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Joe Palma (born Joseph Provenzano; March 17, 1905 – August 14, 1994) was an American film actor. Palma appeared in over 120 films between 1937 and 1968. He was well known as a supporting player for The Three Stooges and his brief tenure as a body double to member Shemp Howard for four shorts produced after Shemp's death, a term later coined as Fake Shemp.
Palma was born and grew up in New York City, and worked as a mortician in the Provenzano Funeral Home, owned by his parents. Eventually, Hollywood called, and Palma headed west. He joined the stock company at Columbia Pictures in 1937, and played scores of bit parts over 30 years.
With his lean build, brushed-back hair, and unassuming appearance, Joe Palma almost always played incidental roles. He was usually in the background, and at most, he would be given only a few lines of dialogue. In the 1945 Three Stooges comedy Beer Barrel Polecats, for instance, Palma plays an angry convict who dares Curly Howard to punch him in the nose.
Three Stooges: The Joe Palma Story
Don Joe - Come Guarda Una Donna ft. Giuliano Palma
Palma De Mallorca
HEY JOE extraordinarily played by Adam Palma
Joe Palma-Alirez
Joe Palma Sistine, Jack Rio Movie, Much Love, Red Carpet
Ring the New York Stock Exchange closing bell, Joe Palma
Joe / Mike Palma (Drive/Incubus) live in Illinois
Ranking Joe & Tristan Palma - Bring The Sensi Come
Joe Harris - Palma de Mallorca (45toeren sample)