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Curly Howard

1903 - 1952

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Jerome Lester Horwitz (October 22, 1903 – January 18, 1952), better known by his stage name Curly Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He was a member of the comedy team The Three Stooges, which also featured his elder brothers Moe and Shemp Howard, as well as actor Larry Fine. In early shorts, he was billed as Curley. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Curly Howard has received more than 5,817,151 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Curly Howard is the 4,845th most popular actor (down from 3,727th in 2019), the 7,095th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,669th in 2019) and the 2,171st most popular American Actor.

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  • 17

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  • 1.58

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  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Curly Howard ranks 4,845 out of 13,578. Before him are Ulrich Matthes, Greg Germann, Lya Mara, Haley Joel Osment, LeVar Burton, and Terry Bradshaw. After him are Kathy Burke, Jessalyn Gilsig, Krysten Ritter, Curt Lowens, Annabelle Wallis, and Bruce Glover.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Curly Howard ranks 262. Before him are Edgar Bergen, Billie Dove, Lothar Bolz, Elisha Cook Jr., Romeo Neri, and Lilly Scholz. After him are Suat Hayri Ürgüplü, Lajos Steiner, Vicente Piera, María Teresa León, Adolf Kainz, and Marjorie Cox Crawford. Among people deceased in 1952, Curly Howard ranks 140. Before him are James L. Peters, Stafford Cripps, Richard Johansson, Frederic G. Kenyon, Louis Wirth, and Ronald Rawson. After him are Gregory La Cava, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Sándor Pósta, Carlo Agostini, Henriette Roland Holst, and Billy Hughes.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Curly Howard ranks 7,095 out of 20,380. Before him are Tina Weymouth (1950), Frankie Knuckles (1955), Terry Bradshaw (1948), Charles Roven (1949), Chris Van Allsburg (1949), and Thaddeus Stevens (1792). After him are Roy Thomas (1940), Doris Humphrey (1895), Krysten Ritter (1981), Regis Philbin (1931), John C. Slater (1900), and Larry O'Brien (1917).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Curly Howard ranks 2,171. Before him are Laura San Giacomo (1962), Leigh Taylor-Young (1945), Chuck McCann (1934), Greg Germann (1958), Haley Joel Osment (1988), and Terry Bradshaw (1948). After him are Krysten Ritter (1981), Bruce Glover (1932), Jerry Van Dyke (1931), Alexandra Hedison (1969), Rose Marie (1923), and Charlotte Rae (1926).

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Television and Movie Roles

A Plumbing We Will Go
Curly
To escape the police, the stooges pose as plumbers and are hired to fix a leak in a fancy mansion, but they wind up crossing the electrical system with the plumbing and generally ruin the place.
Apr 19th 19406.7 / 10
You Nazty Spy!
Curly Gallstone
In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When evil cabinet ministers overthrow the King, they decide to make Moe the new ruler as he'll be stupid enough to follow their orders. Moe becomes Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry becomes Minister of Propaganda. After successfully preventing a female spy from committing mayhem, the boys are run out of office by a mob and eaten by lions.
Jan 19th 19407.1 / 10
Hoi Polloi
Curly
A professor bets that he can turn the stooges into gentlemen. After many attempts to teach them etiquette, he brings them to a fancy society party. The stooges new found manners don't last very long, and the party quickly degenerates. By the end, the other guests have adopted stooge-like behavior and the stooges leave as gentlemen.
Aug 29th 19357.1 / 10