ACTOR

Moe Howard

1897 - 1975

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Moses Harry Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), better known by his stage name Moe Howard, was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the leader of the Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades. That group initially started out as Ted Healy and His Stooges, an act that toured the vaudeville circuit. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moe Howard has received more than 5,388,031 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Moe Howard is the 3,758th most popular actor (down from 3,163rd in 2019), the 5,624th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,930th in 2019) and the 1,700th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 5.4M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.65

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Moe Howards by language

Over the past year Moe Howard has had the most page views in the with 702,444 views, followed by Spanish (117,566), and Portuguese (20,978). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Italian (227.85%), Simple English (162.42%), and Korean (113.98%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Moe Howard ranks 3,758 out of 13,578. Before him are Ross Martin, Mae Busch, Conrad Nagel, Vesa-Matti Loiri, Kevin Dunn, and Linden Ashby. After him are Petra Mede, Jim Cummings, Kōichi Yamadera, Natasha Henstridge, Naveen Andrews, and Melinda Culea.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Moe Howard ranks 212. Before him are Fletcher Henderson, Isaías Medina Angarita, Nikolai Gikalo, Camillo Berneri, Alexander Lernet-Holenia, and Conrad Nagel. After him are Johannes Winkler, Jimmie Rodgers, Roman Vishniac, Max Newman, Jacob Bjerknes, and Choʻlpon. Among people deceased in 1975, Moe Howard ranks 159. Before him are Niginho, Mark Donohue, William D. Coolidge, Hans Furler, Therese Giehse, and Mascha Kaléko. After him are Edmundo Piaggio, Minas Avetisyan, James Blish, Arvo Askola, Constantinos Apostolou Doxiadis, and William Phillips.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Moe Howard ranks 5,624 out of 20,380. Before him are Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841), Josephine Diebitsch Peary (1863), Bill Bryson (1951), Odetta (1930), Linden Ashby (1960), and Robert Durst (1943). After him are Denis Leary (1957), Jim Cummings (1952), Jim Steinman (1947), Melinda Culea (1955), Art Carney (1918), and Harold Lockwood (1887).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Moe Howard ranks 1,700. Before him are L. Scott Caldwell (1950), Michael Gross (1947), John Diehl (1950), Conrad Nagel (1897), Kevin Dunn (1956), and Linden Ashby (1960). After him are Jim Cummings (1952), Melinda Culea (1955), Art Carney (1918), Harold Lockwood (1887), Shelley Long (1949), and Roger E. Mosley (1938).

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Television and Movie Roles

Men in Black
Dr. Howard
The stooges are three doctors who graduated medical school by being in it for too many years. They come across such problems as an overly chirpy nurse, a mental patient, and a combination to a safe swallowed by the hospital superintendent in the course of their attempt to get through the day.
Sep 28o 19347.188 / 10
Punch Drunks
Moe
Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win every fight, with the help of Larry. At the championship game, though, Larry's violin breaks. Curly is getting beat down bad when Larry makes his unexpected entrance and helps Curly prevail.
Jul 13o 19346.778 / 10
Disorder in the Court
Moe
The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend Gail Tempest, who dances at the Black Bottom cafe where the Stooges are musicians, is accused of killing Kirk Robin.
May 30o 19366.5 / 10