Shemp Howard was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the third Stooge in The Three Stooges, a role he played when the act began in the early 1920s, while it was still associated with T
Shemp with his younger brother Moe Howard and partner Larry Fine in Sing a Song of Six Pants in 1947
Shemp in Brideless Groom in 1947
Moe Howard, Shemp (bottom center), and Larry Fine in Malice in the Palace in 1949
Shemp's indoor mausoleum crypt at Home of Peace Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California
The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy troupe active from 1922 until 1970, best remembered for their 190 short-subject films by Columbia Pictures. Their hallmark styles were physical
Shemp Howard
…Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz; March 11, 1895 – November 22, 1955) was an American comedian and actor. 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…
The Three Stooges in 1937: (clockwise from left) Larry Fine, Curly Howard, and Moe Howard
Lobby card with Healy, Joan Crawford and the Stooges in MGM's Dancing Lady (1933)
A thinner Curly (with a full head of hair and false handlebar mustache) as the cook in Malice in the Palace (1949) with Larry, Moe and Shemp: Curly's scene was deleted from the final release.