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Curly Howard (1903–1952)

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Jerome "Curly" Howard, the rotund, bald Stooge with the high voice was the most popular member of The Three Stooges. His first stage experience was as a comedic conductor for the Orville Knapp Band in 1928. Curly joined The Three Stooges in 1932, replacing his brother Shemp Howard. He made more than... See full bio »

Born:

Jerome Lester Horwitz
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died:

(age 48) in San Gabriel, California, USA
Three Stooges (Jerome Herwitz, Louise Feinberg, Moses Horwitz) in
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1949 Malice in the Palace (short)
Chef (scenes deleted) (uncredited)
 
1947 Hold That Lion! (short)
Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
 
1947 Half-Wits Holiday (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1946 Three Little Pirates (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1946 Rhythm and Weep (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1946 G.I. Wanna Home (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1946 Three Loan Wolves (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1946 Monkey Businessmen (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1946 The Three Troubledoers (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1946 Uncivil War Birds (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1946 Swing Parade of 1946
Curly
 
1946 A Bird in the Head (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1946 Beer Barrel Polecats (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1945 Micro-Phonies (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1945 Booby Dupes (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1945 If a Body Meets a Body (short)
Curly Q. Link (Q for cuff) (as Curly)
 
1945 Idiots Deluxe (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1945 Rockin' in the Rockies
Curly (a Vagrant) (as The Three Stooges)
 
1945 Three Pests in a Mess (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1944 No Dough Boys (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1944 Gents Without Cents (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1944 The Yoke's on Me (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1944 Busy Buddies (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1944 Crash Goes the Hash (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 A Gem of a Jam (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 Phony Express (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 Idle Roomers (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 Dizzy Pilots (short)
Curly Wrong (as Curly)
 
1943 I Can Hardly Wait (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 Higher Than a Kite (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 Three Little Twirps (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Curly (scenes deleted) (as Three Stooges)
 
1943 Back from the Front (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 Spook Louder (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 Dizzy Detectives (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1943 They Stooge to Conga (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1942 Sock-a-Bye Baby (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1942 My Sister Eileen
Subway Builder (uncredited)
 
1942 Even as IOU (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1942 Three Smart Saps (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1942 Matri-Phony (short)
Curleycue (as Curly)
 
1942 Cactus Makes Perfect (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1942 What's the Matador? (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1942 Loco Boy Makes Good (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1941 Some More of Samoa (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1941 In the Sweet Pie and Pie (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1941 An Ache in Every Stake (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1941 I'll Never Heil Again (short)
Field Marshal Herring (as Curly)
 
1941 Time Out for Rhythm
Stooge Curly
 
1941 All the World's a Stooge (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1941 Dutiful But Dumb (short)
Cluck (as Curly)
 
1941 So Long Mr. Chumps (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1940 Boobs in Arms (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1940 Cookoo Cavaliers (short)
Curly Sinker (as Curly)
 
1940 No Census, No Feeling (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1940 From Nurse to Worse (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1940 How High Is Up? (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1940 Nutty But Nice (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1940 A Plumbing We Will Go (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1940 Rockin' Thru the Rockies (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1940 You Nazty Spy! (short)
Curly Gallstone (as Curly)
 
1939 Three Sappy People (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1939 Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1939 Calling All Curs (short)
Dr. Curly (as Curly)
 
1939 Saved by the Belle (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1939 Yes, We Have No Bonanza (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1939 A Ducking They Did Go (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1939 We Want Our Mummy (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1939 Three Little Sew and Sews (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1938 Flat Foot Stooges (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1938 Mutts to You (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1938 Three Missing Links (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1938 Violent Is the Word for Curly (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1938 Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb (short)
Curly Howard (as Curly)
 
1938 Tassels in the Air (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1938 Start Cheering
Curly (as The Three Stooges)
 
1938 Wee Wee Monsieur (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1938 Termites of 1938 (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1937 The Sitter Downers (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1937 Playing the Ponies (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1937 Cash and Carry (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1937 Goofs and Saddles (short)
Buffalo Bilious (as Curly)
 
1937 Back to the Woods (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1937 3 Dumb Clucks (short)
Curly (as Curly) / Pop Howard (as Curly)
 
1937 Dizzy Doctors (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1937 Grips, Grunts and Groans (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1936 Slippery Silks (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1936 Whoops, I'm an Indian! (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1936 False Alarms (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1936 A Pain in the Pullman (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1936 Disorder in the Court (short)
Curly (as Curly)
 
1936 Half Shot Shooters (short)
Curley (as Curley)
 
1936 Movie Maniacs (short)
Curley Howard (as Curley)
 
1936 Ants in the Pantry (short)
Curley (as Curley)
 
1935 Three Little Beers (short)
Curley (as Curley)
 
1935 Hoi Polloi (short)
Curley (as Curley)
 
1935 Pardon My Scotch (short)
Curley (as Curley)
 
1935 Uncivil Warriors (short)
Operator 15/Major Hyde (as Curley)
 
1935 Pop Goes the Easel (short)
Curley (as Curley)
 
1935 Restless Knights (short)
Baron of Graymatter (as Curley)
 
1935 Horses' Collars (short)
Curley (as Curley)
 
1934 Three Little Pigskins (short)
Curley (as Curley)
 
1934 The Captain Hates the Sea
Orchestra drummer (as Three Stooges)
 
1934 Men in Black (short)
Dr. Curley Howard (as Curley)
 
1934 Punch Drunks (short)
Curley, aka K.O. Stradivarius (as Curley)
 
1934 Operator 13
Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
 
1934 Hollywood Party
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
 
1934 The Big Idea (short)
Healy's Stooge (as Howard)
 
1934 Woman Haters (short)
Jack (as Curley)
 
1934 Jailbirds of Paradise (short)
Prisoner (as Jerry Howard)
 
1934 Roast-Beef and Movies (short)
Bogus Movie Producer (as Jerry Howard)
 
1934 Fugitive Lovers
Bill, Second of Three Julians (as Jerry Howard)
 
1933 Myrt and Marge
Mullins' Helper (as Howard)
 
1933 Dancing Lady
Curly - Stagehand (as Jerry Howard)
 
1933 Meet the Baron
Janitor (as Jerry Howard)
 
1933 Plane Nuts (short)
Curly (as Howard)
 
1933 Hello Pop! (short)
Son (as Curly)
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood
Fritz the Clown (uncredited)
 
1933 Beer and Pretzels (short)
Curly (as Howard)
 
1933 Turn Back the Clock
Wedding Singer (uncredited)
 
1933 Nertsery Rhymes (short)
Boys (as Howard, Fine and Howard)
 
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1966 The Glass Bottom Boat ("SOFT AS THE STARLIGHT" / as Jerome Howard)
 
1958 The Gun Runners (music: "Havana Holiday" / as Jerome Howard / lyrics: "Havana Holiday" / as Jerome Howard)
 
1941 In the Sweet Pie and Pie (short) (performer: "Home On The Range")
 
1939 Yes, We Have No Bonanza (short) (performer: "Red River Valley/She'll Be Coming 'Round The Mountain" - uncredited)
 
1939 A Ducking They Did Go (short) (performer: "You'll Never Know Just What Tears Are" - uncredited)
 
1938 Wee Wee Monsieur (short) (music: "Zee Lollipop Song" / lyrics: "Zee Lollipop Song" / performer: "Zee Lollipop Song")
 
1933 Plane Nuts (short) (performer: "Dinah" 1925 - uncredited)
 
1933 Turn Back the Clock (performer: "By the Light of the Silvery Moon" 1909 - uncredited, "You're the Flower of My Heart, Sweet Adeline" 1903 - uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (2 titles)
1945 A Hit with a Miss (short) (story / as Howard)
 
1934 Punch Drunks (short) (story / as Jerry Howard)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1939 Pest from the West (short) (voice-over: Martino's fall into cellar)
 
Show ShowSelf (6 titles)
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 5: Art and Artists (documentary short)
Himself (as The Three Stooges)
 
1939 Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 9 (documentary short)
Himself, Horse Show Entertainer (as The 3 Stooges)
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 7 (documentary short)
Himself (as the Three Stooges)
 
1935 Screen Snapshots Series 14, No. 6 (documentary short)
Himself (as The 3 Stooges)
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 (short)
Himself/Stooge
 
1932 Hollywood on Parade (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (26 titles)
2010 Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Three Stooges in Color (video)
Curly
 
2003 The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
Curly
 
2001 Farscape (TV series)
 
1999 ABC 2000: The Millennium (TV documentary)
 
1999 Leslie Nielsen on the Stooges (TV documentary)
 
1994 Biography (TV series documentary)
 
1984-1991 Muppet Babies (TV series)
 
1990 The Three Stooges 60th Anniversary Special (TV documentary)
 
1990 The Lost Stooges (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Moonlighting (TV series)
 
1988 Fun with the Stooges (documentary)
Curley
 
1987 The Three Stooges (Video Game)
Curly (voice) (uncredited)
 
1986 Stoogemania
Curly (uncredited)
 
1986 Classic Comedy Teams (video documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1984 Stooge Snapshots (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 The MGM Three Stooges Festival
Himself
 
1979 Ken Murray Shooting Stars (documentary)
Himself
 
1974 The Three Stooges Follies
Curly
 
1965 Hollywood My Home Town (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 The Big Parade of Comedy (documentary)
One of The Three Stooges (uncredited)
 
1960 Stop! Look! and Laugh!
Curly
 
1956 Columbia Laff Hour
Curley
 
1953 Booty and the Beast (short)
Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited)
 
1946 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 8: Looking Back (short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1939) Stage: Appeared in "George White's Scandals" on Broadway. Musical revue. Music by Sammy Fain. Lyrics by Jack Yellen. Sketches by Matt Brooks, Eddie Davis and George White (also choreographer, director, producer). Additional lyrics by Herb Magidson. Musical orchestrations by Don Walker... See more »

Publicity Listings:

6 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Three Stooges site | See more »

Alternate Names:

The 3 Stooges | Curley | Curly | Curley Howard | Fine and Howard Howard | Jerry Howard | Howard | Three Stooges | the Three Stooges | The Three Stooges

Height:

5' 5" (1.65 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Got his first job when he was 25 years old, performing as a burlesque conductor for the Orville Knapp Orchestra. See more »

Trademark:

Wore a Bowler Derby hat in a majority of his Stooge shorts, most notably in Disorder in the Court (1936). See more »

Nickname:

Babe See more »

Star Sign:

Libra