Shemp Howard

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1895-03-10
  • event Death Date 1955-11-22
  • school Known for: Acting
  • star Popularity: 3.2
  • info Birth Place Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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6.4

The Bank Dick

1940-11-29

6.4

Blondie Knows Best

1946-10-17

5.7

Africa Screams

1949-05-04

6.3

In the Navy

1941-05-30

10

Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

2003-04-29

5.7

The Invisible Woman

1940-12-28

6.6

Buck Privates

1941-01-31

5

Crazy House

1943-10-08

6.8

Hold That Ghost

1941-08-08

5.9

Arabian Nights

1942-12-25

0

The Three Stooges Story

2001-05-02

6.2

Pittsburgh

1942-12-11

5.6

Pardon My Backfire

1953-08-15

7.1

Hellzapoppin'

1941-12-25

5.8

Soup to Nuts

1930-09-28

0

Mr. Dynamite

1941-03-01

6.4

It Ain't Hay

1943-03-10

5.4

Malice in the Palace

1949-09-01

5.5

Sing a Song of Six Pants

1947-10-30

5.7

Brideless Groom

1947-09-11

4.3

Triple Crossed

1959-02-02

5.1

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

1942-03-27

0

The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter

2001-05-02

7

San Antonio Rose

1941-06-20

0

Everybody Likes Music

1934-03-09

0

Not Guilty Enough

1938-07-30

0

The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!

1997-05-15

0

Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!

2023-07-11

6.5

Bedlam in Paradise

1955-04-14

7

Out West

1947-04-24

7

Hold That Lion!

1947-07-17

6.3

Fright Night

1947-03-06

6.8

All Gummed Up

1947-12-18

5.8

Shivering Sherlocks

1948-01-08

5.8

Pardon My Clutch

1948-02-26

6.7

Squareheads of the Round Table

1948-03-04

6.4

Fiddlers Three

1948-05-06

6

The Hot Scots

1948-07-08

6.8

Heavenly Daze

1948-09-02

5

I'm a Monkey's Uncle

1948-10-07

6.8

Mummy's Dummies

1948-11-04

6.7

Crime on Their Hands

1948-12-09

6.6

The Ghost Talks

1949-02-03

7.3

Who Done It?

1949-03-03

6.2

Hokus Pokus

1949-05-05

7

Fuelin' Around

1949-04-07

7.5

Vagabond Loafers

1949-10-06

5.3

Dunked in the Deep

1949-11-03

5.3

Punchy Cowpunchers

1950-01-05

5.3

Hugs and Mugs

1950-02-02

6.5

Dopey Dicks

1950-03-02

5

Love at First Bite

1950-05-04

5.5

Self Made Maids

1950-07-06

6.2

Three Hams on Rye

1950-09-07

7.3

Studio Stoops

1950-10-05

7.7

Slaphappy Sleuths

1950-11-09

4.8

A Snitch in Time

1950-12-07

7.5

Three Arabian Nuts

1951-01-04

5.2

Baby Sitters Jitters

1951-02-01

5

Don't Throw That Knife

1951-05-03

7.3

Scrambled Brains

1951-06-07

5

Merry Mavericks

1951-09-06

5.7

The Tooth Will Out

1951-10-04

4.7

Hula-La-La

1951-11-01

4.5

Pest Man Wins

1951-12-06

7.2

A Missed Fortune

1952-01-03

6.8

Booty and the Beast

1953-03-05

6.8

Listen Judge

1952-05-06

6.8

Corny Casanovas

1952-05-01

5.5

He Cooked His Goose

1952-07-03

7

Gents in a Jam

1952-07-04

6.8

Three Dark Horses

1952-10-16

5.8

Up in Daisy's Penthouse

1953-02-05

6.7

Loose Loot

1953-04-02

6

Tricky Dicks

1953-05-07

4.7

Cuckoo on a Choo Choo

1952-12-04

6.2

Spooks!

1953-06-15

7.8

Goof on the Roof

1953-12-03

7.8

Income Tax Sappy

1954-02-04

5.5

Musty Musketeers

1954-05-13

5.5

Pals and Gals

1954-06-03

6.5

Knutzy Knights

1954-09-02

6

Shot in the Frontier

1954-10-07

5

Scotched in Scotland

1954-11-04

6.8

Rip, Sew and Stitch

1953-09-03

6.7

Bubble Trouble

1953-10-08

5.8

Fling in the Ring

1955-01-06

6.2

Of Cash and Hash

1955-02-03

7.1

Gypped in the Penthouse

1955-05-10

6.5

Stone Age Romeos

1955-06-02

6.7

Wham-Bam-Slam!

1955-09-01

6.2

Hot Ice

1955-10-06

8

Blunder Boys

1955-11-03

6.2

Husbands Beware

1956-01-05

5.8

Creeps

1956-02-02

5.5

Flagpole Jitters

1956-04-05

6.2

For Crimin' Out Loud

1956-05-03

4.8

Rumpus in the Harem

1956-06-21

6.5

Scheming Schemers

1956-10-04

4

Commotion on the Ocean

1956-11-08

5.8

Road Show

1941-02-18

6

The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious

2000-01-01

5.5

Hot Stuff

1956-09-06

6

Corn on the Cop

1934-04-28

1

Henry the Ache

1934-01-25

4.5

The Knife of the Party

1934-02-15

5

Salt Water Daffy

1933-09-16

0

Smoked Hams

1934-10-20

0

Dizzy & Daffy

1934-12-14

0

His First Flame

1935-03-08

0

Spring Fever

1919-01-01

0

The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 7: 1952-1954

2009-10-11

0

The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 8: 1955-1959

2010-06-01

0

The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 6: 1949-1951

2009-06-16

0

Here Comes Flossie!

1933-12-09

5.5

Gold Raiders

1951-09-09

6

Convention Girl

1935-10-30

6.8

Jerks of All Trades

1949-11-15

4.4

Hollywood Round-Up

1937-11-06

0

The Wrong, Wrong Trail

1934-02-13

3.5

How's About It

1943-01-01

7

In the Dough

1933-11-15

6.5

Art Trouble

1934-06-23

0

A Peach of a Pair

1934-12-29

0

The Officer's Mess

1935-11-09

0

While the Cat's Away

1936-01-04

0

On the Wagon

1935-08-24

6

Millionaires in Prison

1940-07-12

0

My Mummy's Arms

1934-06-28

0

Daredevil O'Dare

1934-08-11

0

The Lost Stooges

1990-01-01

2.2

The Three Stooges in 3D

2012-10-30

0

Cracked Nuts

1941-07-02

4

Gobs of Fun

1933-10-20

7.1

Another Thin Man

1939-11-17

0

Dangerous Business

1946-06-20

0

Boobs in the Woods

1940-05-31

0

Bride and Gloom

1947-03-27

0

Glove Slingers

1939-11-24

0

A Hit with a Miss

1945-12-13

0

Home on the Rage

1938-12-09

0

Jiggers, My Wife

1946-04-11

0

Money Squawks

1940-04-05

0

Mr. Noisy

1946-03-22

0

Off Again, On Again

1945-02-16

0

Open Season for Saps

1944-10-27

0

Pick a Peck of Plumbers

1944-07-23

0

Pleased to Mitt You

1940-09-06

0

Society Mugs

1946-09-19

0

Where the Pest Begins

1945-10-04

6.5

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

1940-05-30

6

One Exciting Week

1946-06-08

0

Headin' East

1937-12-13

0

Three Stooges Comedy Collection

2024-01-06

6

Murder Over New York

1940-12-13

0

Butch Minds the Baby

1942-03-20

0

Hit the Road

1941-06-27

0

Meet the Chump

1941-02-14

0

The Leather Pushers

1940-09-13

5

Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga

1941-01-17

0

Too Many Blondes

1941-08-01

0

Three of a Kind

1944-07-22

4.7

Crazy Knights

1944-12-08

0

Trouble Chasers

1945-05-02

4

Moonlight and Cactus

1944-09-08

4.9

Private Buckaroo

1942-06-12

6.2

Strange Affair

1944-10-05

0

Absorbing Junior

1936-05-08

9

Three Stooges: Greatest Routines

1964-12-01

6

Give Us Wings

1940-12-20

5.5

Keep 'Em Slugging

1943-03-01

0

Close Relations

1933-09-30

0

Paul Revere, Jr.

1933-10-07

0

Howd' Ya Like That?

1934-01-13

0

I Scream

1934-05-19

0

Pugs and Kisses

1934-02-17

0

Mushrooms

1934-02-14

0

Pure Feud

1934-04-20

1

Rambling 'Round Radio Row #9

1934-05-19

0

Very Close Veins

1934-04-14

7

Columbia Laff Hour

1956-01-01

0

For the Love of Pete

1936-03-14

0

Here's Howe

1936-06-06

0

Kick Me Again

1937-02-06

0

Punch and Beauty

1936-08-15

0

Serves You Right

1935-06-15

3.5

So You Won't T-T-T-Talk

1934-11-01

0

Taking the Count

1937-04-24

0

The Blonde Bomber

1936-11-28

0

The Choke's on You

1936-09-12

0

Why Pay Rent?

1935-05-04

0

Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge

2008-03-18

6

Mississippi Gambler

1942-04-17

0

Tight Shoes

1941-06-13

0

The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts

2009-01-01

0

The Gentleman Misbehaves

1946-02-28

7.5

The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1

1947-01-01

0

Strictly in the Groove

1942-11-20

0

The Three Stooges: Live and Hilarious

1941-12-16

7

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950-09-10

8.5

The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

2015-05-05