Actor
Shemp Howard
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 ...

Known For
Acting
2024 -- Three Stooges Comedy Collection |
2023 -- Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem! |
2012 -- The Three Stooges in 3D | Shemp
2010 -- The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 8: 1955-1959 |
2009 -- The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 7: 1952-1954 |
2009 -- The Three Stooges Collection, Vol. 6: 1949-1951 |
2009 -- The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts |
2008 -- Shemp Cocktail: A Toast to the Original Stooge | Self (archive footage)
2003 -- Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special | Shemp (archive footage)
2001 -- The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter | Shemp
2001 -- The Three Stooges Story | Shemp
2000 -- The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious | Shemp
1997 -- The Three Stooges Greatest Hits! | Self / Shemp (archive footage)
1990 -- The Lost Stooges | Himself
1964 -- Three Stooges: Greatest Routines | Shemp
1959 -- Triple Crossed | Shemp (archive footage) (uncredited)
1956 -- Commotion on the Ocean | Shemp (archive footage)
1956 -- Scheming Schemers | Shemp (archive footage)
1956 -- Hot Stuff | Shemp (archive footage)
1956 -- Rumpus in the Harem | Shemp (archive footage)
1956 -- For Crimin' Out Loud | Shemp
1956 -- Flagpole Jitters | Shemp
1956 -- Creeps | Shemp / Shemp's son
1956 -- Husbands Beware | Prof. Shemp Howard
1956 -- Columbia Laff Hour | Shemp
1955 -- Blunder Boys | Various Days
1955 -- Hot Ice | Shemp
1955 -- Wham-Bam-Slam! | Shemp
1955 -- Stone Age Romeos | Shemp
1955 -- Gypped in the Penthouse | Shemp
1955 -- Bedlam in Paradise | Shemp
1955 -- Of Cash and Hash | Shemp
1955 -- Fling in the Ring | Shemp
1954 -- Scotched in Scotland | Shemp
1954 -- Shot in the Frontier | Shemp
1954 -- Knutzy Knights | Shemp
1954 -- Pals and Gals | Shemp
1954 -- Musty Musketeers | Shemp
1954 -- Income Tax Sappy | Shemp
1953 -- Goof on the Roof | Shemp
1953 -- Bubble Trouble | Shemp
1953 -- Rip, Sew and Stitch | Shemp
1953 -- Pardon My Backfire | Shemp
1953 -- Spooks! | Shemp
1953 -- Tricky Dicks | Shemp
1953 -- Loose Loot | Shemp
1953 -- Booty and the Beast | Shemp
1953 -- Up in Daisy's Penthouse | Shemp / Shemp Howard Sr.
1952 -- Cuckoo on a Choo Choo | Shemp
1952 -- Three Dark Horses | Shemp
1952 -- Gents in a Jam | Shemp
1952 -- He Cooked His Goose | Shemp
1952 -- Listen Judge | Shemp
1952 -- Corny Casanovas | Shemp
1952 -- A Missed Fortune | Shemp
1951 -- Pest Man Wins | Shemp
1951 -- Hula-La-La | Shemp
1951 -- The Tooth Will Out | Shemp
1951 -- Gold Raiders | Shemp
1951 -- Merry Mavericks | Shemp
1951 -- Scrambled Brains | Shemp
1951 -- Don't Throw That Knife | Shemp
1951 -- Baby Sitters Jitters | Shemp
1951 -- Three Arabian Nuts | Shemp
1950 -- A Snitch in Time | Shemp
1950 -- Slaphappy Sleuths | Shemp
1950 -- Studio Stoops | Shemp
1950 -- Three Hams on Rye | Shemp
1950 -- Self Made Maids | Shemp / Shempetta
1950 -- Love at First Bite | Shemp
1950 -- Dopey Dicks | Shemp
1950 -- Hugs and Mugs | Shemp
1950 -- Punchy Cowpunchers | Shemp
1949 -- Jerks of All Trades | Shemp
1949 -- Dunked in the Deep | Shemp
1949 -- Vagabond Loafers | Shemp
1949 -- Malice in the Palace | Shemp
1949 -- Hokus Pokus | Shemp
1949 -- Africa Screams | Gunner
1949 -- Fuelin' Around | Shemp
1949 -- Who Done It? | Shemp
1949 -- The Ghost Talks | Shemp
1948 -- Crime on Their Hands | Shemp
1948 -- Mummy's Dummies | Shemp
1948 -- I'm a Monkey's Uncle | Shemp
1948 -- Heavenly Daze | Shemp
1948 -- The Hot Scots | Shemp
1948 -- Fiddlers Three | Shemp
1948 -- Squareheads of the Round Table | Shemp
1948 -- Pardon My Clutch | Shemp
1948 -- Shivering Sherlocks | Shemp
1947 -- All Gummed Up | Shemp
1947 -- Sing a Song of Six Pants | Shemp
1947 -- Brideless Groom | Shemp
1947 -- Hold That Lion! | Shemp
1947 -- Out West | Shemp
1947 -- Bride and Gloom | Shemp
1947 -- Fright Night | Shemp
1947 -- The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1 | Himself
1946 -- Blondie Knows Best | Jim Gray
1946 -- Society Mugs | Shemp
1946 -- Dangerous Business | Monk
1946 -- One Exciting Week | Marvin Lewis
1946 -- Jiggers, My Wife | Woodcock 'Woody' J. Strinker
1946 -- Mr. Noisy | Noisy
1946 -- The Gentleman Misbehaves | Marty
1945 -- A Hit with a Miss | Rameses - Prizefighter
1945 -- Where the Pest Begins | Shemp Howard
1945 -- Trouble Chasers | Shemp Howard
1945 -- Off Again, On Again | Woodcock Q. Strinker
1944 -- Crazy Knights | Shemp
1944 -- Open Season for Saps | Woodcock Q. Strinker
1944 -- Strange Affair | Laundry Truck Driver
1944 -- Moonlight and Cactus | Punchy Carter
1944 -- Pick a Peck of Plumbers | Elmer Peabody
1944 -- Three of a Kind | Shemp Howard
1943 -- Crazy House | Mumbo
1943 -- It Ain't Hay | Umbrella Sam
1943 -- Keep 'Em Slugging | Binky
1943 -- How's About It | Alf
1942 -- Arabian Nights | Sinbad
1942 -- Pittsburgh | Shorty (The Tailor)
1942 -- Strictly in the Groove | Pops
1942 -- Private Buckaroo | Sgt. 'Muggsy' Shavel
1942 -- Mississippi Gambler | Milton Davis - Brooklyn Cab Driver
1942 -- The Strange Case of Doctor Rx | Det. Sgt. Sweeney
1942 -- Butch Minds the Baby | 'Squinty' Sweeny
1941 -- Hellzapoppin' | Louie
1941 -- The Three Stooges: Live and Hilarious | Shemp
1941 -- Hold That Ghost | Soda Jerk
1941 -- Too Many Blondes | Hotel Manager Ambrose Tripp
1941 -- The Flame of New Orleans | Oyster Bed Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
1941 -- Cracked Nuts | Eddie / Ivan
1941 -- Hit the Road | Dingbat
1941 -- San Antonio Rose | Benny the Bounce
1941 -- Tight Shoes | Okay
1941 -- In the Navy | Dizzy
1941 -- Mr. Dynamite | 'Abdullah'
1941 -- Road Show | Moe Parker (uncredited)
1941 -- Meet the Chump | Stinky Fink
1941 -- Buck Privates | Chef
1941 -- Six Lessons From Madame La Zonga | Gabby
1940 -- The Invisible Woman | Frankie
1940 -- Give Us Wings | Buzz Berger
1940 -- Murder Over New York | Shorty McCoy alias Rashid the Fakir
1940 -- The Bank Dick | Joe Guelpe
1940 -- The Leather Pushers | Sailor McNeill
1940 -- Pleased to Mitt You | Pat Patrick
1940 -- Millionaires in Prison | Professor
1940 -- Boobs in the Woods | Gus
1940 -- The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Joe - a Pickpocket
1940 -- Money Squawks | Shemp
1939 -- Glove Slingers | Pat Patrick
1939 -- Another Thin Man | Wacky (uncredited)
1938 -- Home on the Rage | Happy
1938 -- Not Guilty Enough | Brother-in-Law
1937 -- Headin' East | Windy Wylie
1937 -- Hollywood Round-Up | Oscar Bush
1937 -- Taking the Count | Knobby Walsh
1937 -- Kick Me Again | Knobby Walsh
1936 -- The Blonde Bomber | Knobby Walsh
1936 -- The Choke's on You | Knobby Walsh
1936 -- Punch and Beauty | Knobby Walsh
1936 -- Here's Howe | Knobby Walsh
1936 -- Absorbing Junior | Henry, the Husband
1936 -- For the Love of Pete | Knobby Walsh
1936 -- While the Cat's Away | Henry
1935 -- The Officer's Mess | Gus Doakes
1935 -- Convention Girl | Dan Higgins
1935 -- On the Wagon | Henry
1935 -- Serves You Right | Johnny Spivens
1935 -- Why Pay Rent? | Henry
1935 -- His First Flame | Smokey Moe
1934 -- A Peach of a Pair | Butler
1934 -- Dizzy & Daffy | Lefty Howard
1934 -- So You Won't T-T-T-Talk | Henry
1934 -- Smoked Hams | Henry Howard
1934 -- Daredevil O'Dare | Butch
1934 -- My Mummy's Arms | Kenneth
1934 -- Art Trouble | Short Painter
1934 -- Rambling 'Round Radio Row #9 | Songwriters' Representative
1934 -- I Scream | Moran's Henchman
1934 -- Corn on the Cop | Reginald / Reggie
1934 -- Pure Feud | Clem McCarthy
1934 -- Very Close Veins | Sourdough
1934 -- Everybody Likes Music | Shemp Howard
1934 -- Pugs and Kisses | Dopey Traynor
1934 -- The Knife of the Party | Shemp Howard
1934 -- Mushrooms | Thorndike
1934 -- The Wrong, Wrong Trail | Piano Mover
1934 -- Henry the Ache | Artie - One of King Henry's Lackeys
1934 -- Howd' Ya Like That? | Sailor
1933 -- Here Comes Flossie! | Ezry
1933 -- In the Dough | Bugs
1933 -- Gobs of Fun | Club patron
1933 -- Paul Revere, Jr. | Attendant
1933 -- Close Relations | One of the Moles
1933 -- Salt Water Daffy | Wilbur the Kleptomaniac
1930 -- Soup to Nuts | Fireman
1919 -- Spring Fever |
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