Moe Howard(1897-1975)
- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
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 working on a showboat and also appeared in several two-reel
comedy shorts. In 1922 he, brother Shemp and
Larry Fine joined roughhouse
vaudeville comic Ted Healy, forming the act
that would become The Three Stooges.
Howard toured vaudeville and appeared in films with Healy for ten years
before the Stooges left to pursue a separate career. Moe appeared in
more than 250 films during his 66-year career, including 190 Three
Stooges shorts. Over the act's 50-year history, the Stooges went
through several personnel changes; when Moe died, the act ended.
