Moe Howard
Biography
Moe Howard (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975) was an American comedian, best known as the leader of the Three Stooges, the slapstick comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades. His distinctive hairstyle came about when he was a boy and cut off his curls with a pair of scissors, producing a ragged shape approximating a helmet or bowl. Moe was born Moses Harry Horwitz in the Brooklyn, New York neighborhood of Brownsville, to Solomon Horwitz and Jennie Gorovitz. He was the fourth of the five Horwitz brothers and of Levite and Lithuanian Jewish ancestry. In his younger years, he got the nickname Moe. Although his parents were not involved in show business, Moe, his older brother Samuel and younger brother Jerome, all eventually became world-famous as members of the Three Stooges. In school, Moe originally did quite well, aided by a prodigious memory, able to quickly memorize anything. In later years, this helped him in his acting career, making memorizing his lines quick and easy. Moe loved reading, as his older brother Jack commented: "I had many Horatio Alger books and it was Moe's greatest pleasure to read them. They started his imaginative mind working and gave him ideas by the dozen. I think they were instrumental in putting thoughts into his head to become a person of good character and to become successful." Although his "bowl cut" hairstyle is now widely recognized, as a child his mother refused to cut his hair, letting it grow to shoulder length. One day, he could not take his classmates' years of teasing any longer, sneaked off to a shed in his parents' back yard, and with the help of a friend and a mixing bowl, cut his hair. Moe was so afraid his mother would be upset (she enjoyed curling his hair) that he hid under the house for several hours, causing a panic. He finally came out and his mother was so glad to see him that she did not even mention the hair. Moe began to develop an interest in acting and, as a result, his schoolwork suffered. He began playing hooky from school in order to attend theater shows. Moe said, "I used to stand outside the theater knowing the truant officer was looking for me. I would stand there 'til someone came along and then ask them to buy my ticket. It was necessary for an adult to accompany a juvenile into the theater. When I succeeded I'd give him my ten cents — that's all it cost — and I'd go up to the top of the balcony where I'd put my chin on the rail and watch, spellbound, from the first act to the last. I would usually select the actor I liked the most and follow his performance throughout the play." Despite his decreasing attendance Moe graduated from P.S. 163 in Brooklyn, but he dropped out of Erasmus Hall High School after only two months. This was the end of his formal education. To mollify his parents he took a class in electric shop, but quit after a few months to pursue a career in show business. Moe began by running errands for no fee at the Vitagraph Studios in Midwood, Brooklyn (currently the home of the CBS daytime serial As the World Turns), where he was rewarded with bit parts in movies being made there. Unfortunately, a fire at the studios in 1910 destroyed the film of most of Moe's work done there. In 1909 he met a young man named Lee Nash who would later provide a significant boost to Moe's career aspirations. In 1912, they both held a summer job working in Annette Kellerman's aquatic act as diving "girls."
The Three Stooges In Color
Moe (archive footage)
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
Moe
A Plumbing We Will Go
Moe
Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
Moe (as The Three Stooges)
The Three Stooges: The Three Stooges in Orbit
Moe (as The Three Stooges)
Men in Black
Dr. Moe Howard (as Moe)
The Brideless Groom
Moe
Sing a Song of Six Pants
Moe
Rockin' in the Rockies
Shorty Williams (as The Three Stooges)
The 3 Stooges and Friends: Safari So Good
Moe / ... (6 episodes, 1965)
Robert Klein Can't Stop Shaking His Leg
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Three Stooges Family Album
(archive footage)
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Self - The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lost Stooges
Moe (archive footage)
Batmania: From Comics to Screen
Self / Moe (archive footage) (as The Three Stooges)
Stoogemania
Moe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls
Volunteer in the Audience
Kook's Tour
Moe (as The Three Stooges)
Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title
Crumworth Raines
The Outlaws Is Coming
Moe (as The Three Stooges)
M-G-M’s The Big Parade of Comedy
One of The Three Stooges (archive footage) (uncredited)
4 for Texas
Moe (uncredited)
Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
Moe (as The Three Stooges)
The Three Stooges: The Three Stooges in Orbit
Moe (as The Three Stooges)
The Three Stooges Meet Hercules
Moe
Snow White and the Three Stooges
Moe
Stop! Look! and Laugh!
Moe
Have Rocket -- Will Travel
Moe (as The Three Stooges)
Sappy Bull Fighters
Moe (as Moe)
Triple Crossed
Moe (as Moe)
Oil's Well That Ends Well
Moe (as Moe)
Flying Saucer Daffy
Moe (as Moe)
Sweet and Hot
Dr. Hugo Gansamacher / Horace (as Moe)
Pies and Guys
Moe (as Moe)
Space Master X-7
Retlinger - Cab Driver
Fifi Blows Her Top
Moe Howard (as Moe)
Quiz Whizz
Moe (as Moe)
Outer Space Jitters
Moe / Moe's Son (as Moe)
Rusty Romeos
Moe (as Moe)
Horsing Around
Moe (as Moe)
Guns a Poppin!
Moe
Space Ship Sappy
Moe (as Moe)
A Merry Mix-up
Moe / Max / Morris (as Moe)
Muscle Up a Little Closer
Moe (as Moe)
Hoofs and Goofs
Moe / Birdie (as Moe)
Commotion on the Ocean
Moe (as Moe)
Scheming Schemers
Moe (as Moe)
Hot Stuff
Moe (as Moe)
Rumpus in the Harem
Moe (as Moe)
For Crimin' Out Loud
Moe (as Moe)
Flagpole Jitters
Moe (as Moe)
Creeps
Moe / Moe's Son (as Moe)
Husbands Beware
Moe (as Moe)
Blunder Boys
Halliday (as Moe)
Hot Ice
Moe (as Moe)
Wham-Bam-Slam!
Moe (as Moe)
Stone Age Romeos
Moe (as Moe)
Bedlam in Paradise
Moe / Uncle Mortimer / Heavenly Train Announcer (as Moe)
Gypped in the Penthouse
Moe (as Moe)
Of Cash and Hash
Moe (as Moe)
Fling in the Ring
Moe (as Moe)
Scotched in Scotland
McMoe (as Moe)
Shot in the Frontier
Moe (as Moe)
Knutzy Knights
Moe (as Moe)
Pals and Gals
Moe (as Moe)
Musty Musketeers
Moeth (as Moe)
Income Tax Sappy
Moe (as Moe)
Spooks
Moe (as Moe)
Goof on the Roof
Moe (as Moe)
Bubble Trouble
Moe (as Moe)
Rip, Sew and Stitch
Moe (as Moe)
Pardon My Backfire
Moe (as Moe)
Tricky Dicks
Sgt. Moe (as Moe)
Filthy Lucre
Moe (as Moe)
Booty and the Beast
Moe (as Moe)
Up in Daisy's Penthouse
Moe (as Moe)
Cuckoo on a Choo Choo
Moe / Voice of Radio Newscaster (as Moe)
Three Dark Horses
Moe (as Moe)
Gents in a Jam
Moe (as Moe)
He Cooked His Goose
Moe (as Moe)
Corny Casanovas
Moe (as Moe)
Listen, Judge
Moe (as Moe)
A Missed Fortune
Moe (as Moe)
Don't Throw That Knife
Moe (as Moe)
Pest Man Wins
Moe (as Moe)
Hula-La-La
Moe (as Moe)
The Tooth Will Out
Moe (as Moe)
Gold Raiders
The 3 Stooges - Moe
The Three Stooges: Merry Mavericks
Moe (as Moe)
Scrambled Brains
Moe (as Moe)
Baby Sitters Jitters
Moe (as Moe)
Three Arabian Nuts
Moe (as Moe)
A Snitch in Time
Moe Howard (as Moe)
Slaphappy Sleuths
Moe (as Moe)
Studio Stoops
Moe (as Moe)
Three Hams on Rye
Moe
Self Made Maids
Moe / Moella (as Moe)
Love at First Bite
Moe (as Moe)
Dopey Dicks
Moe (as Moe)
Hugs and Mugs
Moe (as Moe)
Punchy Cowpunchers
Moe
Jerks of All Trades
Moe (as The Three Stooges)
Three Stooges: Dunked in the Deep
Moe
Vagabond Loafers
Moe (as Moe)
Fuelin' Around
Moe (as Moe)
Three Stooges: Hokus Pokus
Moe
Three Stooges: Who Done It
Moe
The Ghost Talks
Moe (as Moe)
Crime on Their Hands
Moe (as Moe)
Mummy's Dummies
Moe (as Moe)
I'm a Monkey's Uncle
Moe (as Moe)
Heavenly Daze
Moe / Uncle Mortimer (as Moe)
The Hot Scots
Moe (as Moe)
Fiddlers Three
Moe (as Moe)
The Three Stooges - Three Stooges in History
Moe
Pardon My Clutch
Moe (as Moe)
Shivering Sherlocks
Moe Howard (as Moe)
All Gummed Up
Moe (as Moe)
Sing a Song of Six Pants
Moe
The Brideless Groom
Moe
The Lion and the Louse
Moe
Out West
Moe (as Moe)
Fright Night
Moe (as Moe)
Half-Wits Holiday
Moe (as Moe)
Three Little Pirates
Moe
Rhythm and Weep
Moe (as Moe)
G.I. Wanna Home
Moe (as Moe)
Three Loan Wolves
Moe (as Moe)
Three Stooges: Monkey Businessmen
Moe
Three Stooges: The Three Troubledoers
Moe
Uncivil War Birds
Moe (as Moe)
Swing Parade of 1946
Moe
A Bird in the Head
Moe (as Moe)
Beer Barrel Polecats
Moe (as Moe)
Micro-Phonies
Moe (as Moe)
If a Body Meets a Body
Moe Pink (as Moe)
Three Stooges: Idiots Deluxe
Moe (as Moe)
Rockin' in the Rockies
Shorty Williams (as The Three Stooges)
Three Stooges: Booby Dupes
Moe
Three Pests in a Mess
Moe (as Moe)
No Dough Boys
Moe (as Moe)
Gents Without Cents
Moe (as Moe)
Idle Roomers
Moe (as Moe)
The Yoke's on Me
Moe (as Moe)
Three Stooges: Busy Buddies
Moe
Three Stooges: Crash Goes the Hash
Moe
Three Stooges: A Gem of a Jam
Moe
Three Stooges: Phony Express
Moe
Dizzy Pilots
Moe Wrong (as Moe)
Nothing But the Tooth
Moe
Higher Than a Kite
Moe (as Moe)
Three Stooges: Three Little Twirps
Moe
Three Stooges: Back From the Front
Moe
They Stooge to Conga
Moe (as Moe)
Three Stooges: Spook Louder
Moe (as Moe)
Dizzy Detectives
Moe (as Moe)
Sock-a-Bye Baby
Moe (as Moe)
My Sister Eileen
Subway Builder
Even as IOU
Moe (as Moe)
Three Smart Saps
Moe (as Moe)
Matri-Phony
Mohicus (as Moe)
What's the Matador?
Moe (as Moe)
Cactus Makes Perfect
Moe (as Moe)
Loco Boy Makes Good
Moe (as Moe)
Some More of Samoa
Moe (as Moe)
In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Moe (as Moe)
An Ache in Every Stake
Moe (as Moe)
I'll Never Heil Again
Moe Heilstone (as Moe)
Time Out for Rhythm
Stooge Moe
All the World's a Stooge
Moe (as Moe)
Dutiful But Dumb
Click (as Moe)
So Long Mr. Chumps
Moe (as Moe)
Boobs in Arms
Moe (as Moe)
Cookoo Cavaliers
Moe Line (as Moe)
No Census, No Feeling
Moe (as Moe)
From Nurse to Worse
Moe / Radio Announcer (as Moe)
How High Is Up?
Moe (as Moe)
Nutty But Nice
Moe (as Moe)
A Plumbing We Will Go
Moe
Rockin' Thru the Rockies
Moe (as Moe)
You Nazty Spy!
Moe Hailstone (as Moe)
The Three Stooges: Nutty But Nice
Moe (as Moe)
Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
Moe (as Moe)
Calling All Curs
Dr. Moe (as Moe)
Saved by the Belle
Moe (as Moe)
Yes, We Have No Bonanza
Moe (as Moe)
We Want Our Mummy
Moe / Radio Announcer (as Moe)
Three Sappy People
Moe (as Moe)
Three Little Sew and Sews
Moe (as Moe)
Men in Black
Dr. Moe Howard (as Moe)
Flat Foot Stooges
Moe (as Moe)
Mutts to You
Moe (as Moe)
Three Missing Links
Moe (as Moe)
The Three Stooges - Stooged & Confoosed (Colorized / Black & White)
Dr. Moe (as Moe)
Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb
Moe (as Moe)
Tassels in the Air
Moe (as Moe)
Wee Wee Monsieur
Moe (as Moe)
Termites of 1938
Moe (as Moe)
The Sitter Downers
Moe (as Moe)
Playing the Ponies
Moe (as Moe)
Cash and Carry
Moe (as Moe)
Goofs and Saddles
Wild Bill Hicup (as Moe)
Back to the Woods
Moe (as Moe)
3 Dumb Clucks
Moe (as Moe)
Dizzy Doctors
Moe (as Moe)
Grips, Grunts and Groans
Moe (as Moe)
Slippery Silks
Moe (as Moe)
Whoops, I'm an Indian!
Moe (as Moe)
False Alarms
Moe (as Moe)
A Pain in the Pullman
Moe (as Moe)
The Three Stooges In Color
Moe (archive footage)
Half Shot Shooters
Moe (as Moe)
Movie Maniacs
Moe (as Moe)
Ants in the Pantry
Moe (as Moe)
Three Little Beers
Moe (as Moe)
Hoi Polloi
Moe (as Moe)
Pardon My Scotch
Moe (as Moe)
Uncivil Warriors
Operator 14 / Captain Dodge (as Moe)
Pop Goes the Easel
Moe (as Moe)
Restless Knights
Count of Fife (as Moe)
Horses' Collars
Moe (as Moe)
Three Little Pigskins
Moe (as Moe)
Punch Drunks
Moe (as Moe)
Hollywood Party
Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
The Big Idea
Healy's Stooge (as Howard)
Woman Haters
Tom (as Moe)
Third of Three Julians
Mullins' Helper
Dancing Lady
Moe - Stagehand
Meet the Baron
A Stooge
Plane Nuts
Moe (as Howard)
Hello Pop
Son (as Howard Fine and Howard)
Otto the Clown
Beer and Pretzels
Moe (as Howard)
Turn Back the Clock
Wedding Singer (uncredited)
Nertsery Rhymes
Boy (as Howard)
Soup to Nuts
Fireman (as Harry Howard)
Winsor McCay and His Animated Comics
Clumsy Office Boy (uncredited)
The 3 Stooges and Friends: Safari So Good
Moe / ... (6 episodes, 1965)
