Joe Palma

AKA: Joseph Palma, Joe Polino
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1905-03-17

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

The Apartment
Stand In
Johnny O'Clock
Stunts
Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {69}

Red (uncredited)

1950-02-02 5.5

Hugs and Mugs

The stooges run a furniture store and come into possession of a stolen pearl necklace. Three crooked dames convince the boys that the necklace is theirs, and when the real thieves arrive, the stooges ...
Genre :Comedy

Newsboy (Uncredited)

1946-03-29 5.391

Night Editor

A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Louie (uncredited)

1950-10-05 7.2

Studio Stoops

The stooges are hired by a movie studio as publicity men. Their first assignment is to get publicity for Dolly Devore, a pretty starlet. They fake a kidnapping, but the cops won't believe their story. ...
Genre :Comedy

Policeman

1949-03-21 6.105

The Undercover Man

Frank Warren is a treasury agent assigned to put an end to the activities of a powerful mob crime boss. Frank works undercover, posing as a criminal to seek information, but is frustrated when all he ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1956-11-22 0

Pardon My Nightshirt

Professor Clyde is on the lookout for a nightshirt bandit prowling the college campus. ...
Genre :Comedy

Shemp (uncredited)

1956-09-06 5.3

Hot Stuff

The stooges are government agent entrusted with protecting professor Sneed, who has invented a super rocket fuel. Larry is mistaken for the professor by foreign agents who kidnap the trio and take the ...
Genre :Comedy

Crook (uncredited)

1950-11-09 6.8

Slaphappy Sleuths

The stooges are investigators for the Onion Oil company. The company's service stations are being robbed by a gang of crooks, so the boys pose as gas station attendants to capture the bad guys. ...
Genre :Comedy

Assistant Surgeon (uncredited)

1940-08-23 5.4

From Nurse to Worse

The stooge's friend Jerry convinces them to take out on insurance on Curly and then have him act insane to collect. Moe and Larry put Curly on a leash and take him to the insurance doctor and have him ...
Genre :Comedy

Chuck

1955-01-06 5.2

Fling in the Ring

The stooges are the trainers of "Chopper", a beefy boxer, and they bet their bankroll on Chopper to win his next fight. When "Big Mike", their boss, tells them to have Chopper lose or they'll lose the ...
Genre :Comedy

IRS Agent # 2 (uncredited)

1954-02-04 7.6

Income Tax Sappy

Tax cheats Moe, Larry and Shemp decide they're so good at cheating the government, that they start a business as crooked tax advisors. They become rich, but an undercover agent from the IRS gets the g ...
Genre :Comedy

Henchman (uncredited)

1954-06-03 5.4

Pals and Gals

The stooges go out west for Shemp's health. The boys soon run afoul of a local villain who is forcing pretty Nell to marry him. The bad guy has Nell's sisters locked up, and its up to the stooges to r ...
Genre :Western, Comedy

Caveman Rival (uncredited)

1955-06-02 6

Stone Age Romeos

The stooges hope to collect a reward by proving to a museum that cavemen still exist. They return from their expedition with a film purporting to show some stone age stooges defending their women from ...
Genre :Comedy

Armored Car Guard (uncredited)

1955-02-03 6.2

Of Cash and Hash

The Stooges witness an armed robbery and are brought in by the cops as suspects. After passing a lie detector test, the boys are freed and go back to their jobs in a cafe. When one of the robbers come ...
Genre :Comedy

Sir Satchel (Uncredited)

1954-09-02 6.1

Knutzy Knights

Set in Elizabethan times, the stooges help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand of the fair princess Elaine. The only problem is that Elaine is promised to the Black Prince who is plotting ...
Genre :Comedy

Noonan (uncredited)

1954-10-07 5.8

Shot in the Frontier

Set in the old west, the stooges must defend their honor against the Noonan brothers, three desperadoes who want to marry the same girls the stooges are courting. ...
Genre :Comedy, Western

Second Henchman (uncredited)

1946-07-04 7

Three Loan Wolves

Told in flash back, the stooges tell their son how he came to have three fathers. The stooges, owners of a pawn shop, owed money to the gashouse protection society, a bunch of loan sharks. To complica ...
Genre :Comedy

Caveman Rival (uncredited)

1948-10-07 5.6

I'm a Monkey's Uncle

Set in the stone age, the stooges are cavemen who must have various misadventures hunting, gathering, and otherwise coping with prehistoric life. When some other cavemen threaten to take their women ( ...
Genre :Comedy

Card Player (uncredited)

1946-12-25 7.8

The Best Years of Our Lives

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Card Player (uncredited)

1949-12-09 6.746

The Reckless Moment

After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal. ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

Waiter (uncredited)

1956-03-21 5.8

Rock Around the Clock

A frustrated big-band promoter runs in to rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a small-town dance. He quickly becomes their manager and, with the help of Alan Freed, hopes to bring the new so ...
Genre :Drama, Music, Romance, Comedy

Joe the Mailman (uncredited)

1964-07-22 6.5

Good Neighbor Sam

To help his divorced neighbor claim a substantial inheritance, a family man poses as her husband. The ruse spills over into his career in advertising, and his recent promotion relies on his wholesome ...
Genre :Comedy

1946-10-10 0

So's Your Antenna

Harry plays a gangster on a radio show and is then is mistaken for a real one. ...
Genre :Comedy

1953-10-24 0

A-Hunting They Did Go

The boys go off on a hunting weekend, followed closely by their wives. ...
Genre :Comedy

Shemp (uncredited)

1956-11-08 4.2

Commotion on the Ocean

The stooges are would-be reporters, who are tricked into becoming stowaways by "Borscht", a spy for an enemy country. Stranded on a freighter on the high seas, they discover that Borscht has concealed ...
Genre :Comedy

Reporter (uncredited)

1949-02-22 6.1

Knock on Any Door

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Guard Outside Palace (uncredited)

1949-09-01 5.7

Malice in the Palace

Set in a desert land where the stooges run a restaurant, the boys set out to recover the stolen Rootin Tootin diamond after they learn from the thieves that the Emir of Shmo has absconded with the con ...
Genre :Comedy

1957-06-13 4

Guns a Poppin!

Told in flashback, Moe is on trial for assaulting Larry and Joe. It seems that Moe was in debt and suffering a nervous breakdown so Larry and Joe took him to the country for rest and relaxation. After ...
Genre :Comedy

Shemp (uncredited)

1956-10-04 5.8

Scheming Schemers

The stooges are three incompetent plumbers who foul up the plumbing in a fancy mansion where a society party is going on. They manage to catch a couple of thieves masquerading as guests before the who ...
Genre :Comedy

Cop (uncredited)

1950-09-15 6

The Fuller Brush Girl

A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation. ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Reporter (uncredited)

1962-04-13 6.7

The Notorious Landlady

An American junior diplomat in London rents a house from, and falls in love with, a woman suspected of murder. ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

Sergeant (uncredited)

1951-06-13 5.9

Sirocco

A mysterious American gets mixed up with gunrunners in Syria. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Sailor (uncredited)

1939-08-04 5

Coast Guard

Steady, dependable Coast Guard Lieutenant Raymond "Ray" Dower and reckless aviator Thomas "Speed" Bradshaw are the closest of friends. Ray saves the life of Captain Tobias Bliss, tramp steamer skipper ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Hoodlum (uncredited)

1939-10-19 7.845

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1944-02-24 0

Sailor's Holiday

In this comedy, three merchant marines get into all kinds of trouble. Two of the salts have just broken off their engagements after meeting other, more desirable women. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Union Soldier (uncredited)

1946-03-29 6.1

Uncivil War Birds

The stooges are civil war soldiers who are constantly changing uniforms to avoid the opposing armies. Eventually they decide to be loyal to the south, but remain disguised as Union soldiers. Curly is ...
Genre :Comedy, War

2nd Dogcatcher (uncredited)

1939-11-08 6.5

Blondie Brings Up Baby

Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically combs the city in search of the boy, Baby Dumpling s ...
Genre :Comedy

Waiter (uncredited)

1946-04-25 7.473

Gilda

A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, Thriller

Policeman (uncredited)

1952-10-09 0

Caught on the Bounce

Joe Besser needs money to pay back a loan of $2500 and travels to ask his aunt for the money. She boards the train, along with a man who looks like a wanted bank-robber, and tells Joe she needs $2500 ...
Genre :Comedy

Spy (uncredited)

1956-03-22 0

Army Daze

Joe is drafted into the army of Starvania, and falls in love with Olga, a beautiful Starvanian WAC, but Joe's sergeant also has his eyes on Olga. But Joe wins her hand when he captures two spies in th ...
Genre :Comedy

Thief (uncredited)

1951-12-13 0

Fraidy Cat

Hired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a gang of thieves to rob the store. ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

Thief (archive footage) (uncredited)

1955-11-24 0

Hook a Crook

Joe Besser and Jim Hawthorne are detectives trying to recover stolen jewels. They see a necklace on a furry arm, and deduce that a man wearing a fur coat was the thief. They, instead, encounter a gori ...
Genre :Comedy

Detective (uncredited)

1949-09-08 0

Waiting in the Lurch

Joe's fiance doesn't like his obsession for chasing fire engines. ...
Genre :Comedy

Killer Kilduff (uncredited)

1945-12-13 5

A Hit with a Miss

Shemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves him a coward and unable to fight unless he hears "Pop Goes the Weasel." He hears it enough here, from vari ...
Genre :Comedy

Minor Role (uncredited)

1944-07-23 4

Pick a Peck of Plumbers

After backing over a police motorcycle, Axel and Elmer are fined $100 and given 48 hours to come up with the money or go to jail. Knowing nothing about plumbing, they answer Mr. Skunkem's ad for plumb ...
Genre :Comedy

Charles (uncredited)

1940-05-20 6

Men Without Souls

A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

(uncredited)

1946-12-05 6.9

Three Little Pirates

The stooges are castaways from a garbage scow who land on Dead Man's Island where everyone is living in olden times. To escape from the governor, they disguise Curly as a Maharaja and win permission t ...
Genre :Comedy

Soldier

1938-11-15 5.5

Adventure in Sahara

Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppressive Captain Savatt. To it comes, at his own request, Legionnaire Jim Wilson soon followed by his fia ...
Genre :Adventure, Action

Cop at Campaign HQ (uncredited)

1958-12-31 7.167

The Last Hurrah

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, ...
Genre :Drama

Workman (uncredited)

1945-12-27 6.8

The Bells of St. Mary's

Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to save the school, though their differing methods o ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Poker Player (uncredited)

1947-04-18 4.2

A Likely Story

A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not. ...
Genre :Comedy

Office Maintenance Man (uncredited)

1960-06-21 8.2

The Apartment

Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mi ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

(uncredited)

1959-03-19 8.1

Some Like It Hot

Two musicians witness a mob hit and need to quickly find a way out of Chicago. Their only opportunity comes in the form of joining an all-girl band as they prepare to leave on a tour. The two disguise ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Crime

Club Marquis Waiter (uncredited)

1946-02-14 5.5

The Notorious Lone Wolf

Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft. ...
Genre :Action, Thriller, Romance

Cab Driver (uncredited)

1947-12-24 7.4

The Lady from Shanghai

A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Prizefight Fan (uncredited)

1947-12-07 6.5

It Had to Be You

A chronic runaway bride is haunted by her conscience, who becomes reality. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Fantasy

Bud the Private

1944-01-18 7

The Racket Man

A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees to help the FBI break up a black market ring by pretending to have been kicked out of service and t ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Housekeeper (uncredited)

1945-08-30 5.3

If a Body Meets a Body

Curly learns that he is named in the will of his rich uncle, so the boys head for the uncle's mansion to attend the reading of the will. ...
Genre :Comedy

1st Cabbie

1943-03-18 5.6

After Midnight with Boston Blackie

Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Shadowy Figure (uncredited)

1942-12-10 6.6

A Night to Remember

A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery

1949-05-26 6.3

Johnny Allegro

Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Attendant (uncredited)

1947-02-06 5.889

The Brasher Doubloon

Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime

Detective

1947-06-19 0

Little Miss Broadway

Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway characters and take possession of a Long Island mansi ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Convict Driver

1952-03-20 6.3

My Six Convicts

A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing h ...
Genre :Drama

Cop (uncredited)

1945-04-05 5.3

Escape in the Fog

A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astou ...
Genre :Thriller, Crime

Sailor Chasing Dagwood (uncredited)

1941-02-27 6.2

Blondie Goes Latin

Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleton gets to show off her Broadway background in some ...
Genre :Comedy

Police Guard Outside Stillwell's Store (Uncredited)

1946-04-11 5.9

Mysterious Intruder

A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime

Forrester (uncredited)

1948-03-18 5.2

The Black Arrow

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious abo ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, History, Romance

Gypsy (uncredited)

1956-03-07 5.3

Hot Blood

Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Music

Workman (uncredited)

1938-12-29 0

Smashing the Spy Ring

G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders. ...
Genre :Mystery, Drama