By Vlad Zakh · September 8, 2026
Dick Curtis was a familiar Hollywood tough-guy character actor best remembered for tangling with the Three Stooges in dozens of their shorts. Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise strikes oil while helping a swindled widow, I Can Hardly Wait chases Curly’s aching tooth, Crash Goes the Hash sends them undercover as staff, and Rawhide takes on a corrupt cattlemen’s agency. Salute to the Marines and Three Arabian Nuts round out the list.
01 Dick Curtis is in this western about a lawyer battling a corrupt cattlemen's agency who recruits a retired baseball star turned rancher to stand up against them.
Directed by Ray Taylor · 0h 58m
Stream: fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, Philo, MGM Plus, Best Westerns Ever Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video
02 Dick Curtis appears in this Three Stooges short where the trio help a swindled widow reclaim her land, accidentally striking oil while trying to fix her well.
Directed by Jules White · 0h 18m · Rated NR
03 Dick Curtis appears in this Three Stooges short where the trio resort to increasingly chaotic methods to remove Curly's aching tooth.
Directed by Jules White · 0h 19m · Rated NR
04 Dick Curtis features in this Three Stooges short where the trio go undercover as household staff to uncover a high-society matron's scheme.
Directed by Jules White · 0h 18m · Rated NR
05 Dick Curtis appears in this war film about a retired Marine NCO who leads a heroic last stand against invading forces in the Philippines.
Directed by S. Sylvan Simon · 1h 41m · Rated NR
Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
Rent or buy: Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
06 Dick Curtis features in this Three Stooges short where the trio must outwit a trio of Arabian bad guys after stumbling onto a magic lamp complete with genie.
Directed by Edward Bernds · 0h 16m · Rated NR
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