Curly Howard
Known for: Acting
Born: October 22, 1903
Died: January 18, 1952
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Filmography
150 movies · 4 TV shows, newest first
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Three Stooges Comedy Collection
2024
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Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!
2023
7.0
The Last Laugh
2016
8.7
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
2015
2.2
The Three Stooges in 3D
2012NR
The Parrott Chase
2009
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The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts
2009
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The Three Stooges: Stooged & Confoosed
2004
8.5
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
2003
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The Three Stooges Story
2001
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The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
20016.0
The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious
2000
7.0
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
19978.0
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
19929.0
The Lost Stooges
1990
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Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
1988
7.0
Classic Comedy Teams
1986
9.0
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984
9.0
The Making of the Stooges
1984NR
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
9.0
The Three Stooges Follies
19749.0
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
1964
7.2
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
5.3
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
1960
7.0
Columbia Laff Hour
1956
6.3
Booty and the Beast
1953
7.6
Hold That Lion!
1947
6.8
Half-Wits Holiday
19477.5
The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1
1947
7.2
Three Little Pirates
1946
5.9
Rhythm and Weep
1946
6.5
G.I. Wanna Home
1946
7.3
Three Loan Wolves
1946
6.4
Monkey Businessmen
1946
5.8
The Three Troubledoers
1946
6.3
Uncivil War Birds
1946
4.6
Swing Parade of 1946
1946
6.7
A Bird in the Head
1946
6.3
Beer Barrel Polecats
1946
6.7
A Hit with a Miss
1945
6.0
Micro-Phonies
1945
5.7
Booby Dupes
1945
5.6
If a Body Meets a Body
1945
6.7
Idiots Deluxe
1945
5.8
Rockin' in the Rockies
1945
6.4
Three Pests in a Mess
1945
7.0
No Dough Boys
1944
6.5
Gents Without Cents
1944
6.6
Idle Roomers
1944
5.9
The Yoke's on Me
1944
7.0
Busy Buddies
1944
6.9
Crash Goes the Hash
1944
7.3
A Gem of a Jam
1943
6.1
Phony Express
1943
7.2
Dizzy Pilots
1943
6.8
I Can Hardly Wait
1943
6.3
Higher Than a Kite
1943
6.5
Three Little Twirps
1943
7.4
Back from the Front
1943
7.2
Spook Louder
1943
6.7
Dizzy Detectives
1943
7.5
They Stooge to Conga
1943
6.4
Sock-a-Bye Baby
1942
6.8
My Sister Eileen
1942
6.0
Even as IOU
1942
6.9
Three Smart Saps
1942
5.5
Matri-Phony
1942
6.2
Cactus Makes Perfect
1942
6.3
What's the Matador?
1942
6.2
Loco Boy Makes Good
1942
6.0
Some More of Samoa
1941
7.1
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
1941
7.8
An Ache in Every Stake
1941
6.7
Time Out for Rhythm
1941
6.8
All the World's a Stooge
1941
7.5
I'll Never Heil Again
1941
6.4
Dutiful But Dumb
1941
6.5
So Long Mr. Chumps
1941
6.7
Boobs in Arms
1940
6.4
Cookoo Cavaliers
1940
6.6
No Census, No Feeling
1940
5.9
From Nurse to Worse
1940
7.1
How High Is Up?
1940
6.0
Nutty But Nice
1940
7.1
A Plumbing We Will Go
1940
6.3
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
1940
7.3
You Nazty Spy!
1940
6.7
Three Sappy People
1939
6.8
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
1939
6.4
Calling All Curs
1939
5.7
Saved by the Belle
1939
6.6
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
1939
6.6
A Ducking They Did Go
1939
6.6
We Want Our Mummy
1939
7.0
Three Little Sew and Sews
1939
6.3
Flat Foot Stooges
1938
6.7
Mutts to You
1938
6.1
Three Missing Links
1938
7.1
Violent Is the Word for Curly
1938
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Steel Pier, Atlantic City, NJ
1938
6.8
Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb
1938
6.8
Tassels in the Air
1938
6.9
Start Cheering
1938
6.7
Wee Wee Monsieur
1938
6.9
Termites of 1938
1938
6.4
The Sitter Downers
1937
6.3
Playing the Ponies
1937
6.3
Cash and Carry
1937
7.1
Goofs and Saddles
1937
6.0
Back to the Woods
1937
6.6
3 Dumb Clucks
1937
7.4
Dizzy Doctors
1937
6.3
Grips, Grunts and Groans
1937
7.1
Slippery Silks
1936
5.6
Whoops, I'm an Indian!
1936
5.9
False Alarms
1936
6.8
A Pain in the Pullman
1936
6.8
Disorder in the Court
1936
7.1
Half Shot Shooters
1936
6.0
Movie Maniacs
1936
6.9
Ants in the Pantry
1936
7.1
Three Little Beers
1935
7.4
Hoi Polloi
1935
7.2
Pardon My Scotch
1935
6.5
Uncivil Warriors
1935
7.3
Pop Goes the Easel
1935
6.4
Restless Knights
1935
6.4
Horses' Collars
1935
7.1
Three Little Pigskins
1934
6.4
The Captain Hates the Sea
1934
7.3
Men in Black
1934
7.0
Punch Drunks
1934
5.9
Operator 13
1934
5.6
Hollywood Party
1934
4.6
The Big Idea
1934
6.3
Woman Haters
1934
8.0
The Three Stooges
1934
NR
Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
1934
10.0
Jail Birds of Paradise
1934
7.3
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
4.3
Roast-Beef and Movies
1934
6.2
Fugitive Lovers
1934
4.1
Myrt and Marge
1933
6.9
Dancing Lady
1933
5.3
Meet the Baron
1933
5.3
Plane Nuts
1933
7.3
Hello Pop
1933
5.0
Broadway to Hollywood
1933
6.1
Beer and Pretzels
1933
5.4
Turn Back the Clock
1933
5.6
Nertsery Rhymes
1933
6.5
Hollywood on Parade
1932
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Los tres chiflados
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The Three Stooges + Comedy Gold Standard
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