Acting
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.
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · TV
Mr. Dynamite
1941 · Movie
Musty Musketeers
1954 · Movie
Arabian Nights
1942 · Movie
Hellzapoppin'
1941 · Movie
Buck Privates
1941 · Movie
Loose Loot
1953 · Movie
Where the Pest Begins
1945 · Movie
The Invisible Woman
1940 · Movie
Crazy House
1943 · Movie
Another Thin Man
1939 · Movie
Spooks!
1953 · Movie
Hot Ice
1955 · Movie
Pittsburgh
1942 · Movie
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015 · TV
Merry Mavericks
1951 · Movie
Fiddlers Three
1948 · Movie
In the Navy
1941 · Movie
The Flame of New Orleans
1941 · Movie
Murder Over New York
1940 · Movie
The Bank Dick
1940 · Movie
Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
1941 · Movie
Tricky Dicks
1953 · Movie
Strange Affair
1944 · Movie
Africa Screams
1949 · Movie
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
1942 · Movie
Hold That Ghost
1941 · Movie
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003 · Movie
Private Buckaroo
1942 · Movie
Classic Comedy Teams
1986 · Movie
Moonlight and Cactus
1944 · Movie
Pure Feud
1934 · Movie
It Ain't Hay
1943 · Movie
Malice in the Palace
1949 · Movie
Soup to Nuts
1930 · Movie
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943 · Movie
Bubble Trouble
1953 · Movie
Rumpus in the Harem
1956 · Movie
Road Show
1941 · Movie
Stone Age Romeos
1955 · Movie
Cracked Nuts
1941 · Movie
Tight Shoes
1941 · Movie
Give Us Wings
1940 · Movie
Millionaires in Prison
1940 · Movie
Pardon My Backfire
1953 · Movie
Dangerous Business
1946 · Movie
Out West
1947 · Movie
Bride and Gloom
1947 · Movie
Pest Man Wins
1951 · Movie
Headin' East
1937 · Movie
Hit the Road
1941 · Movie
Fuelin' Around
1949 · Movie
Rip, Sew and Stitch
1953 · Movie
A Hit with a Miss
1945 · Movie
Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
2008 · Movie
Scrambled Brains
1951 · Movie
Close Relations
1933 · Movie
Love at First Bite
1950 · Movie
Butch Minds the Baby
1942 · Movie
Open Season for Saps
1944 · Movie
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
1997 · Movie
Cuckoo on a Choo Choo
1952 · Movie
The Gentleman Misbehaves
1946 · Movie
Brideless Groom
1947 · Movie
One Exciting Week
1946 · Movie
Studio Stoops
1950 · Movie
Blondie Knows Best
1946 · Movie
Crazy Knights
1944 · Movie
The Hot Scots
1948 · Movie
Three Hams on Rye
1950 · Movie
Creeps
1956 · Movie
Mr. Noisy
1946 · Movie
Dizzy & Daffy
1934 · Movie
The Leather Pushers
1940 · Movie
For Crimin' Out Loud
1956 · Movie
Hot Stuff
1956 · Movie
Mississippi Gambler
1942 · Movie
Hugs and Mugs
1950 · Movie
Triple Crossed
1959 · Movie
Boobs in the Woods
1940 · Movie
Knutzy Knights
1954 · Movie
Gypped in the Penthouse
1955 · Movie
Baby Sitters Jitters
1951 · Movie
Punchy Cowpunchers
1950 · Movie
Husbands Beware
1956 · Movie
Convention Girl
1935 · Movie
Who Done It?
1949 · Movie
Society Mugs
1946 · Movie
Goof on the Roof
1953 · Movie
Art Trouble
1934 · Movie
Self Made Maids
1950 · Movie
Strictly in the Groove
1942 · Movie
Scheming Schemers
1956 · Movie
Fright Night
1947 · Movie
The Three Stooges + Comedy Gold Standard
· TV
San Antonio Rose
1941 · Movie
I'm a Monkey's Uncle
1948 · Movie
Jiggers, My Wife
1946 · Movie
Corny Casanovas
1952 · Movie
Hokus Pokus
1949 · Movie
Pals and Gals
1954 · Movie
A Snitch in Time
1950 · Movie
Jerks of All Trades
1949 · Movie
Glove Slingers
1939 · Movie
Crime on Their Hands
1948 · Movie
On the Wagon
1935 · Movie
Blunder Boys
1955 · Movie
Heavenly Daze
1948 · Movie
Flagpole Jitters
1956 · Movie
Wham-Bam-Slam!
1955 · Movie
Booty and the Beast
1953 · Movie
Shot in the Frontier
1954 · Movie
Three Dark Horses
1952 · Movie
All Gummed Up
1947 · Movie
Three of a Kind
1944 · Movie
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940 · Movie
Mummy's Dummies
1948 · Movie
Hollywood Round-Up
1937 · Movie
Gents in a Jam
1952 · Movie
Vagabond Loafers
1949 · Movie
Sing a Song of Six Pants
1947 · Movie
Scotched in Scotland
1954 · Movie
Gobs of Fun
1933 · Movie
The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts
2009 · Movie
Taking the Count
1937 · Movie
My Mummy's Arms
1934 · Movie
Off Again, On Again
1945 · Movie
Gold Raiders
1951 · Movie
Punch and Beauty
1936 · Movie
Income Tax Sappy
1954 · Movie
Absorbing Junior
1936 · Movie
Paul Revere, Jr.
1933 · Movie
Hula-La-La
1951 · Movie
Here's Howe
1936 · Movie
The Ghost Talks
1949 · Movie
Howd' Ya Like That?
1934 · Movie
Slaphappy Sleuths
1950 · Movie
The Tooth Will Out
1951 · Movie
Trouble Chasers
1945 · Movie
A Missed Fortune
1952 · Movie
Corn on the Cop
1934 · Movie
Don't Throw That Knife
1951 · Movie
Mushrooms
1934 · Movie
His First Flame
1935 · Movie
Hold That Lion!
1947 · Movie
Of Cash and Hash
1955 · Movie
Bedlam in Paradise
1955 · Movie
Dunked in the Deep
1949 · Movie
He Cooked His Goose
1952 · Movie
Up in Daisy's Penthouse
1953 · Movie
Salt Water Daffy
1933 · Movie
Fling in the Ring
1955 · Movie
In the Dough
1933 · Movie
Shivering Sherlocks
1948 · Movie
Here Comes Flossie!
1933 · Movie
The Three Stooges Story
2001 · Movie
The Knife of the Party
1934 · Movie
Columbia Laff Hour
1956 · Movie
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
1934 · Movie
Pleased to Mitt You
1940 · Movie
Kick Me Again
1937 · Movie
How's About It
1943 · Movie
The Three Stooges: Live and Hilarious
1941 · Movie
Pugs and Kisses
1934 · Movie
Smoked Hams
1934 · Movie
A Peach of a Pair
1934 · Movie
Dopey Dicks
1950 · Movie
Three Arabian Nuts
1951 · Movie
The Wrong, Wrong Trail
1934 · Movie
Serves You Right
1935 · Movie
The Choke's on You
1936 · Movie
Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!
2023 · Movie
Squareheads of the Round Table
1948 · Movie
Henry the Ache
1934 · Movie
Pick a Peck of Plumbers
1944 · Movie
Commotion on the Ocean
1956 · Movie
The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
2001 · Movie
Spring Fever
1919 · Movie
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #9
1934 · Movie
Money Squawks
1940 · Movie
While the Cat's Away
1936 · Movie
Home on the Rage
1938 · Movie
The Three Stooges in 3D
2012 · Movie
Very Close Veins
1934 · Movie
Daredevil O'Dare
1934 · Movie
Listen Judge
1952 · Movie
The Blonde Bomber
1936 · Movie
The Officer's Mess
1935 · Movie
Pardon My Clutch
1948 · Movie
I Scream
1934 · Movie
For the Love of Pete
1936 · Movie
Why Pay Rent?
1935 · Movie
Everybody Likes Music
1934 · Movie
