Emil Sitka (1914 - 1998) إميل سيتكا
Biography
An American actor who was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, to Slovak immigrant parents. He married two times and had 7 children. His most important works include Watermelon Man (1970), Intruder (1989), and The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962). He appeared in hundreds of films...Read more and television programs and is best known for appearing with The Three Stooges. His father was a coal miner who died of black lung disease when Emil was 12, and his mother was hospitalized, unable to care for her children, so they moved to foster homes. However, Emil went to live in a church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a Catholic priest and became an altar boy. He planned to enter the priesthood, and had his first opportunity to act in the church theater. At the age of 16, he wandered with one of his brothers across the United States in search of work for a year. In 1936, he stayed in a small theater and did handiwork to pay his rent, and then got small acting parts in the theater. He was discovered by a talent scout from Columbia and appeared in the short film Andy Plays Hookey (1946). His first work with The Three Stooges was Half-Wits Holiday (1947). However, he is best remembered for the line: "Hold hands, you lovebirds!" from Brideless Groom (1947), also with the Stooges. He died in Camarillo, California, USA on January 16, 1998 from complications of a stroke.
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- Nationality:
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- Date of Birth:
- 22 December 1914
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- Birth Country:
- US
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- Died on:
- 16 January 1998
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- Death Country:
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- Kook's Tour
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- 1962 - Movie
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- 1962 - Movie
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- 1955 - Movie
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- 1953 - Movie
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- 1951 - Movie
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- Hold That Lion
- 1947 - Movie - Short
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An American actor who was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, to Slovak immigrant parents. He married two times and had 7 children. His most important works include Watermelon...Read more Man (1970), Intruder (1989), and The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962). He appeared in hundreds of films and television programs and is best known for appearing with The Three Stooges. His father was a coal miner who died of black lung disease when Emil was 12, and his mother was hospitalized, unable to care for her children, so they moved to foster homes. However, Emil went to live in a church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with a Catholic priest and became an altar boy. He planned to enter the priesthood, and had his first opportunity to act in the church theater. At the age of 16, he wandered with one of his brothers across the United States in search of work for a year. In 1936, he stayed in a small theater and did handiwork to pay his rent, and then got small acting parts in the theater. He was discovered by a talent scout from Columbia and appeared in the short film Andy Plays Hookey (1946). His first work with The Three Stooges was Half-Wits Holiday (1947). However, he is best remembered for the line: "Hold hands, you lovebirds!" from Brideless Groom (1947), also with the Stooges. He died in Camarillo, California, USA on January 16, 1998 from complications of a stroke.
- Nationality:
- US
- Date of Birth:
- 22 December 1914
- Birth Country:
- US
- Birth City:
- Pennsylvania
- Died on:
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16 January 1998
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- Death Country:
- US
- Death City:
- California
