Curly Howard

Acting

October 22, 1903

Died January 18, 1952 (48 years old)

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

151

Acting Credits

IMDb

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 ...

Known For

Filmography

Three Stooges Comedy Collection

2024

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!

2023

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Last Laugh

2016

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!

2015

as Curly (archive footage)

8.7

The Three Stooges in 3D

2012

as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)

2.2

The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts

2009

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Parrott Chase

2009

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Three Stooges: Stooged & Confoosed

2004

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special

2003

as Curly (archive footage)

8.5

The Three Stooges Story

2001

as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter

2001

as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious

2000

as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!

1997

as Self / Curly (archive footage)

Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files

1992

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Lost Stooges

1990

as (archive footage)

Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies

1988

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Classic Comedy Teams

1986

as Self (archive footage)

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

as (archive footage)

The Making of the Stooges

1984

as Curly (archive footage)

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

1976

as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

The Three Stooges Follies

1974

as Curly (archive footage)

Three Stooges: Greatest Routines

1964

as Curly

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.2

Stop! Look! and Laugh!

1960

as Curly

5.3

Columbia Laff Hour

1956

as Curley

Booty and the Beast

1953

as Sleeping Passenger (uncredited) (archive footage)

6.3

Half-Wits Holiday

1947

as Curly

6.8

Hold That Lion!

1947

as Curly - Sleeping Passenger (uncredited)

7.6

The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1

1947

as Himself

7.5

Swing Parade of 1946

1946

as Curly

4.6

Beer Barrel Polecats

1946

as Curly

6.3

A Bird in the Head

1946

as Curly

6.7

Uncivil War Birds

1946

as Curly

6.3

The Three Troubledoers

1946

as Curly

5.8

Monkey Businessmen

1946

as Curly

6.4

Three Loan Wolves

1946

as Curly

7.3

G.I. Wanna Home

1946

as Curly

6.5

Rhythm and Weep

1946

as Curly

5.9

Three Little Pirates

1946

as Curly

7.2

Three Pests in a Mess

1945

as Curly

6.4

Booby Dupes

1945

as Curly

5.7

Idiots Deluxe

1945

as Curly

6.5

If a Body Meets a Body

1945

as Curly

5.6

Micro-Phonies

1945

as Curly

Rockin' in the Rockies

1945

as Curly

5.8

Crash Goes the Hash

1944

as Curly

6.9

Busy Buddies

1944

as Curly

The Yoke's on Me

1944

as Curly

5.9

Idle Roomers

1944

as Curly

6.6

Gents Without Cents

1944

as Curly

6.5

No Dough Boys

1944

as Curly

Phony Express

1943

as Curly

6.1

They Stooge to Conga

1943

as Curly

7.5

Back from the Front

1943

as Curly

7.4

Dizzy Pilots

1943

as Curly Wrong

7.2

Dizzy Detectives

1943

as Curly

6.7

Spook Louder

1943

as Curly

7.2

Three Little Twirps

1943

as Curly

6.5

Higher Than a Kite

1943

as Curly

6.3

I Can Hardly Wait

1943

as Curly

6.8

A Gem of a Jam

1943

as Curly

7.3

My Sister Eileen

1942

as Subway Builder (uncredited)

6.8

Loco Boy Makes Good

1942

as Curly

6.2

Cactus Makes Perfect

1942

as Curly

6.2

What's the Matador?

1942

as Curly

6.3

Matri-Phony

1942

as Curleycue

5.5

Three Smart Saps

1942

as Curly

6.9

Even as IOU

1942

as Curly

Sock-a-Bye Baby

1942

as Curly

6.4

Time Out for Rhythm

1941

as Curly

6.7

So Long Mr. Chumps

1941

as Curly

6.5

Dutiful But Dumb

1941

as Curly

6.4

All the World's a Stooge

1941

as Curly

6.8

I'll Never Heil Again

1941

as Curly Gallstone

7.5

An Ache in Every Stake

1941

as Curly

7.8

In the Sweet Pie and Pie

1941

as Curly

7.1

Some More of Samoa

1941

as Curly

You Nazty Spy!

1940

as Curly Gallstone

7.3

From Nurse to Worse

1940

as Curly

5.9

Rockin' Thru the Rockies

1940

as Curly

6.3

A Plumbing We Will Go

1940

as Curly

7.1

Nutty But Nice

1940

as Curly

No Census, No Feeling

1940

as Curly

6.6

Cookoo Cavaliers

1940

as Curly Sinker

6.4

Boobs in Arms

1940

as Curly

6.7

How High Is Up?

1940

as Curley

7.1

A Ducking They Did Go

1939

as Curly

6.6

We Want Our Mummy

1939

as Curly

6.6

Yes, We Have No Bonanza

1939

as Curly

6.6

Saved by the Belle

1939

as Curly

5.7

Calling All Curs

1939

as Dr. Curly

6.4

Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise

1939

as Curly

6.8

Three Sappy People

1939

as Curly

6.7

Three Little Sew and Sews

1939

as Curly

Wee Wee Monsieur

1938

as Curly

6.7

Termites of 1938

1938

as Curly

6.9

Tassels in the Air

1938

as Curly

6.8

Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb

1938

as Curly

6.8

Violent Is the Word for Curly

1938

as Curly

7.1

Three Missing Links

1938

as Curly

6.1

Mutts to You

1938

as Curly

6.7

Flat Foot Stooges

1938

as Curly

6.3

Steel Pier, Atlantic City, NJ

1938

as Curly

Start Cheering

1938

as Curly Howard

6.9

Grips, Grunts and Groans

1937

as Curly

6.3

Dizzy Doctors

1937

as Curly

7.4

Back to the Woods

1937

as Curly

Goofs and Saddles

1937

as Curly

7.1

Cash and Carry

1937

as Curly

6.3

3 Dumb Clucks

1937

as Curly / Pop Howard

6.6

Playing the Ponies

1937

as Curly

6.3

The Sitter Downers

1937

as Curly

6.4

Disorder in the Court

1936

as Curly

6.8

Ants in the Pantry

1936

as Curley

6.9

Movie Maniacs

1936

as Curly

Half Shot Shooters

1936

as Curly

7.1

A Pain in the Pullman

1936

as Curly

6.8

False Alarms

1936

as Curly

5.9

Whoops, I'm an Indian!

1936

as Curly

5.6

Slippery Silks

1936

as Curly

7.1

Restless Knights

1935

as Baron of Gray Manor

6.4

Hoi Polloi

1935

as Curly

7.4

Pardon My Scotch

1935

as Curly

7.2

Three Little Beers

1935

as Curly

7.1

Uncivil Warriors

1935

as Curly

6.5

Horses' Collars

1935

as Curly

6.4

Pop Goes the Easel

1935

as Curly

7.3

Operator 13

1934

as Confederate Soldier (uncredited)

5.9

The Captain Hates the Sea

1934

as Drummer

6.4

Woman Haters

1934

as Jack

6.3

Three Little Pigskins

1934

as Curly

7.1

Men in Black

1934

as Dr. Howard

7.3

Punch Drunks

1934

as Curly

The Big Idea

1934

as Healy's Stooge

4.6

Fugitive Lovers

1934

as Bill, Second of Three Julians

6.2

Hollywood Party

1934

as Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

5.6

Roast-Beef and Movies

1934

as Bogus Movie Producer (as Jerry Howard)

4.3

Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

1934

as Curly

Hollywood on Parade No. B-1

1934

7.3

Jail Birds of Paradise

1934

as Prisoner

The Three Stooges

1934

as Curl

Dancing Lady

1933

as Stagehand Curly

6.9

Nertsery Rhymes

1933

as Boy

5.6

Beer and Pretzels

1933

as Curly

6.1

Plane Nuts

1933

as Curly

5.3

Myrt and Marge

1933

as Mullins' Helper

4.1

Broadway to Hollywood

1933

as Fritz the Clown

Meet the Baron

1933

as A Stooge

5.3

Hello Pop

1933

as Son

7.3

Turn Back the Clock

1933

as Wedding Singer (uncredited)

5.4

Hollywood on Parade

1932

as Self

6.5