Emil Sitka ~

The Fourth Stooge

        "The most important actor in most Stooges films, besides the Stooges themselves, was the sharp-nosed, wide-eyed Emil Sitka... His presence was such a mainstay of the operation that many thought of him as an undeclared 'fourth Stooge.'"

                                       -Moe Feinberg, Larry Fine's brother

                                         Larry The Stooge In the Middle


 

EMIL SITKA FAN CLUB MISSION STATEMENT:

To communicate with friends and fans of Emil Sitka, share information about his life and career, preserve the cultural heritage of the Hollywood productions in which he participated, and promote his legacy as The Fourth Stooge.


EmilSitka.com is an on-line informational resource serving the mission of the Emil Sitka Fan Club.

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Emil and Andy Clyde in WIFE TO SPARE (1947)
Emil and Hugh Herbert
in HONEYMOON BLUES (1946)
Emil and Billie Burke in SILLY BILLY (1948)
Emil and Christine McIntyre join
 Joe De Rita in JITTER BUGHOUSE (1948)
          In addition to the Stooge comedies, Emil was in another forty Columbia Pictures short-subjects with other stars such as Andy Clyde, Hugh Herbert, Harry Von Zell, Billie Burke, Sterling Holloway and Vera Vague. He worked with each future-Stooge, Shemp Howard, Joe De Rita, and Joe Besser, in their own Columbia shorts when they were solo stars, before they joined the Three Stooges. Emil also appeared in a number of RKO short-subjects, working with Leon Errol, Gil Lamb, and others.
          Emil began to get roles in full-length features of other genres besides comedy, including dramatic, Western, science fiction, and mystery movies. Eventually Emil appeared in over fifty feature films and dozens of television shows.
          Over the decades, Emil's repertoire grew to include work in films with Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Red Skelton, Tony Curtis, George Peppard, Johnny Weissmuller, Betty Grable, Robert Young, Eddy Arnold, Fred MacMurray, Mickey Rooney, Ray Milland, Tyrone Power, Broderick Crawford, Janet Leigh, Jack Lemmon, Gale Storm, Glenn Ford, the Bowery Boys, Brian Keith, Robert Culp, David Jansen, Alan Hale, Walter Brennan, Dan Blocker, Joey Bishop, Bob Denver, and numerous others. For a complete list of films, visit FILMS.



Emil and Sterling Holloway in
Emil and Harry Von Zell in

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