Curly Howard

Acting

Curly Howard

Born October 22, 1903 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died January 18, 1952 · aged 48

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-pitc…

Known For

What's the Matador?What's the Matador? · 1942
What's the Matador?
6.31942
MovieComedy
The stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita they met on trip down, they must sneak into her house to retrieve their suitcase. When they are confronted by her jealous husband he vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the fiesta where they are performing a comedy bullfight (Curly is the matador, Moe and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants to let a real bull into the ring. Curly knocks the bull out with a head butt and becomes a hero.
Nertsery RhymesNertsery Rhymes · 1933
Nertsery Rhymes
5.61933
MovieComedy
Three boys play are told some "bedtime stories" by their parents.
Half Shot ShootersHalf Shot Shooters · 1936
Half Shot Shooters
7.11936
MovieComedy
The Stooges are discharged from the army after WW I, and promptly administer some revenge to their mean sergeant. Years later they wind up in the army again, and of course the same sergeant is their superior. The sergeant plays various tricks on them, and when the Stooges go crazy with a cannon, blowing up a house, a bridge, and a smoke stack, he blows them up.
In the Sweet Pie and PieIn the Sweet Pie and Pie · 1941
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
7.11941
MovieComedy
The Stooges are convicts about to be executed for some murders they didn't commit.
Phony ExpressPhony Express · 1943
Phony Express
6.11943
MovieComedyWestern
Set in the old west, the stooges are three tramps wanted for vagrancy. After ruining a medicine peddlers show, they arrive in Peaceful Gulch where a picture has been printed declaring them to be three famous lawmen coming to clean up the town. Assigned to guard the bank, the boys have the local gang scared at first, but when the gang learns who the stooges really are, they rob the bank. The boys go in pursuit, find the bad guy's hideout, subdue the bandits and recover the money. Written by Mitch Shapiro
Start CheeringStart Cheering · 1938
Start Cheering
6.91938
MovieComedyMusic
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
Spook LouderSpook Louder · 1943
Spook Louder
7.21943
MovieComedyHorror
The stooges are door-to-door salesman peddling a weight reducing machine, until they come to the house of an eccentric inventor, where they are mistaken for new caretakers, are left to guard his house, and must contend with enemy spies and a mysterious pie thrower.
Men in BlackMen in Black · 1934
Men in Black
7.31934
MovieComedy
The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse, a mental patient, and a combination to a safe swallowed by the hospital superintendent in the course of their attempt to get through the day.

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