got to perform with the group.