Between 1946 and 1966, Harold Brauer made over 30 appearances in films and television. He is best known for his role as the "heavy" in several Three stooges shorts,including ”Three Loan Wolves”(1946), "Fright Night”(1947), and “Sing a Song of Six Pants”(as Terry “Slipperyfingers” Hargan)in 1947.
He was one of only two supporting actors who appears on film with all four configurations of the Stooges (i.e. third Stooge played by Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita).Over the course of his 20-year career, Brauer was billed under the names Harold Brauer, Bill Brauer, or Tiny Bill Brauer.
He received the name “Tiny” while working with Jimmy Durante. Among his TV appearances were "Dragnet”(1957-1958), “Make Room for Daddy”(1960-1964), and “The Dick Van Dyke Show”(1962-1966).
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was a childhood friend of the Howard brothers (better known as Moe, Shemp and Curly), later known as The Three Stooges. Mr. Brauer began performing at a very tender age during World War I, singing and “clowning around” in many of the Army hospitals of the period.
He was eventually offered professional engagements at the Catskill resorts, and had other stage bookings under the guidance of the Schuberts. He worked in vaudeville with Jackson, Irving and Reeves, and appeared in the popular 1940’s stage show “Hellzapoppin” with Olson and Johnson.
He also worked with Jimmy Durante for 12 years in vaudeville. Harold Brauer worked at practically all the major studios in Hollywood; Universal, Warner Brothers and M-G-M. He worked in radio and was a contract player at Columbia Pictures, where he was usually cast as the heavy. He also has the distinction of working with all six of The Three Stooges.
His most memorable role with the Stooges was the short,“Sing a Song of Six Pants”(1947), which cast him as the bank robber Terry Hargen. He appeared with Jackie Gleason and Ethel Merman on Broadway in "Keep Off the Grass." On television, he played his usual “heavy” role with such stars as Milton Berle, Danny Thomas and Dick Van Dyke.
He has guest-starred on such series as "Gomer Pyle", “The Untouchables”, “Dragnet” and “The Zane Grey Theater.” He also worked extensively in night clubs around the country, rounding out his prosperous, show business career. Harold Brauer died of a heart condition on March 19, 1990, at the Sepulveda Veterans Hospital, in Sepulveda, California. He was 82.
(Special thanks to Steve Randisi and The Three Stooges Journal)
He was one of only two supporting actors who appears on film with all four configurations of the Stooges (i.e. third Stooge played by Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita).Over the course of his 20-year career, Brauer was billed under the names Harold Brauer, Bill Brauer, or Tiny Bill Brauer.
He received the name “Tiny” while working with Jimmy Durante. Among his TV appearances were "Dragnet”(1957-1958), “Make Room for Daddy”(1960-1964), and “The Dick Van Dyke Show”(1962-1966).
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was a childhood friend of the Howard brothers (better known as Moe, Shemp and Curly), later known as The Three Stooges. Mr. Brauer began performing at a very tender age during World War I, singing and “clowning around” in many of the Army hospitals of the period.
He was eventually offered professional engagements at the Catskill resorts, and had other stage bookings under the guidance of the Schuberts. He worked in vaudeville with Jackson, Irving and Reeves, and appeared in the popular 1940’s stage show “Hellzapoppin” with Olson and Johnson.
He also worked with Jimmy Durante for 12 years in vaudeville. Harold Brauer worked at practically all the major studios in Hollywood; Universal, Warner Brothers and M-G-M. He worked in radio and was a contract player at Columbia Pictures, where he was usually cast as the heavy. He also has the distinction of working with all six of The Three Stooges.
His most memorable role with the Stooges was the short,“Sing a Song of Six Pants”(1947), which cast him as the bank robber Terry Hargen. He appeared with Jackie Gleason and Ethel Merman on Broadway in "Keep Off the Grass." On television, he played his usual “heavy” role with such stars as Milton Berle, Danny Thomas and Dick Van Dyke.
He has guest-starred on such series as "Gomer Pyle", “The Untouchables”, “Dragnet” and “The Zane Grey Theater.” He also worked extensively in night clubs around the country, rounding out his prosperous, show business career. Harold Brauer died of a heart condition on March 19, 1990, at the Sepulveda Veterans Hospital, in Sepulveda, California. He was 82.
(Special thanks to Steve Randisi and The Three Stooges Journal)
Between 1946 and 1966, Harold Brauer made over 30 appearances in films and television. He is best known for his role as the "heavy" in several Three stooges shorts,including ”Three Loan Wolves”(1946), "Fright Night”(1947), and “Sing a Song of Six Pants”(as Terry “Slipperyfingers” Hargan)in 1947.
He was one of only two supporting actors who appears on film with all four configurations of the Stooges (i.e. third Stooge played by Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita).Over the course of his 20-year career, Brauer was billed under the names Harold Brauer, Bill Brauer, or Tiny Bill Brauer.
He received the name “Tiny” while working with Jimmy Durante. Among his TV appearances were "Dragnet”(1957-1958), “Make Room for Daddy”(1960-1964), and “The Dick Van Dyke Show”(1962-1966).
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was a childhood friend of the Howard brothers (better known as Moe, Shemp and Curly), later known as The Three Stooges. Mr. Brauer began performing at a very tender age during World War I, singing and “clowning around” in many of the Army hospitals of the period.
He was eventually offered professional engagements at the Catskill resorts, and had other stage bookings under the guidance of the Schuberts. He worked in vaudeville with Jackson, Irving and Reeves, and appeared in the popular 1940’s stage show “Hellzapoppin” with Olson and Johnson.
He also worked with Jimmy Durante for 12 years in vaudeville. Harold Brauer worked at practically all the major studios in Hollywood; Universal, Warner Brothers and M-G-M. He worked in radio and was a contract player at Columbia Pictures, where he was usually cast as the heavy. He also has the distinction of working with all six of The Three Stooges.
His most memorable role with the Stooges was the short,“Sing a Song of Six Pants”(1947), which cast him as the bank robber Terry Hargen. He appeared with Jackie Gleason and Ethel Merman on Broadway in "Keep Off the Grass." On television, he played his usual “heavy” role with such stars as Milton Berle, Danny Thomas and Dick Van Dyke.
He has guest-starred on such series as "Gomer Pyle", “The Untouchables”, “Dragnet” and “The Zane Grey Theater.” He also worked extensively in night clubs around the country, rounding out his prosperous, show business career. Harold Brauer died of a heart condition on March 19, 1990, at the Sepulveda Veterans Hospital, in Sepulveda, California. He was 82.
(Special thanks to Steve Randisi and The Three Stooges Journal)
He was one of only two supporting actors who appears on film with all four configurations of the Stooges (i.e. third Stooge played by Curly Howard, Shemp Howard, Joe Besser, and Curly Joe DeRita).Over the course of his 20-year career, Brauer was billed under the names Harold Brauer, Bill Brauer, or Tiny Bill Brauer.
He received the name “Tiny” while working with Jimmy Durante. Among his TV appearances were "Dragnet”(1957-1958), “Make Room for Daddy”(1960-1964), and “The Dick Van Dyke Show”(1962-1966).
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Born in Brooklyn, New York, he was a childhood friend of the Howard brothers (better known as Moe, Shemp and Curly), later known as The Three Stooges. Mr. Brauer began performing at a very tender age during World War I, singing and “clowning around” in many of the Army hospitals of the period.
He was eventually offered professional engagements at the Catskill resorts, and had other stage bookings under the guidance of the Schuberts. He worked in vaudeville with Jackson, Irving and Reeves, and appeared in the popular 1940’s stage show “Hellzapoppin” with Olson and Johnson.
He also worked with Jimmy Durante for 12 years in vaudeville. Harold Brauer worked at practically all the major studios in Hollywood; Universal, Warner Brothers and M-G-M. He worked in radio and was a contract player at Columbia Pictures, where he was usually cast as the heavy. He also has the distinction of working with all six of The Three Stooges.
His most memorable role with the Stooges was the short,“Sing a Song of Six Pants”(1947), which cast him as the bank robber Terry Hargen. He appeared with Jackie Gleason and Ethel Merman on Broadway in "Keep Off the Grass." On television, he played his usual “heavy” role with such stars as Milton Berle, Danny Thomas and Dick Van Dyke.
He has guest-starred on such series as "Gomer Pyle", “The Untouchables”, “Dragnet” and “The Zane Grey Theater.” He also worked extensively in night clubs around the country, rounding out his prosperous, show business career. Harold Brauer died of a heart condition on March 19, 1990, at the Sepulveda Veterans Hospital, in Sepulveda, California. He was 82.
(Special thanks to Steve Randisi and The Three Stooges Journal)
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