Del Lord

1894–1970 (age 76)

Film director

Biography

Del Lord gained renown as a film director who choreographed the wild antics of the Three Stooges and kept moviegoers laughing through the lean years of the 1930s and 1940s.

He was admired for his great eye for physical comedy, his mentorship of young actors, and for later years in Riverside County when he reflected on a career that helped define American slapstick.

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