---
name: "Joe Frisco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-frisco"
fi1m_id: "joe-frisco"
imdb_id: "nm0295862"
tmdb_id: 14578
wikidata_id: "Q13479189"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "4 November 1889"
died: "12 February 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:16:32.475786+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Joe Frisco

## Identity

Joe Frisco

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-frisco
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-frisco
- **IMDb ID:** nm0295862
- **TMDB ID:** 14578
- **Wikidata ID:** Q13479189
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Frisco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13479189, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14578

Actor. Born 4 November 1889 in Milan, Illinois, USA. Died 12 February 1958.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 4 November 1889, Milan, Illinois, USA
- **Died:** 12 February 1958
- **Also known as:** Louis Wilson Joseph
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Frisco, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13479189, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295862/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14578

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Sweet Smell of Success*](https://film.one/film/sweet-smell-of-success.md) (88)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Joe Frisco (born Louis Wilson Joseph) was an American vaudeville performer, dancer and actor. He first gained notice in the 1910s performing with early jazz bands in Chicago and New York, and made his Broadway debut in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918. He later incorporated his stutter into comedy routines and became a popular vaudeville act.

In the 1940s Frisco moved to Hollywood and appeared in a number of films, often playing himself or small character roles. His final screen appearance was as Herbie Temple in the 1957 film *Sweet Smell of Success*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sweet Smell of Success* (1957), Fi1m 88, as Herbie Temple — [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-smell-of-success.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sweet Smell of Success* (1957), as Herbie Temple — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/sweet-smell-of-success.md)
- *Riding High* (1950), as Joe Frisco
- *That's My Man* (1947), as Willie Wagonstatter
- *Shady Lady* (1945), as Tramp
- *Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride* (1940), as Haberdasher
- *Western Jamboree* (1938), as Joe Frisco
- *Mr. Broadway* (1933), as Joe Frisco
- *The Gorilla* (1930), as Garrity
- *The Song Plugger* (1930), as Joe Frisco
- *The Happy Hottentots* (1930), as Joe / Reese Brother
- *The Benefit* (1930), Actor

## Gallery

- ![1923 photograph of vaudeville entertainer Joe Frisco](https://film.one/media/person/3875701/gallery-745985d35ed1.png) 1923 photograph of vaudeville entertainer Joe Frisco — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Joe_Frisco.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Joe Frisco](https://film.one/media/person/3875701/gallery-510164f9038f.jpg) Joe Frisco — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/JoeFrisco1910s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/joe-frisco