Curly Howard

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-10-22 (49 years old)

Deathday

1952-01-18

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Curly Howard

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.

Acting

1934

Operator 13

as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

1942

My Sister Eileen

as Subway Builder (uncredited)

2003

Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

as Curly (archive footage)

1933

Dancing Lady

as Stagehand Curly

1953

Booty and the Beast

as Sleeping Passenger (uncredited) (archive footage)

1943

1940

You Nazty Spy!

as Curly Gallstone

1943

Dizzy Pilots

as Curly Wrong

1997

The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!

as Self / Curly (archive footage)

1935

Restless Knights

as Baron of Gray Manor

1934

1935

Hoi Polloi

as Curly

1935

1935

1936

False Alarms

as Curly

1936

1935

1936

1936

1937

1937

1936

1937

1937

1938

1937

3 Dumb Clucks

as Curly / Pop Howard

1937

1938

1939

1939

Calling All Curs

as Dr. Curly

1938

Mutts to You

as Curly

1939

1937

1938

1939

1938

1940

Cookoo Cavaliers

as Curly Sinker

1940

1940

1941

1941

I'll Never Heil Again

as Curly Gallstone

1941

1943

Spook Louder

as Curly

1944

Idle Roomers

as Curly

1944

1942

1944

1943

1942

Even as IOU

as Curly

1943

1942

Matri-Phony

as Curleycue

1943

1943

1941

1944

Busy Buddies

as Curly

1942

1945

Booby Dupes

as Curly

1945

1946

1945

1946

1946

1946

1946

1947

1947

Hold That Lion!

as Curly - Sleeping Passenger (uncredited)

1946

1934

Men in Black

as Dr. Howard

1934

Punch Drunks

as Curly

1935

1935

1933

1933

1933

Plane Nuts

as Curly

1934

The Big Idea

as Healy's Stooge

1934

Fugitive Lovers

as Bill, Second of Three Julians

1934

Hollywood Party

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

2016

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s

as (archive footage)

1938

Start Cheering

as Curly Howard

1933

Myrt and Marge

as Mullins' Helper

1990

1934

Roast-Beef and Movies

as Bogus Movie Producer (as Jerry Howard)

1933

Broadway to Hollywood

as Fritz the Clown

1933

Meet the Baron

as A Stooge

1933

Hello Pop

as Son

1933

Turn Back the Clock

as Wedding Singer (uncredited)

1940

1956

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy

as One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

1934

1974

The Three Stooges Follies

as Curly (archive footage)

Production

1945

1934

Punch Drunks

as Story

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