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Shemp Howard

1895 - 1955

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Shemp Howard (born Samuel Horwitz; March 11, 1895 – 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 and friend Larry Fine to replace his brother Curly as the third Stooge after Curly's illness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shemp Howard is the 5,550th most popular actor (down from 5,002nd in 2019), the 8,641st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,295th in 2019) and the 2,543rd most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Shemp Howard ranks 5,550 out of 13,578. Before him are Kirsten Vangsness, Sam Lloyd, Moon Geun-young, Dan Stevens, Jenna Fischer, and Joe Dempsie. After him are Conrad Nagel, Renée Faure, Erin Moriarty, Sivaji Ganesan, A. J. Cook, and Toby Stephens.

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Among people born in 1895, Shemp Howard ranks 263. Before him are Lorenz Hart, Alexander Pavlovich Vinogradov, Alfredo Zibechi, Käthe Leichter, Károly Fogl, and Busby Berkeley. After him are Albert White, Adrienne Bolland, Doris Humphrey, Sándor Gombos, Jan Parandowski, and Fredric Wertham. Among people deceased in 1955, Shemp Howard ranks 147. Before him are James P. Johnson, David Carstens, Dimitrios Maximos, André Rischmann, Luis Otero, and Edwin Barclay. After him are John Hodiak, Arturo Coddou, William C. deMille, John Fenning, Einar Arnórsson, and Matthew Henson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Shemp Howard ranks 8,643 out of 20,380. Before him are Mikaela Shiffrin (1995), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Jenna Fischer (1974), Natalie Coughlin (1982), Outram Bangs (1863), and Claudia Kolb (1949). After him are Conrad Nagel (1897), Erin Moriarty (1994), Judi Brown Clarke (1961), Albert White (1895), Alan Helffrich (1900), and Peter Donlon (1906).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Shemp Howard ranks 2,544. Before him are Art Acord (1890), Bob Sapp (1973), Anthony Denison (1949), Kirsten Vangsness (1972), Sam Lloyd (1963), and Jenna Fischer (1974). After him are Conrad Nagel (1897), Erin Moriarty (1994), Sarah Shahi (1980), Margaret Dumont (1882), Joanna Moore (1934), and Shawn Weatherly (1959).

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