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