Acting

Curly Howard

Born 1903-10-22 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died 1952-01-18

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.

Credits

Newest first

Three Stooges Comedy Collection
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2023
The Last Laugh
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
as Curly (archive footage)
2015
The Three Stooges in 3D
as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
The Parrott Chase
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2009
The Three Stooges: Stooged & Confoosed
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
as Curly (archive footage)
2003
The Three Stooges Story
as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious
as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
The Three Stooges Greatest Hits!
as Self / Curly (archive footage)
1997
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1992
The Lost Stooges
as (archive footage)
1990
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
1988
Classic Comedy Teams
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Going Hollywood: The '30s
as (archive footage)
1984
The Making of the Stooges
as Curly (archive footage)
1984
The Three Stooges Follies
as Curly (archive footage)
1974
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
as Curly
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
as Curly
1960
Columbia Laff Hour
as Curley
1956
Booty and the Beast
as Sleeping Passenger (uncredited) (archive footage)
1953
Hold That Lion!
as Curly - Sleeping Passenger (uncredited)
1947
Half-Wits Holiday
as Curly
1947
The Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Edition: Tales from the Three Stooges Vol. 1
as Himself
1947
Three Little Pirates
as Curly
1946
Rhythm and Weep
as Curly
1946
G.I. Wanna Home
as Curly
1946
Three Loan Wolves
as Curly
1946
Monkey Businessmen
as Curly
1946
The Three Troubledoers
as Curly
1946
Uncivil War Birds
as Curly
1946
Swing Parade of 1946
as Curly
1946
A Bird in the Head
as Curly
1946
Beer Barrel Polecats
as Curly
1946
A Hit with a Miss
Story
1945
Micro-Phonies
as Curly
1945
Booby Dupes
as Curly
1945
If a Body Meets a Body
as Curly
1945
Idiots Deluxe
as Curly
1945
Rockin' in the Rockies
as Curly
1945
Three Pests in a Mess
as Curly
1945
No Dough Boys
as Curly
1944
Gents Without Cents
as Curly
1944
Idle Roomers
as Curly
1944
The Yoke's on Me
as Curly
1944
Busy Buddies
as Curly
1944
Crash Goes the Hash
as Curly
1944
A Gem of a Jam
as Curly
1943
Phony Express
as Curly
1943
Dizzy Pilots
as Curly Wrong
1943
I Can Hardly Wait
as Curly
1943
Higher Than a Kite
as Curly
1943
Three Little Twirps
as Curly
1943
Back from the Front
as Curly
1943
Spook Louder
as Curly
1943
Dizzy Detectives
as Curly
1943
They Stooge to Conga
as Curly
1943
Sock-a-Bye Baby
as Curly
1942
My Sister Eileen
as Subway Builder (uncredited)
1942
Even as IOU
as Curly
1942
Three Smart Saps
as Curly
1942
Matri-Phony
as Curleycue
1942
What's the Matador?
as Curly
1942
Cactus Makes Perfect
as Curly
1942
Loco Boy Makes Good
as Curly
1942
Some More of Samoa
as Curly
1941
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
as Curly
1941
An Ache in Every Stake
as Curly
1941
Time Out for Rhythm
as Curly
1941
All the World's a Stooge
as Curly
1941
I'll Never Heil Again
as Curly Gallstone
1941
Dutiful But Dumb
as Curly
1941
So Long Mr. Chumps
as Curly
1941
Boobs in Arms
as Curly
1940
Cookoo Cavaliers
as Curly Sinker
1940
No Census, No Feeling
as Curly
1940