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Acting

Curly Howard

Career

Active from 1933 to 2024, with a break from 1975 to 1989, busiest in 1943 and 1946 with 10 main titles each.

Leading roles
116
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score69/100
Highest rated
Poster for An Ache in Every Stake
An Ache in Every Stake
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 4.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 4.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.0 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Curly Howard Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    1.7, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    1.7, average 4.7
  • Pathos
    2.6, average 5.3

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Slapstick Comedy 7
  • Classic Slapstick Comedy 5
  • Physical Humor 5
  • Historical Setting 5
  • Classic Comedy 5
  • Physical Gags 4
  • The Three Stooges 3
  • Fast-Paced Gags 3
  • Nostalgic Entertainment 3
  • Family-Friendly 3
  • Classic Slapstick 2
  • Rapid-Fire Gags 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

146
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
The Three Stooges + Comedy Gold Standard
The Three Stooges + Comedy Gold Standard

TV show · as Curly

Los tres chiflados
Los tres chiflados

TV show

2020s

2 titles
Three Stooges Comedy Collection
Three Stooges Comedy Collection (2024)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem!
Stooge O-Rama: The Men Behind the Mayhem - And Even More Mayhem! (2023)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

2010s

2 titles
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad!
The Three Stooges: Hey Moe! Hey Dad! (2015)

TV show · as Curly (archive footage)

The Three Stooges in 3D
The Three Stooges in 3D (2012)

as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)

2000s

7 titles
The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts
The Three Stooges: Five of Their Greatest Shorts (2009)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Parrott Chase
The Parrott Chase (2009)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Three Stooges: Stooged & Confoosed
The Three Stooges: Stooged & Confoosed (2004)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special
Three Stooges 75th Anniversary Special (2003)

as Curly (archive footage)

The Three Stooges Story
The Three Stooges Story (2001)

as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter
The Three Stooges: Kings Of Laughter (2001)

as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious
The Three Stooges - Simply Hilarious (2000)

as Curly (archive footage) (uncredited)

1990s

2 titles
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files
Murderers, Mobsters, & Madmen: Volume 6: Hollywood Police Files (1992)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Lost Stooges
The Lost Stooges (1990)

as (archive footage)

1980s

3 titles
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies
Hollywood Scandals and Tragedies (1988)

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

Going Hollywood: The '30s
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)

as (archive footage)

The Making of the Stooges
The Making of the Stooges (1984)

as Curly (archive footage)

1970s

1 title
The Three Stooges Follies
The Three Stooges Follies (1974)

as Curly (archive footage)

1960s

3 titles · average score 67
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines
Three Stooges: Greatest Routines (1964)

as Curly

The Big Parade of Comedy
The Big Parade of Comedy (1964)
GoodWatch score 65

as One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)

Stop! Look! and Laugh!
Stop! Look! and Laugh! (1960)
GoodWatch score 69

as Curly

1950s

2 titles · average score 65
Columbia Laff Hour
Columbia Laff Hour (1956)

as Curley

Booty and the Beast
Booty and the Beast (1953)
GoodWatch score 65

as Sleeping Passenger (uncredited) (archive footage)

1940s

60 titles · average score 69
Monkey Businessmen
Monkey Businessmen (1946)
GoodWatch score 68

as Curly

Idiots Deluxe
Idiots Deluxe (1945)
GoodWatch score 70

as Curly

Phony Express
Phony Express (1943)
GoodWatch score 67

as Curly

Dizzy Detectives
Dizzy Detectives (1943)
GoodWatch score 71

as Curly

They Stooge to Conga
They Stooge to Conga (1943)
GoodWatch score 76

as Curly

Cactus Makes Perfect
Cactus Makes Perfect (1942)
GoodWatch score 67

as Curly

All the World's a Stooge
All the World's a Stooge (1941)
GoodWatch score 71

as Curly

Some More of Samoa
Some More of Samoa (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

as Curly

I'll Never Heil Again
I'll Never Heil Again (1941)
GoodWatch score 77

as Curly Gallstone

No Census, No Feeling
No Census, No Feeling (1940)
GoodWatch score 72

as Curly

Cookoo Cavaliers
Cookoo Cavaliers (1940)
GoodWatch score 69

as Curly Sinker

You Nazty Spy!
You Nazty Spy! (1940)
GoodWatch score 75

as Curly Gallstone

1930s

62 titles · average score 67
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
Yes, We Have No Bonanza (1939)
GoodWatch score 70

as Curly

Tassels in the Air
Tassels in the Air (1938)
GoodWatch score 72

as Curly

Dizzy Doctors
Dizzy Doctors (1937)
GoodWatch score 75

as Curly

3 Dumb Clucks
3 Dumb Clucks (1937)
GoodWatch score 69

as Curly / Pop Howard

Goofs and Saddles
Goofs and Saddles (1937)
GoodWatch score 72

as Curly

False Alarms
False Alarms (1936)
GoodWatch score 67

as Curly

Movie Maniacs
Movie Maniacs (1936)
GoodWatch score 67

as Curly

Whoops, I'm an Indian!
Whoops, I'm an Indian! (1936)
GoodWatch score 62

as Curly

Hoi Polloi
Hoi Polloi (1935)
GoodWatch score 75

as Curly

Restless Knights
Restless Knights (1935)
GoodWatch score 66

as Baron of Gray Manor

Three Little Beers
Three Little Beers (1935)
GoodWatch score 75

as Curly

Pardon My Scotch
Pardon My Scotch (1935)
GoodWatch score 73

as Curly