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Biography

Born

8/12/1907, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Died

3/1/1988

Birth Name

Joseph Besser

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (11)

Role
- The Galaxy Goof-Ups
  Scarebear
  - S 1: Ep 13 Captain Snerdley Goes Bananas
    12/2/78
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Treasure Of Congo-Bongo
    11/25/78
  - S 1: Ep 11 Vampire Of Space
    11/18/78
  - S 1: Ep 10 Dyno-mite
    11/11/78
  - S 1: Ep 9 Hail King Yogi!
    11/4/78
  - + 8 More Credits
- Scooby's All Star Laff-A-Lympics
  Babu
  - S 2: Ep 8 Siam and the Moon
    7/31/78
  - S 2: Ep 7 Canada and Warsaw, Poland
    7/24/78
  - S 2: Ep 6 Morocco and Washington, D.C.
    7/17/78
  - S 2: Ep 5 New Orleans and Atlantis
    7/10/78
  - S 2: Ep 4 The French Riviera and New Zealand
    7/3/78
  - + 19 More Credits
- The Oddball Couple
  Additional voices
  - S 1: Ep 5 To Heir Is Human
    9/20/75
  - S 1: Ep 4 Fleabags Mother
    9/13/75
  - S 1: Ep 3 A Day at the Beach
    9/13/75
  - S 1: Ep 6 Who's Zoo
    9/6/75
  - S 1: Ep 2 Spiffy's Man Friday
    9/6/75
  - + 1 More Credits
- Jeannie
  Babu
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Wish
    12/23/73
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Jinx
    12/16/73
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Dog
    12/9/73
  - S 1: Ep 13 Don Juan
    12/2/73
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Commercial
    11/25/73
  - + 11 More Credits
- The Abbott and Costello Show
  Stinky
  - S 2: Ep 26 Barber Lou
  - S 2: Ep 25 Fall Guy
  - S 2: Ep 24 Beauty Contest Story
  - S 2: Ep 23 Fencing Master
  - S 2: Ep 22 Honeymoon House
  - + 47 More Credits
- The Alvin Show
  Fire Breathing Dragon
  - S 1: Ep 1 Good Neighbor
- The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
  Jillson (1962-1965)
  - S 4: Ep 26 Joey Discovers Jackie Clark
    3/30/65
  - S 4: Ep 25 What'll You Have?
    3/23/65
  - S 4: Ep 24 Joey, the Star Maker
    3/16/65
  - S 4: Ep 22 Never Put It in Writing
    3/2/65
  - S 3: Ep 10 Bobby Rydell Plugs Ellie's Song
    12/14/64
  - + 86 More Credits
- The Joey Bishop Show (1961)
  Jillson
  - S 2: Ep 3 Three's a Crowd
    9/29/62
- The Three Stooges
  Joe 1955-59
  - S 26: Ep 2 Sappy Bullfighters
    6/4/59
  - S 26: Ep 1 Triple Crossed
    2/2/59
  - S 25: Ep 3 Pies and Guys
    6/12/58
  - S 25: Ep 2 Fifi Blows Her Top
    4/10/58
  - S 25: Ep 1 Quiz Whizz
    2/13/58
  - + 81 More Credits
- The Three Stooges
  Joe
  - S 25: Ep 6 Oil's Well That Ends Well
    12/4/58
  - S 25: Ep 5 Flying Saucer Daffy
    10/9/58
  - S 25: Ep 4 Sweet and Hot
    9/4/58
- The Ken Murray Show
  Regular 1950-1951
  - S 2: Ep 34 6/2/1951
    6/2/51
  - S 2: Ep 33 5/26/1951
    5/26/51
  - S 2: Ep 31 5/12/1951
    5/12/51
  - S 2: Ep 29 4/28/1951
    4/28/51
  - S 2: Ep 28 4/21/1951
    4/21/51
  - + 37 More Credits
Recurring Role (9)

Role
- The Jack Benny Program
  Joe, the Engineer
  - S 12: Ep 5 Tennessee Ernie Ford Show
    11/19/61
- The Jack Benny Program
  Photographer
  - S 11: Ep 26 English Sketch
    4/16/61
- The Jack Benny Program
  Waiter
  - S 8: Ep 11 Jack At The Races
    2/9/58
- The Jack Benny Program
  Mr. Henshaw, Interior Decorator
  - S 6: Ep 14 Jack Opens Beverly Hills Office
    3/25/56
- The Jack Benny Program
  Joey
  - S 6: Ep 12 Rochester Sleeps Through Jack's Show
    2/26/56
- The Jack Benny Program
  Cameraman
  - S 5: Ep 7 San Diego Naval Training Center Show
    12/26/54
- The Jack Benny Program
  Joe
  - S 5: Ep 1 Entire Cast Show
    10/3/54
- The Jack Benny Program
  Recurring Role
  - S 4: Ep 12 David Niven Show
    5/2/54
- The Ken Murray Show
  Series Regular (1950-51)
  - S 1: Ep 1 1/7/1950
    1/7/50
Guest Star (39)

Role
- The New Scooby-Doo Movies
  Babu
  - S 2: Ep 3 Mystery in Persia
    9/22/73
- Love, American Style
  Harley
  - S 4: Ep 49 Love and the Legend
    1/5/73
- Arnie
  Chef
  - S 2: Ep 20 Surprise, Surprise!
    2/12/72
- Love, American Style
  Tony
  - S 3: Ep 38 Love and the Lady Barber
    11/19/71
- Love, American Style
  Neighbor
  - S 2: Ep 34 Love and Murphy's Bed
    1/22/71
- Love, American Style
  Nosy Neighbor
  - S 2: Ep 34 Love and Murphy's Bed
    1/22/71
- Love, American Style
  Restaurant Customer
  - S 1: Ep 43 Love and the Proposal
    1/5/70
- The Abbott and Costello Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Drug Store
  - S 1: Ep 5 Lou's Birthday Party
- The Lone Wolf
  Cupie
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Hunt
- The Good Guys (1970)
  Florian
  - S 2: Ep 9 No Orchids For the Diner
    11/21/69
- My World and Welcome to It
  Fire Chief
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Night the House Caught Fire
    10/13/69
- The Mothers-In-Law
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 22 Two on the Aisle
    3/16/69
- The Good Guys (1970)
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 19 Win, Place And Kill
    3/12/69
- The Bold Ones: The Protectors
  character name
  - S 1: Ep 0 Deadlock
    2/22/69
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 6: Ep 9 Host: Milton Berle / Martha Raye
    11/30/68
  - S 5: Ep 6 Host: Milton Berle (All-Comedy Show)
    10/10/67
- The Mothers-In-Law
  Bum
  - S 2: Ep 9 The First Anniversary is the Hardest
    11/24/68
- That Girl (1966)
  Foreman
  - S 3: Ep 3 Eleven Angry Men and That Girl
    10/10/68
- That's Life (1968)
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 2 Bachelor Days
    10/1/68
- The Mothers-In-Law
  Bandleader
  - S 1: Ep 30 How Not to Manage a Rock Group
    4/28/68
- That Girl (1966)
  Messenger
  - S 2: Ep 30 Old Man's Darling
    4/25/68
- The Danny Thomas Hour
  Hermes
  - S 1: Ep 4 It's Greek to Me
    10/2/67
- Batman
  Collector
  - S 2: Ep 17 Hizzonner the Penguin
    11/2/66
- Here's Hollywood
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 58 July 27, 1961
    7/27/61
- Peter Gunn
  Chubby Stone
  - S 3: Ep 25 Cry Love, Cry Murder
    3/27/61
- General Electric Theater
  Ootzie
  - S 9: Ep 15 Memory in White
    1/8/61
- Shirley Temple Theatre
  Rodrigo
  - S 1: Ep 14 Babes in Toyland
    12/25/60
- Shirley Temple's Storybook
  Rodrigo
  - S 2: Ep 14 Babes in Toyland
    12/24/60
- Make Room for Daddy
  Mr. Thompson, the Mailman
  - S 8: Ep 1 Kathy Delivers the Mail
    10/3/60
- The Three Stooges
  Joe Jr.
  - S 24: Ep 8 Outer Space Jitters
    12/5/57
- December Bride
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 8 Skid Row
    11/21/55
- The Gene Autry Show
  Train Conductor
  - S 5: Ep 1 The Million Dollar Fiddle
    10/1/55
- Damon Runyon Theater
  Frankly Farrel
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Mink Doll
    7/9/55
- The Eddie Cantor Comedy Theatre
  Guest
  - S 1: Ep 19 A Night at the Follies
    5/30/55
- My Little Margie
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 38 Vern's Butterflies
    5/18/55
- Willy
  Harvey Evelyn
  - S 1: Ep 33 The Library Bonds
    5/5/55
- The Millionaire
  Chester
  - S 1: Ep 7 Millionaire Harvey Blake
    3/2/55
- Private Secretary
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 22 A Still Small Voice
    4/25/54
- I Married Joan
  Harry
  - S 1: Ep 38 Business Executive
    7/1/53
- Hour Glass
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 1 5/9/1946
    5/9/46

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Trivia
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- Joe left the Three Stooges in 1958 to care for his ailing wife.
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- Joe's favorite Three Stooges short was Flying Saucer Daffy (1958).
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- Joe was a camera buff.
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- (referring to his early acquaintance with Moe Howard and Larry Fine) Joe Besser: I knew them when they were with Ted Healy. So we all went back some years together. After the Healy days, I continued to follow their careers.
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- (recalling how he joined Howard Thurston's magic act) Joe Besser: I was so anxious to join his act that I stowed away that night on the train with Thurston's act on board, heading for Michigan. The following morning as the train pulled into Detroit, Thurston and his manager found me fast asleep on top of the lion's cage. They wired my folks to tell them where I was and from that day on I was part of the act.
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- Joe Besser: I love working for kids. They are my best fans, my best audience and my best friends.
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