List of supporting actors in Three Stooges films

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This is a list of actors who have co-starred in films with The Three Stooges. Inclusion on this list should be reserved for notable actors that can be confirmed as taking supporting roles (either credited or uncredited) in films commonly regarded as having the Three Stooges as primary characters. Films where the Three Stooges appear as a guest or cameo appearance, or the actors who portray them appear outside the character of The Three Stooges should not be considered.

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ActorStooges Film(s)First appearance (year)Total appearancesNotes
Eadie Adams Restless Knights (1935)19351 
Mary Ainslee In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)
Some More of Samoa (1941)
I'll Never Heil Again (1941)
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Hokus Pokus (1949)
Pest Man Wins (1951)
He Cooked His Goose (1952)
Flagpole Jitters (1956)
Triple Crossed (1959)
19419Several appearances in later stooges films are stock footage.
Murray Alper     
Dorothy Appleby     
Phil Arnold     
Buddy Baer Snow White and the Three Stooges19611Appears as "Hordred". He was a famous boxer: 1934-1942. He also Starred as "Vargas the Giant" in "Giant from the Unknown" 1958.
Mark Bailey     
Lucille Ball Three Little Pigskins (1934)19341Went on to a successful career as an actress, comedian, model, and film studio executive. Hits include television shows I Love Lucy , The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour , The Lucy Show , Here's Lucy , and Life with Lucy . [1]
Edgar Barrier     
Phyllis Barry     
Rayford Barnes     
Don Beddoe     
Bruce Bennett     
Nita Bieber     
Bonnie Bonnell     
Gladys Blake     
Mel Blanc     
Joe Bolton     
Lynton Brent     
Stanley Blystone Half Shot Shooters (1936)
Spook Louder (1943)
Pardon My Clutch (1948)
Slaphappy Sleuths (1950)
   
Bobby Burns     
Symona Boniface     
Nanette Bordeaux     
Harold Brauer     
Lloyd Bridges     
Peter Brocco     
Samson Burke     
Walter Burke     
Sally Cairns     
Bill Camfield     
Connie Cezan     
George Chesebro     
Carol Christensen     
Jack Clifford     
Peter Coe     
Robert Colbert     
Monte Collins     
Chester Conklin     
Heinie Conklin     
Spade Cooley     
Gino Corrado     
Phyllis Crane     
Dick Curtis     
Maurice Dallimore     
Diana Darrin     
Michael David     
Lew Davis     
Peter Dawson     
Marjorie Deanne     
Vernon Dent  193696 
Richard Devon     
Dudley Dickerson     
Ann Doran Three Sappy People19391Appears as the "Countess". She also starred in:

"It! The Terror From Beyond Space." 1958

Anthony Eustrel     
Herbert Evans     
Herbie Faye     
Richard Fiske     
Kelly Flint     
Bess Flowers     
Peter Forster     
Joan Freeman The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze.19631Appears as Amelia Carter. Also starred as Mrs. Jarvis in "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter" (1984).
Paul Frees     
Milton Frome     
Hal Fryar     
Paul "Mousie" Garner     
Maxine Gates     
Slim Gaut     
Henry Gibson     
Julie Gibson     
Billy Gilbert     
Johnny Ginger     
June Gittelson     
Ned Glass     
Ruth Godfrey     
Lorna Gray     
Dee Green     
Jane Hamilton     
Ted Healy     
Carol Heiss     
Althea Henley     
Al Hill     
Rex Holman     
Victoria Horne     
Doris Houck     
Mary Beth Hughes     
William Irving     
Bud Jamison  193438 
Suzanne Kaaren     
Johnny Kascier     
Iau Kea     
Fred Kelsey     
Tom Kennedy     
Robert Kino     
Fred Kohler     
Nancy Kovack     
Frank Lackteen     
Don Lamond (not to be confused with the jazz drummer of the same name)     
Muriel Landers     
Eddie Laughton     
Norman Leavitt     
Lu Leonard     
Ethelreda Leopold     
George J. Lewis     
Sylvia Lewis     
Jack "Tiny" Lipson     
Anna-Lisa     
Margie Liszt     
Babe London     
Ted Lorch     
Kenneth MacDonald     
Betty Mack     
Wayne Mack     
Jock Mahoney     
Laurie Main     
Judy Malcolm     
Ed T. McDonnell     
Christine McIntyre  194434Appearances in later Stooges films are stock footage.
Marlin McKeever     
Mike McKeever     
Dal McKennon     
Eva McKenzie     
Patricia Medina     
Cheerio Meredith     
Frank Mills    
Mort Mills     
Frank Mitchell     
Geneva Mitchell     
James C. Morton     
George N. Neise     
Nestor Paiva     
Joe Palma     
Shirley Patterson Spook Louder19431Appears as "Perkins". She also starred in:

"It! The Terror From Beyond Space." 1958

Blanche Payson     
Snub Pollard     
Stanley Price     
Norma Randall     
Rebel Randall     
Quinn Redeker     
Suzanne Ridgeway     
Blossom Rock Snow White and the Three Stooges19611Appears as the "Servant Lady". Best known as "Grandmama" on The Addams Family (1964-1966).
Guy Rolfe Snow White and the Three Stooges19611Appears as "Count Oga". Also starred as Abdre Toulon in the "Puppet Master" series (1991-1999).
Gene Roth     
Benny Rubin     
Tim Ryan     
Fred Sanborn     
Jay Sheffield     
Cy Schindell     
Bruce Sedley     
Harry Semels     
Paul Shannon     
Emil Sitka    35 
Barbara Slater     
Shawn Smith Spook Louder19431Appears as "Perkins". She also starred in:

"It! The Terror From Beyond Space." 1958

Sally Starr     
Robert Stevens     
Robert Stevenson     
Edson Stroll     
Frank Sully     
Harriette Tarler     
Forrest Taylor     
Greta Thyssen     
Al Thompson     
Vicki Trickett     
Victor Travers     
John Tyrrell     
Philip Van Zandt     
Dick Wessel     
Adam West The Outlaws Is Coming19651Appears as Kenneth Cabo. Best known as Bruce Wayne in "BATMAN" (1966-1968)
Blackie Whiteford     
Jean Willes     
Patricia Wright     
Evelyn Young Three Sappy People (1939)
Boobs in Arms (1940) [2]
From Nurse to Worse (1940)
Nutty but Nice (1940) [3]
No Census, No Feeling (1940) [3]
19395Footage was also used in the TV shows The Three Stooges Greatest Hits (1997), The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (2003), and Hey Moe, Hey Dad! programs #3 Eureka! and #4 Slap Happy (2015).
Duke York  19437Appearances in later Stooges films are stock footage.
Walter Brennan    

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