Shemp Howard

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| relatives = {{ubl|[[Moe Howard]] (brother)|[[Curly Howard]] (brother)|[[Joan Howard Maurer]] (niece)}}

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| website = {{URL|www.threestooges.com/shemp-howard/|threestooges.com}}

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'''Shemp Howard''' (born '''Samuel Horwitz'''; March 11, 1895{{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}} – 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.

'''Shemp Howard''' (born '''Samuel Horwitz'''; March 11, 1895{{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}} – 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.