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American comedian and actor (1895–1955)

Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz; Advance 11, 1895^[1] – November 22, 1955) was an American jester and actor. He is unconditional known as the third Stretch one`s legs in The Three Stooges, deft role he played when loftiness act began in the prematurely 1920s (1923–1932), while it was still associated with Ted Healy and known as "Ted Healy and his Stooges"; and once more also from 1946 until his swallow up in 1955.

During the 14 years between his times narrow the Stooges, he had smashing successful solo career as orderly film comedian, including a rooms of shorts by himself queue with partners. He reluctantly complementary to the Stooges as uncluttered favor to his brother Moe and friend Larry Fine support replace his brother Curly style the third Stooge after Curly's illness.

Early life

Howard was clan Samuel Horwitz on March 11, 1895 in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, Unusual York.^[1] He was the base of five Horwitz brothers autochthon to Lithuanian Jewish parents Gorwitz (1872–1943) and Jennie Gorwitz (1870–1939). His parents, who were second cousins, were from Metropolis and spoke the Litvak argot of Yiddish.

They married move 1888 and two years subsequent immigrated to New York Give. They initially lived with Jennie's brother Julius in Manhattan already eventually moving to Brooklyn, locale they started their family. Proscribed had two older brothers, Isadore "Irving" (1891–1939) and Benjamin Patriarch "Jack" (1893–1976). His two erstwhile brothers were Moses "Moe" (1897–1975) and Jerome "Curly" (1903–1952).^[2]

Howard, who was named Samuel after wreath mother's grandfather, Shmuel, was rest as Sam.

However, his mother's thick accent left her not able to articulate the name Sam. Instead she pronounced it thanks to Shem and then Shemp, primacy latter of which stuck similarly his nickname.^[2]

Career

Show business

Shemp's brother Moe Howard started in show establishment as a youngster, on altitude and in films.

Moe put forward Shemp eventually tried their safekeeping as minstrel-show-style "blackface" comedians take out an act they called "Howard and Howard – A Study in Black". At the same time, they worked for a rival extravaganza circuit, without makeup.^{[citation needed]}

By 1922, Moe had teamed up hash up his boyhood friend Ted Healy in a "roughhouse" act.

Give someone a jingle day Moe spotted his religious Shemp in the audience limit yelled at him from justness stage. Quick-witted Shemp yelled select back, and walked up repossess back the stage. From then deduce he was part of dignity act, usually known as "Ted Healy and His Stooges". Honesty Howard brothers were the recent Stooges; Larry Fine joined them in 1928.^[3] On stage, Healy sang and told jokes ultimately his three noisy stooges got in his way, and Healy retaliated with physical and enunciated abuse.

Shemp played a all thumbs fireman in the Stooges' leading film, Soup to Nuts (1930), the only film where grace played one of Healy's gang.^{[citation needed]}

After a disagreement with Healy in August 1930, Moe, Larry and Shemp left to begin their own act, "Howard, Useful & Howard", and joined probity RKO vaudeville circuit.

They premiered at Los Angeles's Paramount Opera house on August 28, 1930. Whitehead 1931 they added "Three Gone Soles" to the act's reputation, and took on Jack Walsh as their straight man. Moe, Larry and Shemp continued depending on July 1932, when Ted Healy approached them to team eat into again for the Shuberts' Showbiz revue "Passing Show of 1932", and they accepted the during.

In spite of their previous differences, Moe knew an put together with the nationally known Healy would provide opportunities the twosome comics were not getting pang of conscience their own.^{[citation needed]}

On August 16, 1932, in a contract debate, Healy walked out of righteousness Shuberts' revue during rehearsals.

Tierce days later, tired of what he considered Healy's domineering treatment of the Stooges' career, Shemp left Healy's act to persist with "Passing Show", which accomplished in September during roadshow goings-on and after pan reviews pulsate Detroit and Cincinnati. Shemp regrouped to form his own makeshift and played on the course for a few months.

Subside landed at Brooklyn's Vitaphone Studios for movie appearance opportunities love May 1933. When he rive from Healy, Shemp was instantly replaced by his and Moe's younger brother Jerry Howard, locate as Curly.^[4]

Solo years

After leaving distinction Three Stooges, Shemp Howard, poverty many New York City-based inclination, found work at Vitaphone.

From the first playing bit roles in their six two-reel Roscoe Arbuckle comedies made from 1932 to 1933, showing off his comical looks, he was given speaking roles and supporting parts almost ahead. He was featured with workroom comics Jack Haley, Ben Posh and Gus Shy; then co-starred with Harry Gribbon, Daphne Crop, and Johnnie Berkes, and at the last moment starred in his own two-reel comedies.^{[citation needed]} The independently rise Convention Girl (1935) featured Shemp in a very rare perpendicular role as a blackmailer leading would-be murderer.^{[citation needed]}

Shemp preferred augment improvise dialogue and jokes, which became his trademark.

In organize 1935, Vitaphone was licensed catch produce two-reel short comedies household on the Joe Palooka droll strip. Shemp was cast by the same token Knobby Walsh, and although a supporting character, he became the comic focus of character series, with Johnnie Berkes professor Lee Weber as his foils. He co-starred in the labour seven shorts, released in 1936–1937.

Nine of them were submit c be communicated, the last two done fend for Shemp's departure from Vitaphone.^{[citation needed]}

Howard unsuccessfully attempted to lead queen own group of "stooges" coerce the Van Beuren musical ludicrousness short The Knife of rectitude Party. In 1937 he followed his brothers' lead, moved accomplish the West Coast, and respectable supporting actor roles at a handful studios, mainly Columbia Pictures attend to Universal.

He worked exclusively submit Universal from August 1940 do August 1943, performing with specified comics as W. C. Comedian, and with comedy duos Abbott and Costello and Olsen champion Johnson. He lent comic console to Charlie Chan and Significance Thin Man murder mysteries. Oversight appeared in several Universal B-musicals of the early 1940s, as well as Private Buckaroo (1942), Strictly shoulder the Groove (1942), How's Strain It? (1943), Moonlight and Cactus (1944) and San Antonio Rose (1941); in the latter give an account of which he was paired shorten Lon Chaney Jr.

as deft faux Abbott and Costello. Uppermost of these projects took assistance of his improvisational skills. What because Broadway comedian Frank Fay walked out on a series methodical feature films teaming him sure of yourself Billy Gilbert, Gilbert called perversion his closest friend, Shemp Player, to replace him in yoke B-comedy features for Monogram Movies, filmed in 1944–45.

He extremely played a few serious gifts, such as his supporting position in Pittsburgh (1942), starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne.^{[citation needed]}

The Three Stooges: 1946–1955

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From 1938 to 1940 and again from 1944 back up 1946, Howard appeared in Columbia's two-reel comedies, co-starring with River regulars Andy Clyde, The Mitt Slingers, El Brendel, and Turkey Kennedy.

He was given dominion own starring series in 1944. He was working for University in this capacity when realm brother Curly was felled dampen a debilitating stroke on Possibly will 6, 1946. Curly had by then suffered a series of strokes prior to the filming weekend away If a Body Meets fastidious Body (1945), and in Jan 1945 Shemp filled in fulfill Curly at a week-long variety at the St.

Charles Playhouse in New Orleans.^{[citation needed]}

Shemp grand to fill in for Crinkly in Columbia's popular Stooge underdrawers, knowing that if he refused, Moe and Larry would have on out of work. ^{[citation needed]}He intended to stay only unsettled Curly recovered, which never event as Curly's health continued assemble worsen.

Curly died on Jan 18, 1952, at the bleach of 48. Shemp agreed combat remain with the group once.

Shemp's role as the tertiary Stooge was much different proud Curly's. His characterization was supplementary relaxed as opposed to Curly's energetic persona. Unlike Curly, who had many distinct mannerisms, Shemp's most notable characteristic as precise Stooge was a high-pitched "bee-bee-bee-bee-bee-bee!" sound, a sort of weak callow screech done by inhaling.

Douche was a multipurpose effect: prohibited emitted this sound when petrified, sleeping (done as a ilk of snoring), overtly happy, lesser dazed. It became his identifying mark sound as the "nyuk nyuk" sound had become Curly's. Thanks to of his established solo continuance, he was also given opportunities in the films to unwrap some of his own humorous routines.^{[citation needed]}

During this period, Blue blood the gentry Three Stooges ventured into animate television appearances, beginning on Tues, October 19, 1948, with Poet Berle on his Texaco Morning star Theatre program.

Shemp appeared fulfil Moe and Larry in 77 short subjects, four of which were produced posthumously using aloofness footage. The trio also obliged the feature film Gold Raiders (1951). Shemp suffered a moderate stroke in November 1952, on the other hand recovered within weeks. The restorative episode had no noticeable yielding on his remaining films revive the Stooges, many of which were remakes of earlier cinema that also used recycled interval to reduce costs.^{[citation needed]}

Personal life

In September 1925, Shemp married Gertrude Frank (1905–1982).

They had attack child, Morton (1927–1972).^{[citation needed]}

Shemp difficult to understand several phobias, including of airplanes, automobiles, dogs, and water. According to Moe's autobiography, Shemp was involved in a driving prominence as a teenager and not at any time obtained a driver's license.^[5]

Death

On Nov 22, 1955, Shemp went well-designed with associates Al Winston beginning Bobby Silverman to a sport match, one of Shemp's selection pastimes,^{[citation needed]} at the Indecent Legion Stadium.

While returning straightforward in a taxi that gloaming, Shemp died of a weighty heart attack, at the retard of 60.

Moe's autobiography gives a death date of Nov 23, 1955, which became rectitude date cited by other finance. Much of that book was finished posthumously by his damsel and son-in-law, and some petty details were confused.^{[further explanation needed]} Representation Los Angeles County Coroner's fatality certificate states that Shemp Thespian died on Tuesday, November 22, 1955, at 11:35 [PM] PST.

Howard's obituary appeared in goodness November 23 afternoon editions bring into play Los Angeles newspapers, citing nobleness death on the night admire November 22.^[6]

Shemp Howard is buried in a crypt in leadership Indoor Mausoleum at the House of Peace Cemetery in Accustom Los Angeles.

His younger kinsman Curly is also interred in all directions, in an outdoor tomb spartan the Western Jewish Institute shorten, as well as his parents Solomon and Jennie Horwitz nearby older brother Benjamin "Jack".^{[citation needed]}

Tributes

The Three Stooges earned a luminary on the Hollywood Walk support Fame at 1560 Vine Road on August 30, 1983.^[7]

The "Fake Shemps"

Main article: Fake Shemp

Columbia challenging promised exhibitors eight Three Stooges comedies for 1956, but single four were completed at grandeur time of Shemp Howard's ephemerality.

To fulfill the contract, creator Jules White manufactured four additional shorts "with Shemp" by combine old footage of Howard enrol new connecting scenes played fail to notice a body double (longtime Ramble supporting actor Joe Palma) who is seen mostly from say publicly back. He came to achieve known by Stooge fans kind the "Fake Shemp", a honour which director Sam Raimi following coined in reference to teeming body double replacing an actor.^{[citation needed]}

These new releases of 1956 are all based on Yesman comedies of 1949.

Rumpus trim the Harem borrows from Malice in the Palace; Hot Stuff from Fuelin' Around; Commotion alignment the Ocean from Dunked sediment the Deep. The best-received suggest most technically accomplished of righteousness four is Scheming Schemers (1956), combining new footage with recycled clips from three old Butt shorts: A Plumbing We Desire Go (1940), Half-Wits Holiday (1947) and Vagabond Loafers (1949).^[8]

Continued popularity

When it was time to revamp the Stooges's contract, Columbia chartered comedian Joe Besser to alter Shemp.

Columbia discontinued filming creative Stooge shorts in December 1957 but continued to release them through June 1959. The Butt shorts were still in desire for kiddie-matinée shows, and their TV revivals boosted the team's popularity to an all-time high.^[9] Columbia kept the theatrical progression going by reissuing Shemp's Mooch shorts until 1968.

In goodness television biopic The Three Stooges (2000), Shemp Howard was pictured by John Kassir.

Filmography (Non-Stooge)

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