Curly Howard

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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.

Known For

Disorder in the Court

Curly

Dancing Lady

Stagehand Curly

Men in Black

Dr. Howard

Punch Drunks

Curly

A Plumbing We Will Go

Curly

Three Little Beers

Curly

You Nazty Spy!

Curly Gallstone

Woman Haters

Jack

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Year	Title	Role
2024	Three Stooges Comedy Collection MOVIE	Self
2023	Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem! MOVIE	Self
2016	The Last Laugh MOVIE	Self
2015	The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! TV	Curly
2012	The Three Stooges in 3D MOVIE	Curly
2009	The Parrott Chase MOVIE	Himself - archival footage
2009	The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts MOVIE	Himself
2004	The Three Stooges: Stooged & Confoosed MOVIE	Self
2003	Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special MOVIE	Curly (archive footage)
2001	The Three Stooges Story MOVIE	Curly
2001	The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter MOVIE	Curly
2000	The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious MOVIE	Curly
1997	The Three Stooges Greatest Hits! MOVIE	Self / Curly (archive footage)
1992	Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files MOVIE	Self
1990	The Lost Stooges MOVIE	Himself
1988	Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies MOVIE	Self
1986	Classic Comedy Teams MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
1984	Going Hollywood: The '30s MOVIE	(archive footage)
1984	The Making of the Stooges MOVIE	Curly
1976	Bob Hope's World of Comedy MOVIE	Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
1974	The Three Stooges Follies MOVIE	Curly (archive footage)
1964	Three Stooges: Greatest Routines MOVIE	Curly
1964	The Big Parade of Comedy MOVIE	One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
1960	Stop! Look! and Laugh! MOVIE	Curly
1956	Columbia Laff Hour MOVIE	Curley
1953	Booty and the Beast MOVIE	Sleeping Passenger (uncredited) (archive footage)
1947	Hold That Lion! MOVIE	Curly - Sleeping Passenger (uncredited)
1947	Half-Wits Holiday MOVIE	Curly
1947	The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1 MOVIE	Himself
1946	Three Little Pirates MOVIE	Curly
1946	Rhythm and Weep MOVIE	Curly
1946	G.I. Wanna Home MOVIE	Curly
1946	Three Loan Wolves MOVIE	Curly
1946	Monkey Businessmen MOVIE	Curly
1946	The Three Troubledoers MOVIE	Curly
1946	Uncivil War Birds MOVIE	Curly
1946	Swing Parade of 1946 MOVIE	Curly
1946	A Bird in the Head MOVIE	Curly
1946	Beer Barrel Polecats MOVIE	Curly
1945	Micro-Phonies MOVIE	Curly
1945	Booby Dupes MOVIE	Curly
1945	If a Body Meets a Body MOVIE	Curly
1945	Idiots Deluxe MOVIE	Curly
1945	Rockin' in the Rockies MOVIE	Curly
1945	Three Pests in a Mess MOVIE	Curly
1944	No Dough Boys MOVIE	Curly
1944	Gents Without Cents MOVIE	Curly
1944	Idle Roomers MOVIE	Curly
1944	The Yoke's on Me MOVIE	Curly
1944	Busy Buddies MOVIE	Curly
1944	Crash Goes the Hash MOVIE	Curly
1943	A Gem of a Jam MOVIE	Curly
1943	Phony Express MOVIE	Curly
1943	Dizzy Pilots MOVIE	Curly Wrong
1943	I Can Hardly Wait MOVIE	Curly
1943	Higher Than a Kite MOVIE	Curly
1943	Three Little Twirps MOVIE	Curly
1943	Back from the Front MOVIE	Curly
1943	Spook Louder MOVIE	Curly
1943	Dizzy Detectives MOVIE	Curly
1943	They Stooge to Conga MOVIE	Curly
1942	Sock-a-Bye Baby MOVIE	Curly
1942	My Sister Eileen MOVIE	Subway Builder (uncredited)
1942	Even as IOU MOVIE	Curly
1942	Three Smart Saps MOVIE	Curly
1942	Matri-Phony MOVIE	Curleycue
1942	Cactus Makes Perfect MOVIE	Curly
1942	What's the Matador? MOVIE	Curly
1942	Loco Boy Makes Good MOVIE	Curly
1941	Some More of Samoa MOVIE	Curly
1941	In the Sweet Pie and Pie MOVIE	Curly
1941	An Ache in Every Stake MOVIE	Curly
1941	Time Out for Rhythm MOVIE	Curly
1941	All the World's a Stooge MOVIE	Curly
1941	I'll Never Heil Again MOVIE	Curly Gallstone
1941	Dutiful But Dumb MOVIE	Curly
1941	So Long Mr. Chumps MOVIE	Curly
1940	Boobs in Arms MOVIE	Curly
1940	Cookoo Cavaliers MOVIE	Curly Sinker
1940	No Census, No Feeling MOVIE	Curly
1940	From Nurse to Worse MOVIE	Curly
1940	How High Is Up? MOVIE	Curley
1940	Nutty But Nice MOVIE	Curly
1940	A Plumbing We Will Go MOVIE	Curly
1940	Rockin' Thru the Rockies MOVIE	Curly
1940	You Nazty Spy! MOVIE	Curly Gallstone
1939	Three Sappy People MOVIE	Curly
1939	Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise MOVIE	Curly
1939	Calling All Curs MOVIE	Dr. Curly
1939	Saved by the Belle MOVIE	Curly
1939	Yes, We Have No Bonanza MOVIE	Curly
1939	A Ducking They Did Go MOVIE	Curly
1939	We Want Our Mummy MOVIE	Curly
1939	Three Little Sew and Sews MOVIE	Curly
1938	Flat Foot Stooges MOVIE	Curly
1938	Mutts to You MOVIE	Curly
1938	Three Missing Links MOVIE	Curly
1938	Violent Is the Word for Curly MOVIE	Curly
1938	Steel Pier, Atlantic City, NJ MOVIE	Curly
1938	Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb MOVIE	Curly
1938	Tassels in the Air MOVIE	Curly
1938	Start Cheering MOVIE	Curly Howard
1938	Wee Wee Monsieur MOVIE	Curly
1938	Termites of 1938 MOVIE	Curly
1937	The Sitter Downers MOVIE	Curly
1937	Playing the Ponies MOVIE	Curly
1937	Cash and Carry MOVIE	Curly
1937	Goofs and Saddles MOVIE	Curly
1937	Back to the Woods MOVIE	Curly
1937	3 Dumb Clucks MOVIE	Curly / Pop Howard
1937	Dizzy Doctors MOVIE	Curly
1937	Grips, Grunts and Groans MOVIE	Curly
1936	Slippery Silks MOVIE	Curly
1936	Whoops, I'm an Indian! MOVIE	Curly
1936	False Alarms MOVIE	Curly
1936	A Pain in the Pullman MOVIE	Curly
1936	Disorder in the Court MOVIE	Curly
1936	Half Shot Shooters MOVIE	Curly
1936	Movie Maniacs MOVIE	Curly
1936	Ants in the Pantry MOVIE	Curley
1935	Three Little Beers MOVIE	Curly
1935	Hoi Polloi MOVIE	Curly
1935	Pardon My Scotch MOVIE	Curly
1935	Uncivil Warriors MOVIE	Curly
1935	Pop Goes the Easel MOVIE	Curly
1935	Restless Knights MOVIE	Baron of Gray Manor
1935	Horses' Collars MOVIE	Curly
1934	Three Little Pigskins MOVIE	Curly
1934	The Captain Hates the Sea MOVIE	Drummer
1934	Men in Black MOVIE	Dr. Howard
1934	Punch Drunks MOVIE	Curly
1934	Operator 13 MOVIE	Confederate Soldier (uncredited)
1934	Hollywood Party MOVIE	Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1934	The Big Idea MOVIE	Healy's Stooge
1934	Woman Haters MOVIE	Jack
1934	Hollywood on Parade No. B-9 MOVIE	Curly
1934	Jail Birds of Paradise MOVIE	Prisoner
1934	Hollywood on Parade No. B-1 MOVIE	Self
1934	Roast-Beef and Movies MOVIE	Bogus Movie Producer (as Jerry Howard)
1934	Fugitive Lovers MOVIE	Bill, Second of Three Julians
1933	Myrt and Marge MOVIE	Mullins' Helper
1933	Dancing Lady MOVIE	Stagehand Curly
1933	Meet the Baron MOVIE	A Stooge
1933	Plane Nuts MOVIE	Curly
1933	Hello Pop MOVIE	Son
1933	Broadway to Hollywood MOVIE	Fritz the Clown
1933	Beer and Pretzels MOVIE	Curly
1933	Turn Back the Clock MOVIE	Wedding Singer (uncredited)
1933	Nertsery Rhymes MOVIE	Boy
1932	Hollywood on Parade MOVIE	Self
	Los tres chiflados TV	Self

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