Ted Healy
Ted Healy (born Ernest Lea 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. His sister Marcia Healy appeared in The Sitter Downers with the Three Stooges.
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| Full name at birth | Ernest Lee Nash
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| Claim to fame | The Three Stooges
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| Date of birth | 1 October 1896
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| Place of birth | Houston, Texas, USA
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| Date of death | 21 December 1937
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| Age | 41 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Los Angeles, California
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| Cause of death | Acute Toxic Nephritis
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| Resting place | Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
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| Occupation | Comedian, actor
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| Height | 5' 10½" (179 cm)
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| Residence | Houston, Texas, USA
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- Brother of Marcia Healy.
- His son - John Jacob Nash but who changed his name to Theodore John Healy - who was born four days before Ted's untimely death, graduated from Annapolis in 1963. He died in 2011 at the age of 73.
- Attended high school at De La Salle Institute in Manhattan, New York City. He initially intended to follow his father's footsteps and pursue a career in business, but eventually decided on the stage.
- See also Emil Sitka.
- Befriended and worked with Moe Howard years before their Stooge act in a water comedy show that featured swimmer Annette Kellerman in 1912. The act dissolved after a tragic accident in which a young female swimmer misjudged a dive and broke her neck
Ted Healy is known for his role in the film Sing, Baby, Sing (1936) as Al Craven.
He is also known for his role in the film Soup to Nuts (1930) as performer: "You Can Only Wear One Pair of Pants at a Time" (1930), "Nellie" - uncredited / writer: "Nellie" - uncredited.
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