Shemp Howard (March 4, 1895 cert.gif" target="_blank">http://shempcompany.com/Media/death_cert.gif – November 22, 1955) was part of the _Three Stooges comedy team. Born Samuel Horwitz, he was called "Shemp" because "Sam" came out that way in his mother's thick Jewish Lithuanian accent. He was the older brother of Moe Howard and "third stooge" in the early years of the act. He would rejoin the trio in May 1946, after youngest brother Jerome "Curly" Howard suffered a stroke.

Shemp Howard was born Samuel Horwitz on the 4th of March, 1895 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was also the brother of fellow stooges Moe Howard (I) and Curly Howard. Larry Fine (I) was not related to any of the other stooges. When not working with The Three Stooges, Shemp made a lot of feature film appearances, such as Bank Dick, The (1940) with W.C. Fields. Shemp, Moe, Larry and Curly appeared in only one short together -- Hold That Lion (1947). In it, Curly appears as an uncredited train car passenger. Watch for the man with the hat on his face. This was a short, non-speaking cameo, due to a stroke Curly suffered the prior year.