Ted Healy Autographs

Ted Healy (born Charles Ernest Lee Nash; October 1, 1896 – December 21, 1937) was an American vaudeville performer, comedian, and actor. Though he is chiefly remembered as the creator of The Three Stooges and the style of slapstick comedy that they later made famous, he had a successful stage and film career of his own and was cited as a formative influence by several later comedy stars.
Sources conflict on Healy's precise birth name (most sources indicate he was born Charles Ernest Lee Nash) but according to baptismal records, he was born Ernest Lea Nash on October 1, 1896, in Kaufman, Texas, to Charles McKinney Nash and Mary Eugenia (McGinty) Nash. He attended Holy Innocents School in Houston before the family, including his elder sister, Elizabeth Marcia Nash (1895–1972), who later appeared in two 1930s films in small roles under the stage name Marcia Healy (The Sitter Downers and The Great Ziegfeld), moved to New York in 1908. While in New York, he attended high school at De La Salle Institute. Nash initially intended to become a businessman but eventually decided on the stage.
Nash made his first foray into show business in 1912 at the age of 15 when he and childhood friend Moe Howard joined the Annette Kellerman Diving Girls, a vaudeville act that included four boys. The act ended quickly after an accident on stage, and Nash and Howard went their separate ways. Nash then developed a vaudeville act and adopted the stage name Ted Healy. Healy's act was a hit, and he soon expanded his role as a comedian and master of ceremonies. In the 1920s, he was the highest-paid performer in vaudeville, making $9,000 a week (equivalent to about $166,000 in 2024). He added performers to his stage show, including his new wife, Betty Brown (Betty Braun), and his German shepherd dog.
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Traded items with a signature of Ted Healy

The most expensive item with a signature of Ted Healy (VTG 3 5" x 7" Stooges Creator TED HEALY autographed photo-cane-bowler-signed-COA) was sold in March 2026 for $1,009.98 while the cheapest item (MOUSIE GARNER SIGNED PHOTO (THREE STOOGES) (TED HEALY)) found a new owner for $9.99 in January 2013. The month with the most items sold (2) was January 2020 with an average selling price of $112.51 for an autographed item of Ted Healy. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in March 2026 with $1,009.98 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $9.99 was January 2013. In average, an autographed item from Ted Healy is worth $130.00.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Ted Healy were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	*TED HEALY Vintage orig Fan Photo SIGNED BY TED HEALY Three Stooges, Vaudeville	$200.00
	AMERICAN ACTOR ,COMEDIAN TED HEALY, SIGNED VINTAGE PROMOTIONAL PHOTO	$88.49
	Caricaturist AL HIRSCHFELD Signed Autograph photo TED HEALY 3 THREE STOOGES Rare	$195.00
	JACK WOLF—SIGNED PHOTO—1 of TED HEALY’s STOOGES- GENTLEMANIACS	$111.00
	JACK WOLF—SIGNED PHOTO—One of Ted Healy’s 3 Stooges—Warner’s Dad•Gentle Maniacs	$181.00
	Original Autograph of Ted Healy Three 3 Stooges- Rare!	$26.99
	SIGNED VINTAGE ORIGINAL PHOTO: TED HEALY: THREE STOOGES CREATOR.	$76.01
	TED HEALY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH	$814.85
	TED HEALY - PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED CIRCA 1936	$662.85
	Ted Healy Hand Signed Autographed 1937 Letter The Three Stooges Comedian Actor	$71.00
	Ted Healy Hand Signed Autographed 5x7 Photo - The Three Stooges Comedian Actor	$45.05
	Ted Healy Signed Photo (1935) Three Stooges Vaudeville Broadway Hollywood Star	$399.00
	Ted Healy Three Stooges Creator Vaudeville Actor Signed Cut Signature (d. 1937)	$80.00
	TED HEALY Tragic Three Stooges Founder Rare Signed Vintage	$149.00
	VTG 3 5" x 7" Stooges Creator TED HEALY autographed photo-cane-bowler-signed-COA	$1,009.98