Lord was one of the original
Keystone Cops. He was renowned for his
almost perfect sense of timing, which would allow him to drive a truck
full of the Kops to the very edge of a precipice without tumbling over
it, or maneuver cars in incredibly tight areas or between speeding
trains. When Columbia producer
Jules White was looking for a house director
who could handle
The Three Stooges, someone remarked to him one day, "Guess what?
I saw Del Lord over in Culver City selling cars on a used-car lot."
White immediately remembered Lord, and saw the possibilities of a
director of Lord's imagination (and, more importantly, temperament)
working with the Stooges. White hired him forthwith, and Lord turned
out some of the best and most fondly remembered Stooges shorts.
