| Birth: | Mar. 17, 1895 | | Death: | Nov. 23, 1955
Hollywood
Los Angeles County
California, USA | 
Actor, Comedian. Legendary comic actor with the Three Stooges. Born Samuel Horwitz in Brooklyn, New York in 1895, he worked with his brother Moe in various amateur and vaudeville acts until 1922, when a former school mate and vaudeville comedian, Ted Healy, was playing at the Brooklyn prospect theater and needed a replacement in his current act. Moe and Shemp joined the act. In 1927 Larry Fine joined Moe and Shemp with Ted Healy. In 1930, he co-star in "Soup to Nuts". A short time later, Healy left the "JJ Shubert Broadway Review", taking Moe and Larry with him. Shemp Howard decided to stay with the show. On his own, he went on to star in countless comedies for Vitaphone in 1932 and he later played the role of Knobby Walsh in the Joe Palooka series. After Curly Howard had to leave the act because of his illness, Shemp Howard became one of the the Three Stooges. He not only made 77 stooges shorts, but also a feature film, "Gold Raiders" 1951. On November 23,1955, he went out with his friends to a boxing match at the Hollywood Legion Stadium. After the fights were over, Shemp hailed a taxicab to take him to his North Hollywood home with friend Al Winston. He set back and lit up his cigar, then uddenly he slumped over. He had a heart attack and died at the age of 60.
Cause of death: Heart attack
Search Amazon for Shemp Howard | | | Burial:
Home of Peace Memorial Park
East Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
California, USA
Plot: In Mausoleum-Second Tier from the bottom |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jan 28, 2002
Find A Grave Memorial# 6130700 |
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