Acting · b. 1903 · 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
Three Stooges Comedy Collection 2024 Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem! 2023 The Last Laugh Self 2016 The Three Stooges in 3D Curly 2012 The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts Himself 2009 The Parrott Chase Himself - archival footage 2009 The Three Stooges: Stooged & Confoosed 2004 Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special Curly (archive footage) 2003 The Three Stooges Story Curly 2001 The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter Curly 2001 The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious Curly 2000 The Three Stooges Greatest Hits! Self / Curly (archive footage) 1997 Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files 1992 The Lost Stooges Himself 1990 Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies 1988 Classic Comedy Teams Self (archive footage) 1986 Going Hollywood: The '30s (archive footage) 1984 The Making of the Stooges Curly 1984 Bob Hope's World of Comedy Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) 1976 The Three Stooges Follies Curly (archive footage) 1974 Three Stooges: Greatest Routines Curly 1964 The Big Parade of Comedy One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited) 1964 Stop! Look! and Laugh! Curly 1960 Columbia Laff Hour Curley 1956 Booty and the Beast Sleeping Passenger (uncredited) (archive footage) 1953 Half-Wits Holiday Curly 1947 Hold That Lion! Curly - Sleeping Passenger (uncredited) 1947 The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1 Himself 1947 Swing Parade of 1946 Curly 1946 Beer Barrel Polecats Curly 1946
Other Credits
A Hit with a Miss Story 1945 Punch Drunks Story 1934
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