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Ted Healy

Date of birth: 1896-10-01

Place of birth: Kaufman, Texas, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Charles Ernest Lee Nash

Ted Healy

Biography

Ted Healy (born Charles Ernest Lee Nash; October 1, 1896 – December 21, 1937) was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. Though he is chiefly remembered as the creator of The Three Stooges and the style of slapstick comedy that they later made famous, he had a successful stage and film career of his own and was cited as a formative influence by several later comedy stars. The circumstances surrounding his death remain a matter of controversy. From Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Mad Love
3.5

Mad Love

1935-07-12

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's han

Bombshell
3.3

Bombshell

1933-10-13

A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.

Dancing Lady
3.5

Dancing Lady

1933-11-24

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the r

Hollywood Hotel
2.7

Hollywood Hotel

1938-01-15

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola

San Francisco
3.3

San Francisco

1936-06-26

A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days befo

Reckless
2.6

Reckless

1935-04-19

A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.

The Winning Ticket
1.8

The Winning Ticket

1935-02-08

A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.

The Casino Murder Case
3.3

The Casino Murder Case

1935-03-15

When Philo Vance receives a note that harm will befall Lynn at the casino that night, he takes the t

Death on the Diamond
3.5

Death on the Diamond

1934-09-14

Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debt

The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
0

The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!

1997-05-15

A tribute to the Three Stooges comedy team, featuring old clips and home movies mixed with music per

Operator 13
2.9

Operator 13

1934-06-08

American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen, chief of

Mad Holiday
3

Mad Holiday

1936-11-13

A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.

Nertsery Rhymes
2.6

Nertsery Rhymes

1933-07-06

Three boys play are told some "bedtime stories" by their parents.

Varsity Show
3.1

Varsity Show

1937-09-04

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played

Meet the Baron
2.1

Meet the Baron

1933-10-20

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

Beer and Pretzels
2.9

Beer and Pretzels

1933-08-26

Ted Healy and his Stooges are fired and evicted from a theatre because Ted is annoying women working

Plane Nuts
2.4

Plane Nuts

1933-10-13

Ted Healy and His Stooges alternate mildly risque vaudeville routines with semi-elaborate Berkeleyes

The Longest Night
2.9

The Longest Night

1936-10-02

Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.

Stage Mother
2.5

Stage Mother

1933-09-29

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls eve

Speed
2.8

Speed

1936-05-08

Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to

The Big Idea
1.6

The Big Idea

1934-05-12

Ted Healy is the proprietor of the "Big Idea Scenario Company" (Ideas While You Wait). Unfortunately

Fugitive Lovers
3

Fugitive Lovers

1934-01-05

In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York b

Hollywood Party
2.9

Hollywood Party

1934-05-24

Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lio

Lazy River
3

Lazy River

1934-03-16

Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.

Love Is a Headache
2.9

Love Is a Headache

1938-01-14

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publici

Sing, Baby, Sing
2.9

Sing, Baby, Sing

1936-08-21

The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed i

Going Hollywood: The '30s
5

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984-01-01

Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were

The Band Plays On
4.3

The Band Plays On

1934-12-21

A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.

Murder in the Fleet
2.5

Murder in the Fleet

1935-05-24

A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find t

Myrt and Marge
2.1

Myrt and Marge

1933-11-25

Myrt has a show chock full of talented performers that deserves to be on Broadway, but can't raise t

The Lost Stooges
0

The Lost Stooges

1990-01-01

A documentary hosted by Leonard Maltin featuring rare clips of the Three Stooges

Paris Interlude
1.8

Paris Interlude

1934-07-27

Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
2

Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes

1926-10-02

The crotchety dean of Pinkham University blames the "bad behavior of the school's female students on

Man Of The People
3.5

Man Of The People

1937-01-27

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

Hollywood on Parade
1.5

Hollywood on Parade

1932-06-05

A short featuring many stars

Here Comes the Band
2.5

Here Comes the Band

1935-08-30

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an un

It's in the Air
2.5

It's in the Air

1935-10-10

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants

The Good Old Soak
0

The Good Old Soak

1937-04-23

A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.

Hello Pop
3

Hello Pop

1933-09-16

A stage director is trying to put on a musical/comedy revue, but has to contend with temperamental m

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
0

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934-04-28

Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of thei

Soup to Nuts
2.9

Soup to Nuts

1930-09-28

Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
3

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara

1935-12-07

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nomi

The Big Parade of Comedy
3.1

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

The Three Stooges: Extreme Rarities
4

The Three Stooges: Extreme Rarities

1932-11-10

Three Stooges fans rejoice! These beautifully restored and extremely rare routines are in color for

Death Scenes
2.3

Death Scenes

1989-01-01

Vintage Hollywood themed shockumentary.

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
0

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988-09-19

Famous Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

Classic Comedy Teams
0

Classic Comedy Teams

1986-01-01

Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and televis