Curly Howard
Department: Acting
Biography
Jerome Lester "Jerry" Horwitz, better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and vaudevillian. He is best known as a member of the American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges, along with his older brothers Moe Howard and Shemp Howard, and actor Larry Fine. Curly is generally considered the most popular and recognizable of the Stooges. He is well known for his high-pitched voice, vocal expressions ("nyuk-nyuk-nyuk!","woo-woo-woo!", and barking like a dog), as well as his inventive physical comedy, improvisations, and athleticism.
Known For
Disorder in the Court
1936
Operator 13
1934
My Sister Eileen
1942
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
1960
Dancing Lady
1933
The Three Stooges Story
2001
Swing Parade of 1946
1946
A Ducking They Did Go
1939
Booty and the Beast
1953
Phony Express
1943
The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
2001
Time Out for Rhythm
1941
You Nazty Spy!
1940
They Stooge to Conga
1943
Dizzy Pilots
1943
Back from the Front
1943
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
1997
Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!
2023
Woman Haters
1934
Restless Knights
1935
Hoi Polloi
1935
Pardon My Scotch
1935
Three Little Beers
1935
Uncivil Warriors
1935
Ants in the Pantry
1936
Half Shot Shooters
1936
Whoops, I'm an Indian!
1936
From Nurse to Worse
1940
False Alarms
1936
Movie Maniacs
1936
Three Little Pigskins
1934
A Pain in the Pullman
1936
Dizzy Doctors
1937
Back to the Woods
1937
Cash and Carry
1937
Slippery Silks
1936
Grips, Grunts and Groans
1937
Goofs and Saddles
1937
3 Dumb Clucks
1937
Playing the Ponies
1937
Wee Wee Monsieur
1938
Three Missing Links
1938
Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb
1938
The Sitter Downers
1937
Termites of 1938
1938
Tassels in the Air
1938
Violent Is the Word for Curly
1938
Mutts to You
1938
Calling All Curs
1939
Three Sappy People
1939
Saved by the Belle
1939
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
1939
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
1939
We Want Our Mummy
1939
Three Little Sew and Sews
1939
Flat Foot Stooges
1938
A Plumbing We Will Go
1940
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
1940
Cookoo Cavaliers
1940
Nutty But Nice
1940
No Census, No Feeling
1940
Boobs in Arms
1940
All the World's a Stooge
1941
So Long Mr. Chumps
1941
I'll Never Heil Again
1941
Dutiful But Dumb
1941
An Ache in Every Stake
1941
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
1941
What's the Matador?
1942
Even as IOU
1942
Three Pests in a Mess
1945
If a Body Meets a Body
1945
Some More of Samoa
1941
Matri-Phony
1942
Crash Goes the Hash
1944
Busy Buddies
1944
Idiots Deluxe
1945
Loco Boy Makes Good
1942
Gents Without Cents
1944
Three Smart Saps
1942
Higher Than a Kite
1943
The Yoke's on Me
1944
Cactus Makes Perfect
1942
Sock-a-Bye Baby
1942
Booby Dupes
1945
Three Little Twirps
1943
Spook Louder
1943
I Can Hardly Wait
1943
Dizzy Detectives
1943
A Gem of a Jam
1943
Idle Roomers
1944
No Dough Boys
1944
The Three Troubledoers
1946
Beer Barrel Polecats
1946
Uncivil War Birds
1946
Monkey Businessmen
1946
Three Loan Wolves
1946
A Bird in the Head
1946
G.I. Wanna Home
1946
Micro-Phonies
1945
Rhythm and Weep
1946
Three Little Pirates
1946
Hold That Lion!
1947
Half-Wits Holiday
1947
Punch Drunks
1934
Horses' Collars
1935
Pop Goes the Easel
1935
Men in Black
1934
Nertsery Rhymes
1933
The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious
2000
Plane Nuts
1933
Beer and Pretzels
1933
Rockin' in the Rockies
1945
Fugitive Lovers
1934
The Big Idea
1934
Hollywood Party
1934
The Last Laugh
2016
Steel Pier, Atlantic City, NJ
1938
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
Start Cheering
1938
Myrt and Marge
1933
The Three Stooges: Stooged & Confoosed
2004
The Lost Stooges
1990
The Three Stooges in 3D
2012
Roast-Beef and Movies
1934
Hollywood on Parade
1932
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
The Making of the Stooges
1984
Meet the Baron
1933
Three Stooges Comedy Collection
2024
Hello Pop
1933
Turn Back the Clock
1933
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
1964
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
1934
How High Is Up?
1940
Columbia Laff Hour
1956
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts
2009
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1
1947
Jail Birds of Paradise
1934
The Three Stooges Follies
1974
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
1992
The Parrott Chase
2009
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015
Los tres chiflados
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