Editing Shemp Howard

{{Short description|American comedian and actor (1895–1955)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Shemp Howard
| image         = Shemp Howard in Brideless Groom 1947.png
| caption       = Howard in ''[[Brideless Groom]]'' in 1947
| birth_name    = Samuel Horwitz
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1895|3|11}}
| birth_place   = [[Brooklyn]], New York, U.S.<!-- NOT NYC; born pre-NYC consolidation in 1898 -->
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1955|11|22|1895|3|11}}
| death_place   = [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| resting_place = {{ubl|[[Home of Peace Cemetery (East Los Angeles)|Home of Peace Cemetery]]|[[East Los Angeles, California]]}}
| occupation    = {{hlist|Comedian|actor}}
| years_active  = 1923–1955
| known_for     = [[The Three Stooges]]
| spouse        = {{marriage|Gertrude Frank|1925}}
| other_names   = 
| children      = 1
| relatives     = {{ubl|[[Moe Howard]] (brother)|[[Curly Howard]] (brother)|[[Joan Howard Maurer]] (niece)}}
| website       = {{URL|www.threestooges.com/shemp-howard/|www.threestooges.com}}
}}
'''Shemp Howard''' (born '''Samuel Horwitz'''; March 11, 1895<ref name="Mar11">{{cite web|url=http://threestooges.net/forums/gallery/9_11_03_11_8_19_15.jpg|title=Shemp's Birth Certificate|publisher=Threestooges.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215055306/http://threestooges.net/forums/gallery/9_11_03_11_8_19_15.jpg|archive-date=December 15, 2013|access-date=February 2, 2014}}</ref> – November 22, 1955) was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the third Stooge in [[The Three Stooges]], a role he played when the act began in the early 1920s (1923–1932), while it was still associated with [[Ted Healy]] and known as "Ted Healy and his Stooges"; and again from 1946 until his death in 1955. During the fourteen years between his times with the Stooges, he had a successful solo career as a film comedian, including a series of shorts by himself and with partners. He reluctantly returned to the Stooges as a favor to his brother [[Moe Howard|Moe]] and friend [[Larry Fine]] to replace his brother [[Curly Howard|Curly]] as the third Stooge after Curly's illness.

==Early life==
Howard was born Samuel Horwitz on March 11, 1895 in [[Bensonhurst]], [[Brooklyn]], New York.<ref name="Mar11">{{cite web|url=http://threestooges.net/forums/gallery/9_11_03_11_8_19_15.jpg|title=Shemp's Birth Certificate|publisher=Threestooges.net|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215055306/http://threestooges.net/forums/gallery/9_11_03_11_8_19_15.jpg|archive-date=December 15, 2013|access-date=February 2, 2014}}</ref> He was the third of five Horwitz brothers born to [[Lithuanian Jewish]] parents Solomon Horwitz (1872–1943) and Jennie Horwitz (née Gorovitz; 1870–1939). His parents, who were second cousins, were from [[Kaunas]] and spoke the [[Yiddish dialects|Litvak dialect]] of [[Yiddish]]. They married in 1888 and two years later immigrated to New York City. They initially lived with Jennie's brother Julius in Manhattan before eventually moving to Brooklyn, where they started their family. He had two older brothers, Isadore "Irving" (1891–1939) and Benjamin Jacob "Jack" (1893–1976). His two younger brothers were Moses "Moe" (1897–1975) and Jerome "Curly" (1903–1952).<ref name="kearns">{{cite book |last1=Kearns |first1=Burt |title=Shemp!: The Biography of The Three Stooges' Shemp Howard, The Face of Film Comedy |date=1 October 2024 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-4930-7422-8 |pages=1–3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2ikREQAAQBAJ&dq=three+stooges+Kaunas&pg=PA1 |access-date=12 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

Howard, who was named Samuel after his mother's grandfather, [[Shmuel]], was known as Sam. However, his mother's thick accent left her unable to articulate the name Sam. Instead she pronounced it as ''Shem'' and then ''Shemp'', the latter of which stuck as his nickname.<ref name="kearns"/>

==Career==
===Show business===
Shemp's brother [[Moe Howard]] started in show business as a youngster, on stage and in films. Moe and Shemp eventually tried their hands as minstrel-show-style "blackface" comedians with an act they called "Howard and Howard{{snd}}A Study in Black". At the same time, they worked for a rival vaudeville circuit, without makeup.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}

By 1922, Moe had teamed up with his boyhood friend [[Ted Healy]] in a "roughhouse" act. One day Moe spotted his brother Shemp in the audience and yelled at him from the stage. Quick-witted Shemp yelled right back, and walked up onto the stage. From then on he was part of the act, usually known as "Ted Healy and His Stooges". The Howard brothers were the original Stooges; [[Larry Fine]] joined them in 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.threestooges.net/journal/view/155|title=ThreeStooges.net :: The Three Stooges Journal – Issue No. 155|first=Robert|last=Davidson}}</ref> On stage, Healy sang and told jokes while his three noisy stooges got in his way, and Healy retaliated with physical and verbal abuse. Shemp played a bumbling fireman in the Stooges' first film, ''[[Soup to Nuts]]'' (1930), the only film where he played one of Healy's gang.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}

After a disagreement with Healy in August 1930, Moe, Larry and Shemp left to launch their own act, "Howard, Fine & Howard", and joined the [[Keith-Albee-Orpheum|RKO vaudeville circuit]]. They premiered at Los Angeles's Paramount Theatre in August 1930. In 1931, they added "Three Lost Soles" to the act's name and took on Jack Walsh as their straight man. Moe, Larry and Shemp continued until July 1932, when Ted Healy approached them to team up again for the Shuberts' Broadway revue "Passing Show of 1932", and they accepted the offer. In spite of their past differences, Moe knew an association with the nationally known Healy would provide opportunities the three comics were not getting on their own.<ref>https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/moe-howard</ref>

On August 16, 1932, in a contract dispute, Healy walked out of the Shuberts' revue during rehearsals. Three days later, tired of what he considered Healy's domineering handling of the Stooges' career, Shemp left Healy's act to remain with "Passing Show", which closed in September during roadshow performances and after pan reviews in Detroit and Cincinnati. Shemp regrouped to form his own act and played on the road for a few months. He landed at Brooklyn's [[Vitaphone]] Studios for movie appearance opportunities in May 1933. When he split from Healy, Shemp was immediately replaced by his and Moe's younger brother [[Jerry Howard]], known as Curly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/29769/final-years-curly-three-stooges-fame|title=The Final Years of Curly (of Three Stooges Fame)|work=[[Mental Floss]]|last=Deezen|first=Eddie|date=January 18, 2012|access-date=July 2, 2017}}</ref>

===Solo years===
After leaving the Three Stooges, Shemp Howard, like many New York City-based performers, found work at Vitaphone. Originally playing bit roles in their six two-reel [[Roscoe Arbuckle]] comedies made from 1932 to 1933, showing off his comical appearance, he was given speaking roles and supporting parts almost immediately. He was featured with studio comics [[Jack Haley]], [[Ben Blue]] and [[Gus Shy]]; then co-starred with [[Harry Gribbon]], [[Daphne Pollard]], and Johnnie Berkes, and finally starred in his own two-reel comedies.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}} The independently produced ''[[Convention Girl]]'' (1935) featured Shemp in a very rare straight role as a blackmailer and would-be murderer.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Shemp preferred to improvise dialogue and jokes, which became his trademark. In late 1935, Vitaphone was licensed to produce two-reel short comedies based on the ''[[Joe Palooka]]'' comic strip. Shemp was cast as Knobby Walsh, and although only a supporting character, he became the comic focus of the series, with Johnnie Berkes and Lee Weber as his foils. He co-starred in the first seven shorts, released in 1936–1937. Nine of them were produced, the last two done after Shemp's departure from Vitaphone.{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

Howard unsuccessfully attempted to lead his own group of "stooges" in the [[The Van Beuren Corporation|Van Beuren]] musical comedy short ''[[The Knife of the Party]]''. In 1937, he followed his brothers' lead, moved to the West Coast, and landed supporting actor roles at several studios, mainly [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Universal Pictures|Universal]]. He worked exclusively at Universal from August 1940 to August 1943, performing with such comics as [[W. C. Fields]], and with comedy duos [[Abbott and Costello]] and [[Olsen and Johnson]]. He lent comic relief to [[Charlie Chan]] and [[The Thin Man]] murder mysteries. He appeared in several Universal B-musicals of the early 1940s, including ''[[Private Buckaroo]]'' (1942), ''[[Strictly in the Groove]]'' (1942), ''How's About It?'' (1943), ''[[Moonlight and Cactus (1944 film)|Moonlight and Cactus]]'' (1944) and ''[[San Antonio Rose (film)|San Antonio Rose]]'' (1941); in the latter of which he was paired with [[Lon Chaney Jr.]] as a faux Abbott and Costello. Most of these projects took advantage of his improvisational skills. When Broadway comedian [[Frank Fay (American actor)|Frank Fay]] walked out on a series of feature films teaming him with [[Billy Gilbert]], Gilbert called on his closest friend, Shemp Howard, to replace him in three B-comedy features for [[Monogram Pictures]], filmed in 1944–45. He also played a few serious parts, such as his supporting role in ''[[Pittsburgh (1942 film)|Pittsburgh]]'' (1942), starring [[Marlene Dietrich]] and [[John Wayne]].{{citation needed|date=March 2022}}

===The Three Stooges: 1946–1955===
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[[File: Sing a Song of Six Pants (1947) 2.jpg|thumb|Shemp with his younger brother [[Moe Howard]] and partner [[Larry Fine]] in ''[[Sing a Song of Six Pants]]'' in 1947]]
[[File:ShempUgly.jpg|thumb|Shemp in ''[[Brideless Groom]]'' in 1947]]
[[File:Malice in the Palace.JPG|thumb|[[Moe Howard]], Shemp (bottom center), and [[Larry Fine]] in ''[[Malice in the Palace]]'' in 1949]]
From 1938 to 1940 and again from 1944 to 1946, Howard appeared in Columbia's two-reel comedies, co-starring with Columbia regulars [[Andy Clyde]], The Glove Slingers, [[El Brendel]], and [[Tom Kennedy (American actor)|Tom Kennedy]]. He was given his own starring series in 1944. He was working for Columbia in this capacity when his brother Curly was felled by a debilitating stroke on May 6, 1946. Curly had already suffered a series of strokes prior to the filming of ''[[If a Body Meets a Body]]'' (1945), and in January 1945 Shemp filled in for Curly at a week-long appearance at the St. Charles Theatre in [[New Orleans]].{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}

Shemp agreed to fill in for Curly in Columbia's popular Stooge shorts, knowing that if he refused, Moe and Larry would be out of work. {{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}He intended to stay only until Curly recovered, which never happened as Curly's health continued to worsen. Curly died on January 18, 1952, at the age of 48. Shemp agreed to remain with the group permanently.

Shemp's role as the third Stooge was much different from Curly's. His characterization was more relaxed as opposed to Curly's energetic persona. Unlike Curly, who had many distinct mannerisms, Shemp's most notable characteristic as a Stooge was a high-pitched "bee-bee-bee-bee-bee-bee!" sound, a sort of soft screech done by inhaling. It was a multipurpose effect: he emitted this sound when scared, sleeping (done as a form of snoring), overtly happy, or dazed. It became his trademark sound as the "nyuk nyuk" sound had become Curly's. Because of his established solo career, he was also given opportunities in the films to do some of his own comic routines.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}

During this period, The Three Stooges ventured into live television appearances, beginning on Tuesday, October 19, 1948, with [[Milton Berle]] on his [[Texaco Star Theatre]] program.

Shemp appeared with Moe and Larry in 77 short subjects, four of which were produced posthumously using stock footage. The trio also made the feature film ''[[Gold Raiders]]'' (1951). Shemp suffered a mild stroke in November 1952, but recovered within weeks. The medical episode had no noticeable effect on his remaining films with the Stooges, many of which were remakes of earlier films that also used recycled footage to reduce costs.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}

==Personal life==
In September 1925, Shemp married Gertrude Frank (1905–1982). They had one child, Morton (1927–1972).{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}

Shemp had several phobias, including of airplanes, automobiles, dogs, and water. According to Moe's autobiography, Shemp was involved in a driving accident as a teenager and never obtained a driver's license.<ref name="Moe">{{cite book|last=Howard|first=Moe|title=Moe Howard and the Three Stooges|title-link=Moe Howard and the Three Stooges|publisher=Broadway Publishing|orig-year=1977|year=1979|isbn=978-0-8065-0723-1}}</ref>

==Death==
[[File:Shempgrave.jpg|thumb|Crypt of Shemp Howard at [[Home of Peace Cemetery (East Los Angeles)|Home of Peace Cemetery]] in [[East Los Angeles, California]]]]
[[File:Shemp Howard obituary in the Los Angeles Examiner on November 24, 1955.jpg|thumb|Cover of ''[[Los Angeles Examiner]]'' on November 24, 1955]]
On November 22, 1955, Shemp went out with associates Al Winston and Bobby Silverman to a boxing match, one of Shemp's favorite pastimes,{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}} at the Hollywood Legion Stadium. While returning home in a taxi that evening, Shemp died of a massive heart attack, at the age of 60.

Moe's autobiography gives a death date of November 23, 1955, which became the date cited by other accounts. Much of that book was finished posthumously by his daughter and son-in-law, and some details were confused.{{explain |date=June 2023}} The Los Angeles County Coroner's death certificate states that Shemp Howard died on Tuesday, November 22, 1955, at 11:35 [PM] PST. Howard's obituary appeared in the November 23 afternoon editions of [[Los Angeles]] newspapers, citing the death on the night of November 22.<ref>{{cite news|title=Comic Shemp Howard of 3 Stooges Dies. Veteran Actor, 60, Stricken by Heart Attack in Auto|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/452964462.html?dids=452964462:452964462&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+24%2C+1955&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Comic+Shemp+Howard+of+3+Stooges+Dies&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107163746/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/452964462.html?dids=452964462:452964462&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+24,+1955&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Comic+Shemp+Howard+of+3+Stooges+Dies&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 7, 2012|quote=Shemp Howard, 60, veteran stage and screen comedian and one of 'The Three Stooges,' died Tuesday of a heart attack.|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 24, 1955|access-date=August 12, 2011}}</ref>

Shemp Howard is interred in a crypt in the Indoor Mausoleum at the [[Home of Peace Cemetery (East Los Angeles)|Home of Peace Cemetery]] in [[East Los Angeles (region)|East Los Angeles]]. His younger brother Curly is also interred there, in an outdoor tomb in the Western Jewish Institute section, as well as his parents Solomon and Jennie Horwitz and older brother Benjamin "Jack".{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}

==Tributes==
[[The Three Stooges]] earned a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] at 1560 [[Vine Street]] on August 30, 1983.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.walkoffame.com/the-three-stooges|title=The Three Stooges|publisher=walkoffame.com|access-date=April 20, 2018}}</ref>

==The "Fake Shemps"==
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Columbia had promised exhibitors eight Three Stooges comedies for 1956, but only four were completed at the time of Shemp Howard's death. To fulfill the contract, producer [[Jules White]] manufactured four more shorts "with Shemp" by combining old footage of Howard with new connecting scenes played by a body double (longtime Stooge supporting actor [[Joe Palma]]) who is seen mostly from the back. He came to be known by Stooge fans as the "[[Fake Shemp]]", a term which director [[Sam Raimi]] later coined in reference to any body double replacing an actor.{{Citation needed |date=June 2023}}

These new releases of 1956 are all based on Stooge comedies of 1949. ''[[Rumpus in the Harem]]'' borrows from ''[[Malice in the Palace]]''; ''[[Hot Stuff (1956 film)|Hot Stuff]]'' from ''[[Fuelin' Around]]''; ''[[Commotion on the Ocean]]'' from ''[[Dunked in the Deep]]''. The best-received and most technically accomplished of the four is ''[[Scheming Schemers]]'' (1956), combining new footage with recycled clips from ''three'' old Stooge shorts: ''[[A Plumbing We Will Go]]'' (1940), ''[[Half-Wits Holiday]]'' (1947) and ''[[Vagabond Loafers]]'' (1949).<ref>{{cite book|title=Three Stooges: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Most Popular Comedy Team of All Time|last=Forrester|first=Jeff|date=2002|publisher=Donaldson Books|pages=151–152|isbn=0-9715801-0-3}}</ref>

==Continued popularity==
When it was time to renew the Stooges's contract, Columbia hired comedian [[Joe Besser]] to replace Shemp. Columbia discontinued filming new Stooge shorts in December 1957 but continued to release them through June 1959. The Stooge shorts were still in demand for kiddie-matinée shows, and their TV revivals boosted the team's popularity to an all-time high.<ref>''Variety'', June 10, 1959, p. 5.</ref> Columbia kept the theatrical series going by reissuing Shemp's Stooge shorts until 1968.

In the television biopic ''[[The Three Stooges (TV movie)|The Three Stooges]]'' (2000), Shemp Howard was portrayed by [[John Kassir]].

==Filmography==
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;Features
* ''[[Soup to Nuts]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Convention Girl]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Hollywood Round-Up]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Headin' East]]'' (1937) 
* ''[[Behind Prison Gates]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Another Thin Man]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Leather Pushers (1940 film)|The Leather Pushers]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Give Us Wings]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Bank Dick]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Murder Over New York]]'' (1939) 
* ''[[Millionaires in Prison]]'' (1940)
* ''[[The Invisible Woman (1940 film)|The Invisible Woman]]'' (1940) 
* ''[[Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Buck Privates]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Hold That Ghost]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Meet the Chump]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Road Show (film)|Road Show]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Mr. Dynamite (film)|Mr. Dynamite]]'' (1941)
* ''[[The Flame of New Orleans]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Too Many Blondes]]'' (1941)
* ''[[In the Navy (film)|In the Navy]]'' (1941) 
* ''[[Tight Shoes (film)|Tight Shoes]]'' (1941) 
* ''[[San Antonio Rose (film)|San Antonio Rose]]'' (1941) 
* ''[[Hit the Road (1941 film)|Hit the Road]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Cracked Nuts (1941 film)|Cracked Nuts]]'' (1941) 
* ''[[Hellzapoppin' (film)|Hellzapoppin']]'' (1941)
* ''[[Butch Minds the Baby]]'' (1942) 
* ''[[The Strange Case of Doctor Rx]]'' (1942) 
* ''[[Mississippi Gambler (film)|Mississippi Gambler]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Private Buckaroo]]'' (1942) 
* ''[[Strictly in the Groove]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Arabian Nights (1942 film)|Arabian Nights]]'' (1942)
* ''[[How's About It]]'' (1942) 
* ''[[Pittsburgh (1942 film)|Pittsburgh]] (1942)
* ''[[Keep 'Em Slugging]]'' (1943) 
* ''[[Crazy House (1943 film)|Crazy House]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Three of a Kind (1944 film)|Three of a Kind]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Moonlight and Cactus (1944 film)|Moonlight and Cactus]]'' (1943)
* ''[[Strange Affair (1944 film)|Strange Affair]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Crazy Knights]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Trouble Chasers]]'' (1945)
* ''[[The Gentleman Misbehaves]]'' (1946) 
* ''[[One Exciting Week]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Dangerous Business (1946 film)|Dangerous Business]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Blondie Knows Best]]'' (1946) 
* ''[[Africa Screams]]'' (1949)

;Two Reelers
* ''Salt Water Daffy'' (1933)
* ''[[Close Relations (1933 film)|Close Relations]]'' (1933)
* ''Paul Revere Jr.'' (1933) 
* ''Gobs of Fun'' (1933) 
* ''In the Dough'' (1933)
* ''Here Comes Flossie!'' (1934)
* ''Howd' Ya Like That?'' (1934)
* ''Henry the Ache'' (1934)
* ''The Wrong, Wrong Trail'' (1934)
* ''Mushrooms'' (1934)
* ''The Knife of the Party'' (1934) 
* ''Everybody Likes Music'' (1934)
* ''Pugs and Kisses'' (1934)
* ''Very Close Veins'' (1934)
* ''Pure Feud'' (1934)
* ''Corn on the Cop'' (1934)
* ''I Scream'' (1934)
* ''Rambling 'Round Radio Row # 7 (Series 2 # 1)'' (1934)
* ''[[Art Trouble]]'' (1934)
* ''My Mummy's Arms'' (1934)
* ''Daredevil O'Dare'' (1934)
* ''Smoked Hams'' (1934)
* ''So You Won't T-T-T-Talk'' (1934)
* ''Dizzy & Daffy'' (1934)
* ''A Peach of a Pair'' (1934)
* ''His First Flame'' (1935)
* ''Convention Girl'' (1935)
* ''Why Pay Rent?'' (1935)
* ''Serves You Right'' (1935) 
* ''On the Wagon'' (1935) 
* ''The Officer's Mess'' (1935)
* ''While the Cat's Away'' (1936)
* ''For the Love of Pete'' (1936)
* ''Absorbing Junior'' (1936)
* ''Here's Howe'' (1936)
* ''Punch and Beauty'' (1936)
* ''The Choke's on You'' (1936)
* ''The Blonde Bomber'' (1936)
* ''Kick Me Again'' (1937)
* ''Taking the Count'' (1937)
* ''Hollywood Round-Up'' (1937)
* ''Headin' East'' (1937)
* ''The Leather Pushers'' (1938)
* ''Home on the Rage'' (1938)
* ''Glove Slingers'' (1939)
* ''Money Squawks'' (1940)
* ''The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady'' (1940)
* ''Boobs in the Woods'' (1940)
* ''Pleased to Mitt You'' (1940)
* ''Pick a Peck of Plumbers'' (1944)
* ''Open Season for Saps'' (1944)
* ''Off Again, On Again'' (1945)
* ''Where the Pest Begins'' (1945)
* ''A Hit with a Miss'' (1945)
* ''Mr. Noisy'' (1946)
* ''Jiggers, My Wife'' (1946)
* ''[[Society Mugs]]'' (1946)
* ''Bride and Gloom'' (1947)
;with The Three Stooges
* ''[[Fright Night (1947 film)|Fright Night]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Out West (1947 film)|Out West]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Hold That Lion! (1947 film)|Hold That Lion!]]'' (1947) (His brother Curly Howard in a cameo)
* ''[[Brideless Groom]]'' (1947) 
* ''[[Sing a Song of Six Pants]]'' (1947) 
* ''[[All Gummed Up]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Shivering Sherlocks]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Pardon My Clutch]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Squareheads of the Round Table]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Fiddlers Three (1948 film)|Fiddlers Three]]'' (1948)
* ''[[The Hot Scots]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Heavenly Daze]]'' (1948)
* ''[[I'm a Monkey's Uncle]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Mummy's Dummies]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Crime on Their Hands]]'' (1948)
* ''[[The Ghost Talks (1949 film)|The Ghost Talks!]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Who Done It? (1949 film)|Who Done It?]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Hokus Pokus (1949 film)|Hokus Pokus]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Fuelin' Around]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Malice in the Palace]]'' (1949) (brother Curly Howard's second cameo as a Chef filmed but not used)
* ''[[Vagabond Loafers]]'' (1949) 
* ''[[Dunked in the Deep]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Punchy Cowpunchers]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Hugs and Mugs]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Dopey Dicks]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Love at First Bite (1950 film)|Love at First Bite]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Self-Made Maids]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Three Hams on Rye]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Studio Stoops]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Slaphappy Sleuths]]'' (1950)
* ''[[A Snitch in Time]]'' (1950)
* ''[[Three Arabian Nuts]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Baby Sitters Jitters]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Don't Throw That Knife]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Scrambled Brains]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Merry Mavericks]]'' (1951)
* ''[[The Tooth Will Out]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Hula-La-La]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Pest Man Wins]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Gold Raiders]]'' (1951)
* ''[[A Missed Fortune]]'' (1952) 
* ''[[Listen, Judge]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Corny Casanovas]]'' (1952)
* ''[[He Cooked His Goose]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Gents in a Jam]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Three Dark Horses]]'' (1952)
* ''[[Cuckoo on a Choo Choo]]'' (1952) 
* ''[[Up in Daisy's Penthouse]]'' (1953) 
* ''[[Booty and the Beast]]'' (1953) 
* ''[[Loose Loot]]'' (1953) 
* ''[[Tricky Dicks]]'' (1953) 
* ''[[Spooks (1953 film)|Spooks!]]'' (1953) (first flat [[widescreen]] short)
* ''[[Pardon My Backfire]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Rip, Sew and Stitch]]'' (1953) 
* ''[[Bubble Trouble (film)|Bubble Trouble]]'' (1953) 
* ''[[Goof on the Roof]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Income Tax Sappy]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Musty Musketeers]]'' (1954) 
* ''[[Pals and Gals]]'' (1954) 
* ''[[Knutzy Knights]]'' (1954) 
* ''[[Shot in the Frontier]]'' (1954)
* ''[[Scotched in Scotland]]'' (1954) 
* ''[[Fling in the Ring]]'' (1955) 
* ''[[Of Cash and Hash]]'' (1955) 
* ''[[Gypped in the Penthouse]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Bedlam in Paradise]]'' (1955) 
* ''[[Stone Age Romeos]]'' (1955) 
* ''[[Wham Bam Slam|Wham-Bam-Slam!]]'' (1955) 
* ''[[Hot Ice (1955 film)|Hot Ice]]'' (1955) 
* ''[[Blunder Boys]]'' (1955)
* ''[[Husbands Beware]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Creeps (film)|Creeps]]'' (1956) 
* ''[[Flagpole Jitters]]'' (1956) 
* ''[[For Crimin' Out Loud]]'' (1956) 
* ''[[Rumpus in the Harem]]'' (1956) (“Fake Shemp”; filmed after his death)
* ''[[Hot Stuff (1956 film)|Hot Stuff]]'' (1956) (“Fake Shemp”; filmed after his death)
* ''[[Scheming Schemers]]'' (1956) (“Fake Shemp”; filmed after his death)
* ''[[Commotion on the Ocean]]'' (1956) (“Fake Shemp”; filmed after his death)
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* [https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/89697%7C139868/Shemp-Howard#overview Shemp Howard] at [[Turner Classic Movies]] 
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[[Category:1895 births]]
[[Category:1955 deaths]]
[[Category:20th-century American comedians]]
[[Category:20th-century American Jews]]
[[Category:20th-century American male actors]]
[[Category:American male comedians]]
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[[Category:American people of Lithuanian-Jewish descent]]
[[Category:Burials at Home of Peace Cemetery]]
[[Category:Columbia Pictures contract players]]
[[Category:Comedians from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:Jewish American male actors]]
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[[Category:Male actors from Brooklyn]]
[[Category:The Three Stooges members]]
[[Category:Universal Pictures contract players]]
[[Category:American vaudeville performers]]
[[Category:Jews from New York (state)]]
[[Category:Jewish American film people]]