27 Facts About Larry Fine

Louis Feinberg, better known by his stage name Larry Fine, was an American actor, comedian and musician.

Larry Fine is best known as a member of the comedy act the Three Stooges and was often called "The Middle Stooge".

Larry Fine had picked up the bottle and, mistaking it for a beverage, raised it to his lips when his father noticed and knocked it out of his hand, accidentally splashing the acid on his son's forearm, causing extensive damage to it.

Larry Fine became so proficient that his parents wanted to send him to a European music conservatory, but the plan was thwarted by the outbreak of World War I Fine later played the violin in the Stooge films.

Larry Fine's father was opposed to Larry's fighting in public and put an end to his brief boxing career.

At an early age, Larry Fine started performing as a violinist in vaudeville.

Between 1925 and 1928, while serving as the master of ceremonies at Rainbo Gardens in Chicago, Larry Fine met Shemp Howard and Ted Healy, who were performing in the Shubert Brothers' A Night in Spain.

Larry Fine joined Ted's other stooges, Bobby Pinkus and Sam "Moody" Braun.

Larry Fine was easily recognized in the Stooge features by his large top bald spot with thick, bushy, curly auburn hair around the sides and back; Moe called him "Porcupine".

Larry Fine was a surrealistic foil and the middle ground between Moe's gruffly "bossy" and Curly's childish personae.

Larry Fine's reasonableness was the perfect foil to Moe's brusque bluntness and Curly's or Shemp's boyish immaturity, but Larry sometimes proposed something impossible or illogical and was quickly put down verbally and physically by Moe, who often pulled a handful of hair out of Larry's head.

The Shemp era marked a period of increased onscreen presence for Larry Fine, who had been relegated to a background role during the Curly era.

Larry Fine livened scenes up with improvised remarks or ridiculous actions.

Larry Fine was the kind of guy who always said anything.

Larry Fine met his wife, Mabel Haney, in 1922, when both were working in vaudeville.

Larry Fine was called a "yes man" since he was always so agreeable.

Larry Fine was a terrible businessman and spent his money as soon as he earned it.

Larry Fine had a significant gambling addiction, leading him to gamble his money away at racetracks or high-stakes gin rummy games.

Larry Fine did not own a house until the late 1940s, when he purchased one in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, California.

Larry Fine was on the road and about to take the stage for a live show at Rocky Point Amusement Park in Warwick, Rhode Island, when he heard the news.

Larry Fine immediately flew home to California, leaving the other two Stooges to improvise their remaining shows at the park.

Larry Fine is sometimes erroneously reported to be the father of sportscaster Warner Wolf, who is the son of Jack Wolf, one of several other "stooges" who played in Ted Healy's vaudeville act at one time or another.

Larry Fine began showing signs of mental impairment, such as trouble delivering his lines.

On January 9,1970, Larry Fine suffered a debilitating stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body, which marked the end of his performing career.

Larry Fine eventually moved to the Motion Picture Country House, an industry retirement community in Woodland Hills, where he spent his remaining years, and used a wheelchair during the last five.

Larry Fine remained accessible to Stooge fans, regularly hosting them despite his disability.

Larry Fine was interred with his wife and son in a crypt at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in the Freedom Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Liberation.