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Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 11, 1895
Died
November 22, 1955
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also Known As
- Samuel Horwitz
- Shemp
- Shemp Howard and His Stooges
- The Three Stooges
- Shmuel Horwitz
Shemp Howard
0.4 Popularity
Biography
Samuel (born Shmuel) Horwitz (March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955), known professionally as Shemp Howard, was an American actor and comedian. He is best known today for his role as the third stooge in the Three Stooges, a role he first portrayed at the beginning of the act in the early 1920s (1923–1932) while the act was still associated with Ted Healy and known as "Ted Healy and his Stooges", and again from 1946 until his death in 1955. Between his times with the Stooges, Shemp had a successful film career as a solo comedian. He was born in Manhattan, New York and raised in Brooklyn, the third-born of five Horwitz brothers, sons of Lithuanian Jewish parents. Moses - professionally known as Moe Howard - and Jerome - professionally known as Curly Howard - were his younger brothers. Throughout his career Shemp seldom stuck to the script and would liven up scenes with ad-libbed incidental dialogue or wisecracks. This became a trademark of his performances. His most notable characteristic as a Stooge was a high-pitched "bee-bee-bee-bee-bee-bee!" sound, a sort of soft screech done by inhaling. It became his signature sound. He used his somewhat homely appearance for comic effect, often mugging grotesquely or allowing his hair to fall in disarray. Shemp was married to the former Gertrude Frank, whom he wed in September 1925. The couple had one child, Morton (1926–1972). On November 22, 1955, while returning home in a taxicab following attending a boxing match with friends, Shemp, age 60, died of a sudden massive heart attack. The Three Stooges have a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street.
Known For
0.0
Three Stooges Comedy Collection
2024
0.0
Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!
2023
8.7
Shemp
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015
2.2
Shemp
The Three Stooges in 3D
2012
0.0
The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts
2009
0.0
Self (archive footage)
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008
10.0
Shemp (archive footage)
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
0.0
Shemp
The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
2001
0.0
Shemp
The Three Stooges Story
2001
🎬
6.0
Shemp
The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious
2000
Credits
Three Stooges Comedy Collection
2024
0.0
Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!
2023
0.0
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
as Shemp
2015
8.7
The Three Stooges in 3D
as Shemp
2012
2.2
The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts
2009
0.0
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
2008
0.0
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
as Shemp (archive footage)
2003
10.0
The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
as Shemp
2001
0.0
The Three Stooges Story
as Shemp
2001
0.0
🎬
The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious
as Shemp
2000
6.0
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
as Self / Shemp (archive footage)
1997
0.0
The Lost Stooges
as Himself
1990
0.0
Classic Comedy Teams
as Shemp (archive footage)
1986
0.0
🎬
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
as Shemp
1964
9.0
Triple Crossed
as Shemp (archive footage) (uncredited)
1959
4.8
Commotion on the Ocean
as Shemp (archive footage)
1956
4.2
Scheming Schemers
as Shemp (archive footage)
1956
5.8
Hot Stuff
as Shemp (archive footage)
1956
5.3
Rumpus in the Harem
as Shemp (archive footage)
1956
4.6
For Crimin' Out Loud
as Shemp
1956
6.0
Flagpole Jitters
as Shemp
1956
5.0
Creeps
as Shemp / Shemp's son
1956
5.7
Husbands Beware
as Prof. Shemp Howard
1956
6.0
Columbia Laff Hour
as Shemp
1956
7.0
Blunder Boys
as Various Days
1955
7.8
Hot Ice
as Shemp
1955
5.8
Wham-Bam-Slam!
as Shemp
1955
6.6
Stone Age Romeos
as Shemp
1955
6.0
Gypped in the Penthouse
as Shemp
1955
7.1
Bedlam in Paradise
as Shemp
1955
6.2
Of Cash and Hash
as Shemp
1955
6.2
Fling in the Ring
as Shemp
1955
5.2
Scotched in Scotland
as Shemp
1954
5.0
Shot in the Frontier
as Shemp
1954
5.8
Knutzy Knights
as Shemp
1954
6.1
Pals and Gals
as Shemp
1954
5.4
Musty Musketeers
as Shemp
1954
5.6
Income Tax Sappy
as Shemp
1954
7.6
Goof on the Roof
as Shemp
1953
7.4
Bubble Trouble
as Shemp
1953
6.4
Rip, Sew and Stitch
as Shemp
1953
6.2
Pardon My Backfire
as Shemp
1953
5.6
Spooks!
as Shemp
1953
6.2
Tricky Dicks
as Shemp
1953
6.6
Loose Loot
as Shemp
1953
6.6
Booty and the Beast
as Shemp
1953
6.2
Up in Daisy's Penthouse
as Shemp / Shemp Howard Sr.
1953
5.8
Cuckoo on a Choo Choo
as Shemp
1952
4.9
Three Dark Horses
as Shemp
1952
6.8
Gents in a Jam
as Shemp
1952
6.8
He Cooked His Goose
as Shemp
1952
5.6
Listen Judge
as Shemp
1952
7.0
Corny Casanovas
as Shemp
1952
6.8
A Missed Fortune
as Shemp
1952
7.0
Pest Man Wins
as Shemp
1951
5.5
Hula-La-La
as Shemp
1951
5.2
The Tooth Will Out
as Shemp
1951
5.8
Gold Raiders
as Shemp
1951
5.7
Merry Mavericks
as Shemp
1951
5.8
Scrambled Brains
as Shemp
1951
7.8
Don't Throw That Knife
as Shemp
1951
5.5
Baby Sitters Jitters
as Shemp
1951
5.6
Three Arabian Nuts
as Shemp
1951
7.5
A Snitch in Time
as Shemp
1950
5.4
Slaphappy Sleuths
as Shemp
1950
6.8
Studio Stoops
as Shemp
1950
7.2
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Three Hams on Rye
as Shemp
1950
6.3
Self Made Maids
as Shemp / Shempetta
1950
5.4
Love at First Bite
as Shemp
1950
5.7
Dopey Dicks
as Shemp
1950
6.9
Hugs and Mugs
as Shemp
1950
5.5
Punchy Cowpunchers
as Shemp
1950
5.7
Jerks of All Trades
as Shemp
1949
6.6
Dunked in the Deep
as Shemp
1949
5.4
🎬
Vagabond Loafers
as Shemp
1949
7.2
Malice in the Palace
as Shemp
1949
5.6
Hokus Pokus
as Shemp
1949
6.3
Africa Screams
as Gunner
1949
5.7
Fuelin' Around
as Shemp
1949
7.2
Who Done It?
as Shemp
1949
7.5
The Ghost Talks
as Shemp
1949
6.4
Crime on Their Hands
as Shemp
1948
7.1
Mummy's Dummies
as Shemp
1948
6.4
I'm a Monkey's Uncle
as Shemp
1948
5.6
Heavenly Daze
as Shemp
1948
7.2
The Hot Scots
as Shemp
1948
6.6
Fiddlers Three
as Shemp
1948
6.3
Squareheads of the Round Table
as Shemp
1948
6.8
Pardon My Clutch
as Shemp
1948
5.8
Shivering Sherlocks
as Shemp
1948
5.8
All Gummed Up
as Shemp
1947
6.4
Sing a Song of Six Pants
as Shemp
1947
6.0
Brideless Groom
as Shemp
1947
6.0
Hold That Lion!
as Shemp
1947
7.4
Out West
as Shemp
1947
7.2
Bride and Gloom
as Shemp
1947
4.0
Fright Night
as Shemp
1947
6.4
🎬
The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1
as Himself
1947
7.5
Blondie Knows Best
as Jim Gray
1946
6.4
Society Mugs
as Shemp
1946
5.0
Dangerous Business
as Monk
1946
0.0
One Exciting Week
as Marvin Lewis
1946
6.0
Jiggers, My Wife
as Woodcock 'Woody' J. Strinker
1946
7.0
Mr. Noisy
as Noisy
1946
7.0
The Gentleman Misbehaves
as Marty
1946
0.0
A Hit with a Miss
as Rameses - Prizefighter
1945
5.0
Where the Pest Begins
as Shemp Howard
1945
4.5
Trouble Chasers
as Shemp Howard
1945
0.0
Off Again, On Again
as Woodcock Q. Strinker
1945
5.0
Crazy Knights
as Shemp
1944
4.6
Open Season for Saps
as Woodcock Q. Strinker
1944
7.0
Strange Affair
as Laundry Truck Driver
1944
6.2
Moonlight and Cactus
as Punchy Carter
1944
4.0
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
as Elmer Peabody
1944
4.0
Three of a Kind
as Shemp Howard
1944
0.0
Crazy House
as Mumbo
1943
5.0
Keep 'Em Slugging
as Binky
1943
5.5
It Ain't Hay
as Umbrella Sam
1943
6.4
How's About It
as Alf
1943
3.3
Arabian Nights
as Sinbad
1942
6.0
Pittsburgh
as Shorty (The Tailor)
1942
6.2
Strictly in the Groove
as Pops
1942
0.0
Private Buckaroo
as Sgt. 'Muggsy' Shavel
1942
4.6
Mississippi Gambler
as Milton Davis - Brooklyn Cab Driver
1942
6.0
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Det. Sgt. Sweeney
1942
5.1
Butch Minds the Baby
as 'Squinty' Sweeny
1942
0.0
Hellzapoppin'
as Louie
1941
7.2
The Three Stooges: Live and Hilarious
as Shemp
1941
0.0
Hold That Ghost
as Soda Jerk
1941
6.8
🎬
Too Many Blondes
as Hotel Manager Ambrose Tripp
1941
0.0
The Flame of New Orleans
as Oyster Bed Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
1941
6.4
Cracked Nuts
as Eddie / Ivan
1941
0.0
Hit the Road
as Dingbat
1941
0.0
San Antonio Rose
as Benny the Bounce
1941
7.0
Tight Shoes
as Okay
1941
0.0
In the Navy
as Dizzy
1941
6.4
Mr. Dynamite
as 'Abdullah'
1941
0.0
Road Show
as Moe Parker (uncredited)
1941
5.3
🎬
Meet the Chump
as Stinky Fink
1941
0.0
Buck Privates
as Chef
1941
6.7
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
as Gabby
1941
5.0
The Invisible Woman
as Frankie
1940
5.7
Give Us Wings
as Buzz Berger
1940
6.0
Murder Over New York
as Shorty McCoy alias Rashid the Fakir
1940
6.1
The Bank Dick
as Joe Guelpe
1940
6.5
The Leather Pushers
as Sailor McNeill
1940
0.0
Pleased to Mitt You
as Pat Patrick
1940
5.0
Millionaires in Prison
as Professor
1940
6.0
Boobs in the Woods
as Gus
1940
0.0
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Joe - a Pickpocket
1940
6.3
Money Squawks
as Shemp
1940
5.0
Glove Slingers
as Pat Patrick
1939
4.0
Another Thin Man
as Wacky (uncredited)
1939
7.1
Home on the Rage
as Happy
1938
3.0
🎬
Not Guilty Enough
as Brother-in-Law
1938
0.0
Headin' East
as Windy Wylie
1937
0.0
Hollywood Round-Up
as Oscar Bush
1937
4.4
Taking the Count
as Knobby Walsh
1937
0.0
Kick Me Again
as Knobby Walsh
1937
0.0
The Blonde Bomber
as Knobby Walsh
1936
0.0
The Choke's on You
as Knobby Walsh
1936
0.0
Punch and Beauty
as Knobby Walsh
1936
0.0
Here's Howe
as Knobby Walsh
1936
0.0
Absorbing Junior
as Henry, the Husband
1936
0.0
For the Love of Pete
as Knobby Walsh
1936
0.0
While the Cat's Away
as Henry
1936
0.0
The Officer's Mess
as Gus Doakes
1935
0.0
Convention Girl
as Dan Higgins
1935
6.0
On the Wagon
as Henry
1935
0.0
Serves You Right
as Johnny Spivens
1935
6.5
Why Pay Rent?
as Henry
1935
0.0
His First Flame
as Smokey Moe
1935
8.0
A Peach of a Pair
as Butler
1934
7.0
Dizzy & Daffy
as Lefty Howard
1934
6.0
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
as Henry
1934
3.5
Smoked Hams
as Henry Howard
1934
7.0
Daredevil O'Dare
as Butch
1934
0.0
My Mummy's Arms
as Kenneth
1934
8.0
Art Trouble
as Short Painter
1934
6.3
I Scream
as Moran's Henchman
1934
0.0
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #9
as Songwriters' Representative
1934
3.0
Corn on the Cop
as Reginald / Reggie
1934
5.0
Pure Feud
as Clem McCarthy
1934
0.0
Very Close Veins
as Sourdough
1934
5.0
Everybody Likes Music
as Shemp Howard
1934
0.0
Pugs and Kisses
as Dopey Traynor
1934
0.0
The Knife of the Party
as Shemp Howard
1934
4.5
Mushrooms
as Thorndike
1934
0.0
The Wrong, Wrong Trail
as Piano Mover
1934
0.0
Henry the Ache
as Artie - One of King Henry's Lackeys
1934
1.3
Howd' Ya Like That?
as Sailor
1934
0.0
Here Comes Flossie!
as Ezry
1933
7.0
In the Dough
as Bugs
1933
5.3
Gobs of Fun
as Club patron
1933
5.3
Paul Revere, Jr.
as Attendant
1933
0.0
Close Relations
as One of the Moles
1933
0.0
Salt Water Daffy
as Wilbur the Kleptomaniac
1933
5.2
Soup to Nuts
as Fireman
1930
5.7
Spring Fever
1919
0.0