Shemp Howard
Birthday
1895/03/11
Day of death
1955/11/22 (60 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Also know as
Samuel Horwitz, Shemp, Shemp Howard and His Stooges, The Three Stooges, Shmuel Horwitz
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1940) The Bank Dick
as Joe Guelpe
(1946) Blondie Knows Best
as Jim Gray
(1949) Africa Screams
as Gunner
(1941) In the Navy
as Dizzy
(2003) Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
as Shemp (archive footage)
(1940) The Invisible Woman
as Frankie
(1941) Buck Privates
as Chef
(1943) Crazy House
as Mumbo
(1941) Hold That Ghost
as Soda Jerk
(1942) Arabian Nights
as Sinbad
(2001) The Three Stooges Story
as Shemp
(1942) Pittsburgh
as Shorty (The Tailor)
(1953) Pardon My Backfire
as Shemp
(1941) Hellzapoppin'
as Louie
(1930) Soup to Nuts
as Fireman
(1941) Mr. Dynamite
as 'Abdullah'
(1943) It Ain't Hay
as Umbrella Sam
(1949) Malice in the Palace
as Shemp
(1947) Brideless Groom
as Shemp
(1947) Sing a Song of Six Pants
as Shemp
(1959) Triple Crossed
as Shemp (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1942) The Strange Case of Doctor Rx
as Det. Sgt. Sweeney
(2001) The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
as Shemp
(1941) San Antonio Rose
as Benny the Bounce
(1934) Everybody Likes Music
as Shemp Howard
(1938) Not Guilty Enough
as Brother-in-Law
(1997) The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
as Self / Shemp (archive footage)
(2023) Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!
as ---
(1955) Bedlam in Paradise
as Shemp
(1947) Out West
as Shemp
(1947) All Gummed Up
as Shemp
(1947) Hold That Lion!
as Shemp
(1948) Shivering Sherlocks
as Shemp
(1948) Pardon My Clutch
as Shemp
(1947) Fright Night
as Shemp
(1948) Fiddlers Three
as Shemp
(1948) Squareheads of the Round Table
as Shemp
(1948) The Hot Scots
as Shemp
(1948) Heavenly Daze
as Shemp
(1948) Mummy's Dummies
as Shemp
(1948) Crime on Their Hands
as Shemp
(1948) I'm a Monkey's Uncle
as Shemp
(1949) Fuelin' Around
as Shemp
(1949) Hokus Pokus
as Shemp
(1950) Love at First Bite
as Shemp
(1950) Self Made Maids
as Shemp / Shempetta
(1949) Vagabond Loafers
as Shemp
(1950) Dopey Dicks
as Shemp
(1950) Punchy Cowpunchers
as Shemp
(1950) Hugs and Mugs
as Shemp
(1949) Who Done It?
as Shemp
(1949) The Ghost Talks
as Shemp
(1949) Dunked in the Deep
as Shemp
(1950) Three Hams on Rye
as Shemp
(1950) Slaphappy Sleuths
as Shemp
(1951) Pest Man Wins
as Shemp
(1951) The Tooth Will Out
as Shemp
(1950) Studio Stoops
as Shemp
(1951) Baby Sitters Jitters
as Shemp
(1951) Scrambled Brains
as Shemp
(1951) Hula-La-La
as Shemp
(1951) Three Arabian Nuts
as Shemp
(1950) A Snitch in Time
as Shemp
(1951) Don't Throw That Knife
as Shemp
(1951) Merry Mavericks
as Shemp
(1952) A Missed Fortune
as Shemp
(1952) Gents in a Jam
as Shemp
(1953) Booty and the Beast
as Shemp
(1952) Corny Casanovas
as Shemp
(1953) Up in Daisy's Penthouse
as Shemp / Shemp Howard Sr.
(1953) Loose Loot
as Shemp
(1952) He Cooked His Goose
as Shemp
(1952) Listen Judge
as Shemp
(1952) Three Dark Horses
as Shemp
(1953) Tricky Dicks
as Shemp
(1954) Knutzy Knights
as Shemp
(1954) Musty Musketeers
as Shemp
(1953) Goof on the Roof
as Shemp
(1953) Bubble Trouble
as Shemp
(1952) Cuckoo on a Choo Choo
as Shemp
(1954) Pals and Gals
as Shemp
(1954) Shot in the Frontier
as Shemp
(1954) Scotched in Scotland
as Shemp
(1954) Income Tax Sappy
as Shemp
(1953) Spooks!
as Shemp
(1953) Rip, Sew and Stitch
as Shemp
(1955) Hot Ice
as Shemp
(1955) Fling in the Ring
as Shemp
(1955) Stone Age Romeos
as Shemp
(1956) Flagpole Jitters
as Shemp
(1955) Gypped in the Penthouse
as Shemp
(1955) Wham-Bam-Slam!
as Shemp
(1955) Of Cash and Hash
as Shemp
(1956) Husbands Beware
as Prof. Shemp Howard
(1955) Blunder Boys
as Various Days
(1956) Creeps
as Shemp / Shemp's son
(1956) For Crimin' Out Loud
as Shemp
(1956) Rumpus in the Harem
as Shemp (archive footage)
(1956) Commotion on the Ocean
as Shemp (archive footage)
(1956) Scheming Schemers
as Shemp (archive footage)
(1941) Road Show
as Moe Parker (uncredited)
(2000) The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious
as Shemp
(1956) Hot Stuff
as Shemp (archive footage)
(1934) Henry the Ache
as Artie - One of King Henry's Lackeys
(1934) Corn on the Cop
as Reginald / Reggie
(1934) The Knife of the Party
as Shemp Howard
(1933) Salt Water Daffy
as Wilbur the Kleptomaniac
(1934) Smoked Hams
as Henry Howard
(1934) Dizzy & Daffy
as Lefty Howard
(1935) His First Flame
as Smokey Moe
(1919) Spring Fever
as ---
(1933) Here Comes Flossie!
as Ezry
(1951) Gold Raiders
as Shemp
(1935) Convention Girl
as Dan Higgins
(1949) Jerks of All Trades
as Shemp
(1937) Hollywood Round-Up
as Oscar Bush
(1934) The Wrong, Wrong Trail
as Piano Mover
(1943) How's About It
as Alf
(1933) In the Dough
as Bugs
(1934) Art Trouble
as Short Painter
(1934) A Peach of a Pair
as Butler
(1936) While the Cat's Away
as Henry
(1935) On the Wagon
as Henry
(1935) The Officer's Mess
as Gus Doakes
(1940) Millionaires in Prison
as Professor
(1934) My Mummy's Arms
as Kenneth
(1934) Daredevil O'Dare
as Butch
(1990) The Lost Stooges
as Himself
(2012) The Three Stooges in 3D
as Shemp
(1941) Cracked Nuts
as Eddie / Ivan
(1933) Gobs of Fun
as Club patron
(1939) Another Thin Man
as Wacky (uncredited)
(1946) Dangerous Business
as Monk
(1938) Home on the Rage
as Happy
(1947) Bride and Gloom
as Shemp
(1940) Boobs in the Woods
as Gus
(1946) Jiggers, My Wife
as Woodcock 'Woody' J. Strinker
(1945) Off Again, On Again
as Woodcock Q. Strinker
(1939) Glove Slingers
as Pat Patrick
(1945) A Hit with a Miss
as Rameses - Prizefighter
(1940) Money Squawks
as Shemp
(1946) Mr. Noisy
as Noisy
(1940) Pleased to Mitt You
as Pat Patrick
(1946) Society Mugs
as Shemp
(1944) Pick a Peck of Plumbers
as Elmer Peabody
(1944) Open Season for Saps
as Woodcock Q. Strinker
(1945) Where the Pest Begins
as Shemp Howard
(1940) The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Joe - a Pickpocket
(1946) One Exciting Week
as Marvin Lewis
(1937) Headin' East
as Windy Wylie
(2024) Three Stooges Comedy Collection
as ---
(1940) Murder Over New York
as Shorty McCoy alias Rashid the Fakir
(1942) Butch Minds the Baby
as 'Squinty' Sweeny
(1941) Hit the Road
as Dingbat
(1941) Meet the Chump
as Stinky Fink
(1941) Too Many Blondes
as Hotel Manager Ambrose Tripp
(1940) The Leather Pushers
as Sailor McNeill
(1941) Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga
as Gabby
(1945) Trouble Chasers
as Shemp Howard
(1944) Crazy Knights
as Shemp
(1944) Three of a Kind
as Shemp Howard
(1944) Moonlight and Cactus
as Punchy Carter
(1942) Private Buckaroo
as Sgt. 'Muggsy' Shavel
(1944) Strange Affair
as Laundry Truck Driver
(1936) Absorbing Junior
as Henry, the Husband
(1964) Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
as Shemp
(1940) Give Us Wings
as Buzz Berger
(1943) Keep 'Em Slugging
as Binky
(1934) I Scream
as Moran's Henchman
(1934) Howd' Ya Like That?
as Sailor
(1933) Close Relations
as One of the Moles
(1933) Paul Revere, Jr.
as Attendant
(1934) Rambling 'Round Radio Row #9
as Songwriters' Representative
(1934) Very Close Veins
as Sourdough
(1934) Pugs and Kisses
as Dopey Traynor
(1934) Mushrooms
as Thorndike
(1934) Pure Feud
as Clem McCarthy
(1956) Columbia Laff Hour
as Shemp
(1936) Here's Howe
as Knobby Walsh
(1936) Punch and Beauty
as Knobby Walsh
(1935) Serves You Right
as Johnny Spivens
(1936) For the Love of Pete
as Knobby Walsh
(1937) Kick Me Again
as Knobby Walsh
(1934) So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
as Henry
(1937) Taking the Count
as Knobby Walsh
(1936) The Choke's on You
as Knobby Walsh
(1936) The Blonde Bomber
as Knobby Walsh
(1935) Why Pay Rent?
as Henry
(2008) Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge
as Self (archive footage)
(1942) Mississippi Gambler
as Milton Davis - Brooklyn Cab Driver
(1941) Tight Shoes
as Okay
(2009) The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts
as ---
(1946) The Gentleman Misbehaves
as Marty
(1947) The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1
as Himself
(1942) Strictly in the Groove
as Pops
(1941) The Three Stooges: Live and Hilarious
as Shemp
(1941) The Flame of New Orleans
as Oyster Bed Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
(1986) Classic Comedy Teams
as Shemp (archive footage)
(1950) The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
(2015) The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
as Shemp