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Shemp Howard

Comedian | * 03/11/1895 († 60, 11/22/1955) | Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz; March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955), was an American comedian and actor. He was called "Shemp" because "Sam" came out that way in his mother's thick Litvak accent. He is best known as the third Stooge in the Three Stooges, a role he played when the act began in the early 1920s (1923–1932), while it was still associated with Ted Healy and known as "Ted Healy and his Stooges"; and again from 1946 until his death in 1955. During the fourteen years between his times with the Stooges, he had a successful solo career as a film comedian, including a series of shorts by himself and with partners. He reluctantly returned to the Stooges as a favor to his brother Moe and friend Larry Fine to replace his brother Curly as the third Stooge after Curly's illness. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Music | Western

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Shemp is a sick man, suffering from hallucinations. His worst vision is that his ugly nurse Nora is actually beautiful. When Moe and Larry come to take him home from the sanitarium, they discover he's ...

Scrambled Brains

Certification unknown

1951 | 3.7/5 | 16min
Comedy
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The stooges are private detectives hired to protect a rich politician. After the man disappears, the boys wander around his spooky mansion confronting various villains and a dangerous dame. The stooge ...

For Crimin' Out Loud

NR

1956 | 3.1/5 | 16min
Comedy
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The stooges become detectives and go to the aid of girl in the clutches of a mad scientist. The boys arrive at a spooky mansion where the madman is building a mechanical man that needs a human head. A ...

Dopey Dicks

Certification unknown

1950 | 3.3/5 | 16min
Comedy
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Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of h ...

Soup to Nuts

NR

1930 | 3.1/5 | 1h 10min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Movies with Shemp Howard as Actor(183)

as Himself (archive footage)2008 Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Shemp (archive footage)2003 Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
as himself1990 The Lost Stooges
as Shemp1964 Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
as Shemp / Shemp's son1956 Creeps
as Shemp1956 Rumpus in the Harem
as Shemp1956 Flagpole Jitters
as Shemp1956 For Crimin' Out Loud
as Shemp1956 Scheming Schemers
as Prof. Shemp Howard1956 Husbands Beware
as Shemp1956 Commotion On The Ocean
as Shemp1956 Columbia Laff Hour
as Shemp1956 Hot Stuff
as Shemp1955 Fling in the Ring
as Shemp1955 Of Cash and Hash
as Shemp1955 Stone Age Romeos
as Various Days1955 Blunder Boys
as Shemp1955 Bedlam in Paradise
as Shemp1955 Gypped in the Penthouse
as Shemp1955 Hot Ice
as Shemp1955 Wham-Bam-Slam!
as Shemp1954 Pals and Gals
as Shemp1954 Scotched in Scotland
as Shemp1954 Musty Musketeers
as Shemp1954 Income Tax Sappy
as Shemp1954 Knutzy Knights
as Shemp1954 Shot in the Frontier
as Shemp1953 Goof on the Roof
as Shemp1953 Pardon My Backfire
as Shemp / Shemp Howard Sr.1953 Up in Daisy's Penthouse
as Shemp1953 Loose Loot
as Shemp1953 Booty And The Beast
as Shemp1953 Tricky Dicks
as Shemp1953 Spooks!
as Shemp1953 Bubble Trouble
as Shemp1953 Rip, Sew and Stitch
as Shemp1952 Cuckoo on a Choo Choo
as Shemp1952 Corny Casanovas
as Shemp1952 Three Dark Horses
as Shemp1952 A Missed Fortune
as Shemp1952 Gents in a Jam
as Shemp1952 Listen Judge
as Shemp1952 He Cooked His Goose
as Shemp1951 Don't Throw That Knife
as Shemp1951 The Tooth Will Out
as Shemp1951 Baby Sitters Jitters
as Shemp1951 Merry Mavericks
as Shemp1951 Gold Raiders
as Shemp1951 Three Arabian Nuts
as Shemp1951 Pest Man Wins
as Shemp1951 Scrambled Brains
as Shemp1951 Hula-La-La
as Shemp1950 Punchy Cowpunchers
as Shemp1950 Love at First Bite
as Shemp1950 Slaphappy Sleuths
as Shemp1950 Studio Stoops
as Shemp1950 Dopey Dicks
as Shemp1950 Three Hams on Rye
as Shemp1950 Hugs and Mugs
as Shemp / Shempetta1950 Self Made Maids
as Shemp1950 A Snitch in Time
as Shemp1949 Malice in the Palace
as Shemp1949 Fuelin' Around
as Shemp1949 Hokus Pokus
as Shemp1949 Jerks of All Trades
as Shemp1949 Dunked in the Deep
as Shemp1949 Vagabond Loafers
as Shemp1949 The Ghost Talks
as Shemp1949 Who Done It?
as Gunner1949 Africa Screams
as Shemp1948 Squareheads of the Round Table
as Shemp1948 Pardon My Clutch
as Shemp1948 Shivering Sherlocks
as Shemp1948 Heavenly Daze
as Shemp1948 Fiddlers Three
as Shemp1948 The Hot Scots
as Shemp1948 I'm a Monkey's Uncle
as Shemp1948 Mummy's Dummies
as Shemp1948 Crime on Their Hands
as Shemp1947 Hold That Lion!
as Shemp1947 Fright Night
as Shemp1947 Sing a Song of Six Pants
as Shemp1947 Bride and Gloom
as Shemp1947 Out West
as Shemp1947 Brideless Groom
as Shemp1947 All Gummed Up
as Jim Gray1946 Blondie Knows Best
as Woodcock 'Woody' J. Strinker1946 Jiggers, My Wife
as Noisy1946 Mr. Noisy
as Monk1946 Dangerous Business
as Shemp1946 Society Mugs
as Marvin Lewis1946 One Exciting Week
as Marty1946 The Gentleman Misbehaves
as himself1945 Where the Pest Begins
as Woodcock Q. Strinker1945 Off Again, on Again
as Rameses - Prizefighter1945 A Hit with a Miss
as himself1945 Trouble Chasers
as Elmer Peabody1944 Pick a Peck of Plumbers
as Laundry Truck Driver1944 Strange Affair
as Punchy Carter1944 Moonlight and Cactus
as himself1944 Three of a Kind
as Shemp1944 Crazy Knights
as Woodcock Q. Strinker1944 Open Season for Saps
as Mumbo1943 Crazy House
as Umbrella Sam1943 It Ain't Hay
as Binky1943 Keep 'Em Slugging
as Alf1943 How's About It
as Sgt. 'Muggsy' Shavel1942 Private Buckaroo
as Pops1942 Strictly in the Groove
as Det. Sgt. Sweeney1942 The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Shorty (The Tailor)1942 Pittsburgh
as 'Squinty' Sweeny1942 Butch Minds the Baby
as Milton Davis - Brooklyn Cab Driver1942 Mississippi Gambler
as Sinbad1942 Arabian Nights
as Gabby1941 Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
as Hotel Manager Ambrose Tripp1941 Too Many Blondes
as Benny the Bounce1941 San Antonio Rose
as Soda Jerk1941 Hold That Ghost
as Eddie / Ivan1941 Cracked Nuts
as Chef1941 Buck Privates
as Okay1941 Tight Shoes
as Dizzy1941 In the Navy
as Abdullah1941 Mr. Dynamite
as Dingbat1941 Hit the Road
as Moe Parker (uncredited)1941 Road Show
as Stinky Fink1941 Meet the Chump
as Louie1941 Hellzapoppin'
as Shorty McCoy alias Rashid the Fakir1940 Murder Over New York
as Joe Guelpe1940 The Bank Dick
as Shemp1940 Money Squawks
as Pat Patrick1940 Pleased to Mitt You
as Professor1940 Millionaires in Prison
as Gus1940 Boobs in the Woods
as Frankie1940 The Invisible Woman
as Joe - a Pickpocket1940 The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Buzz Berger1940 Give Us Wings
as Sailor McNeill1940 The Leather Pushers
as Pat Patrick1939 Glove Slingers
as Wacky (uncredited)1939 Another Thin Man
as Happy1938 Home on the Rage
as Knobby Walsh1937 Kick Me Again
as Windy Wylie1937 Headin' East
as Knobby Walsh1937 Taking the Count
as Oscar Bush1937 Hollywood Round-Up
as Henry1936 While the Cat's Away
as Knobby Walsh1936 For the Love of Pete
as Knobby Walsh1936 Punch and Beauty
as Henry, the Husband1936 Absorbing Junior
as Knobby Walsh1936 Here's Howe
as Knobby Walsh1936 The Blonde Bomber
as Knobby Walsh1936 The Choke's on You
as Smokey Moe1935 His First Flame
as Henry1935 On the Wagon
as Gus Doakes1935 The Officer's Mess
as Johnny Spivens1935 Serves You Right
as Dan Higgins1935 Convention Girl
as Henry1935 Why Pay Rent?
as Butler1934 A Peach of a Pair
as Dopey Traynor1934 Pugs and Kisses
as Lefty Howard1934 Dizzy & Daffy
as Kenneth1934 My Mummy's Arms
as Piano Mover1934 The Wrong, Wrong Trail
as Butch1934 Daredevil O'Dare
as Henry Howard1934 Smoked Hams
as Reginald / Reggie1934 Corn on the Cop
as himself1934 The Knife of the Party
as Sailor1934 Howd' Ya Like That?
as Artie - One of King Henry's Lackeys1934 Henry the Ache
as Thorndike1934 Mushrooms
as Henry1934 So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
as Sourdough1934 Very Close Veins
as Clem McCarthy1934 Pure Feud
as Moran's Henchman1934 I Scream
as Short Painter1934 Art Trouble
as Songwriters' Representative1934 Rambling 'Round Radio Row #9
as Attendant1933 Paul Revere, Jr.
as Ezry1933 Here Comes Flossie!
as Club patron1933 Gobs of Fun
1933 In the Dough
as Wilbur the Kleptomaniac1933 Salt Water Daffy
as One of the Moles1933 Close Relations
as Fireman1930 Soup to Nuts
1919 Spring Fever

TV Shows/Series with Shemp Howard as Actor(1)

as himself1950 The Colgate Comedy Hour

Full Name: Samuel Horwitz
Born: Monday, 03/11 1895 (March) in Brooklyn, New York City, New York (United States of America (USA))
Died: Tuesday, 11/22 1955 (November) in Hollywood (aged: 60)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Goat)
Father: Solomon Horwitz
Other names for Shemp Howard (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Samuel Horwitz"
"Shemp"
"Shemp Howard and His Stooges"
"The Three Stooges"
"Shmuel Horwitz"
Shemp Howard frequently works together with these people:
Moe Howard (87x, Actor)
Larry Fine (86x, Actor)
Jules White (73x, Crew)
Felix Adler (41x, Crew)
Edward Bernds (35x, Crew)
Christine McIntyre (32x, Actress)
Vernon Dent (30x, Actor)
Emil Sitka (23x, Actor)
Jack Henley (22x, Crew)
Elwood Ullman (18x, Crew)
Lloyd French (18x, Crew)
Kirk Douglas (2x, Actor)
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