Moe Howard

Birthday: 19 June 1897, Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA

Birth Name: Moses Horwitz

Height: 161 cm

Moe Howard, the "Boss Stooge" and brother of Stooges Curly Howard and Shemp Howard, began his acting career in 1909 by playing bit roles in silent Vitagraph films. At 17 he joined a troupe w ...Show More

[on his former boss, mentor and friend, actor/comedian Ted Healy, who died under mysterious circumst Show more [on his former boss, mentor and friend, actor/comedian Ted Healy, who died under mysterious circumstances (according to one theory, after a drunken argument) while in his early 40s] When sober, Ted was the essence of refinement; when under the influence, he became a foul-mouthed, vicious character. Liquor had killed his father and uncle and destroyed his sister's life. When Ted was young, I remember that he made a pledge never to touch liquor, after having seen the consequences of its effects on his family. The strain of his life in show business got him started, and once he started drinking, he was never able to stop. Hide

[to complaints about The Three Stooges' violent slapstick comedy] We're not nearly as violent as the Show more [to complaints about The Three Stooges' violent slapstick comedy] We're not nearly as violent as the Westerns. Hide

Moe Howard's FILMOGRAPHY

as Actor (37)

The Three Stooges - Season 10

The Three Stooges in Orbit

The Three Stooges - Season 7

The Last Laugh

The Three Stooges - Season 3

Snow White and the Three Stooges

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

The Three Stooges - Season 9

The Three Stooges - Season 4

Time Out for Rhythm