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SHEMP HOWARD (nacido como SAMUEL HORWITZ; Brooklyn, Nueva York, 11 de marzo de 1895 – Los Ángeles, California, 22 de noviembre de 1955) fue un actor y uno de los grandes humoristas estadounidenses, estrella de cine de los años 1930 a 1950, y conocido especialmente por su trabajo en la serie de cortos de Los Tres Chiflados. Fue el miembro más veterano de Los Tres Chiflados.

Biografía y carrera
Shemp, al igual que sus hermanos Moe y Curly, nació en Brooklyn, Nueva York, bajo el nombre de pila “Samuel Horwitz”. Fue el primer hijo (de tres) de la familia Horwitz, de ascendencia judía y lituana levita.

Shemp Howard, al igual que muchos otros actores neoyorquinos de la época, encontró trabajo en el estudio Vitaphone en Brooklyn. Originalmente interpretó pequeños roles en las comedias de Roscoe Arbuckle, mostrando una apariencia torpe, hasta obtener papeles cada vez más importantes.

Allí fue presentado a los cómicos Jack Haley, Ben Blue, y Gus Shy, y luego coprotagonizó un papel junto a Harry Gribbon, Daphne Pollard, y Johnnie Berkes, hasta finalmente estelarizar su propio espacio cómico. Raras veces se apegó al libreto, y sus improvisaciones y diálogos incidentales se convirtieron en su marca registrada cuando actuaba.
Fuera de Vitaphone, lideró sin éxito su propio grupo de “Stooges” o Chiflados en el musical de Van Beuren para el corto de comedia de la RKO The Knife of the Party. De todos modos, la carrera de Shemp fue muy exitosa. Entre sus papeles en solitario más recordados figuran el que hizo junto a W. C. Fields, desempeñando el rol de barman en la película de 1940 The Bank Dick, y los que hizo junto al equipo de comedia de Abbott y Costello.

Otras comedias destacadas son “Art Trouble”, junto a un oscuro James Stewart, apariciones cómicas en musicales de clase B de Universal a inicios de la década de los 40, como Strictly in the Groove, How’s About It? Moonlight and Cactus, y San Antonio Rose, donde formó parte de un singular dúo cómico junto a Lon Chaney Jr. Finalmente, hizo equipo junto a los comediantes Billy Gilbert y Maxie Rosenbloom para tres comedias clase B presentadas en el período 1944-1945.
Sus roles dramáticos fueron escasos, aunque destaca sobre todo su participación en el drama “Convention Girl” (1935) como un matón chantajista, y su papel de sastre en “Pittsburgh” (1942), junto a John Wayne.

Desde 1938, Shemp apareció con frecuencia en distintas comedias de Columbia como coprotagonista, con artistas como Andy Clyde, The Glove Slingers, El Brendel, y Tom Kennedy. Howard tuvo su propia serie en 1944 y se encontraba trabajando en ella justo cuando su hermano menor Curly tuvo su primer derrame cerebral, en 1946.

A partir de allí, empezó a reemplazarlo en los cortos de Los Tres Chiflados, inicialmente en forma temporal, y luego en forma definitiva cuando se dieron cuenta de que Curly nunca volvería a la actuación. Previamente, ya había sido parte del show en algunas giras de presentaciones en vivo a finales de la década del ’40, ante la enfermedad de su hermano.

Muerte
El 22 de noviembre de 1955, luego de asistir al Hollywood Legion Stadium a ver boxeo, Shemp subió a un taxi, encendió un cigarro, se puso a bromear y súbitamente se desplomó sobre el regazo de su amigo Al Winston: había muerto de un ataque fulminante al corazón a los 60 años de edad.

Wikipedia in English

SHEMP HOWARD (born SAMUEL HORWITZ; Brooklyn, New York, March 11, 1895 – Los Angeles, California, November 22, 1955) was an actor and one of the great American comedians, movie star from the 1930s to 1950s , and known especially for his work on the The Three Stooges series of shorts. He was the oldest member of The Three Stooges.

Biography and career
Shemp, like his brothers Moe and Curly, was born in Brooklyn, New York, under the Christian name “Samuel Horwitz.” He was the first child (of three) of the Horwitz family, of Levite Jewish and Lithuanian descent.

Shemp Howard, like many other New York actors of the time, found work at the Vitaphone studio in Brooklyn. He originally played small roles in the Roscoe Arbuckle comedies, showing a clumsy appearance, until he landed increasingly important roles.

There he was introduced to comedians Jack Haley, Ben Blue, and Gus Shy, and later co-starred in a role alongside Harry Gribbon, Daphne Pollard, and Johnnie Berkes, eventually starring in his own comedic space. He seldom stuck to the script, and his improvisations and incidental dialogue became his trademark when he performed.

Outside of Vitaphone, he unsuccessfully led his own group of “Stooges” or Stooges in the Van Beuren musical for the RKO comedy short The Knife of the Party. Still, Shemp’s career was very successful. His most memorable solo roles include the one he played alongside W. C. Fields, playing the role of bartender in the 1940 film The Bank Dick, and those he played alongside the Abbott and Costello comedy team.
Other standout comedies include “Art Trouble,” alongside an obscure James Stewart, comedic appearances in Universal’s B-class musicals in the early 1940s, such as Strictly in the Groove, How’s About It? Moonlight and Cactus, and San Antonio Rose, where he was part of a unique comedy duo with Lon Chaney Jr. Finally, he teamed up with comedians Billy Gilbert and Maxie Rosenbloom for three Class B comedies presented in the period 1944-1945.

His dramatic roles were scarce, although his participation in the drama “Convention Girl” (1935) as a blackmailer bully, and his role as a tailor in “Pittsburgh” (1942), alongside John Wayne, stands out.

Since 1938, Shemp appeared frequently in various Columbia comedies as a co-star, with artists such as Andy Clyde, The Glove Slingers, The Brendel, and Tom Kennedy. Howard had his own series in 1944 and was working on it just as his younger brother Curly had his first stroke, in 1946.

From there, he began to replace him in the shorts of The Three Stooges, initially temporarily, and then permanently when they realized that Curly would never return to acting. Previously, he had already been part of the show on some live performance tours in the late 1940s, due to his brother’s illness.

Death
On November 22, 1955, after attending Hollywood Legion Stadium to watch boxing, Shemp got into a taxi, lit a cigarette, began to joke, and suddenly collapsed on the lap of his friend Al Winston: he had died of a seizure. fulminant to the heart at 60 years of age.

Filmography
Feature films, shorts and TV
1929: Fox Movietone Newsreel (himself)
1930: Soup to Nuts (firefighter)
1933: Salt Water Daffy (Wilbur, a kleptomaniac)
1933: Close Relations (cousin Mole)
1933: Paul Revere Jr. (stable boy)
1933; Gobs of Fun (nightclub client)
1933: In the Dough (Bug)
1933: Here Comes Flossie (Ezry)
1934: How’d Ya Like That? (sailor)
1934: Henry the Ache (Artie, one of King Henry’s lackeys)
1934: The Wrong Wrong Trail (patient)
1934: Mushrooms (Thorndyke)
1934: The Knife of the Party (Shemp, leader of the Stooges)
1934: Everybody Likes Music (Shemp)
1934: Pugs and Kisses (Dopey Traynor)
1934: Very Close Veins (frozen drunk)
1934: Pure Feud (Clem McCarthy)
1934: Corn on the Cop (Reginald, tramp)
1934: I Scream (Moran’s henchman)
1934: Rambling ‘Round Radio Row # 7 (Series 2 # 1) (songwriter representative)
1934: Art Trouble (Shemp, art student)
1934: My Mummy’s Arms (Kenneth)
1934: Daredevil O’Dare (circus promoter)
1934: Smoked Hams (Henry Howard)
1934: So You Won’t T-T-T-Talk (Henry)
1934: Dizzy and Daffy (Lefty Howard)
1934: A Peach of a Pair (Shemp Butler)
1935: His First Flame (Smokey Moe)
1935: Convention Girl (Dan Higgins)
1935: Why Pay Rent? (Henry)
1935: Serves You Right (Johnny Spivens)
1935: On the Wagon (Henry)
1935: The Officer’s Mess (Gus Doaks)
1936: While the Cat’s Away (Henry)
1936: For the Love of Pete (Knobby Walsh)
1936: Absorbing Junior (Henry, husband)
1936: Here’s Howe (Knobby Walsh)
1936: Punch and Beauty (Knobby Walsh)
1936: The Choke’s on You (Knobby Walsh)
1936: The Blonde Bomber (Knobby Walsh)
1937: Kick Me Again (Knobby Walsh)
1937: Taking the Count (Knobby Walsh)
1937: Hollywood Round-Up (Oscar Bush)
1937: Headin ‘East (Windy Wylie)
1938: Not Guilty Enough (Andy Clyde’s brother-in-law)
1938: Home on the Rage (Andy Clyde’s brother-in-law)
1939: Behind Prison Gates (inmate in charge of serving the mess hall)
1939: Another Thin Man (Wacky)
1939: The Glove Slingers (Uncle Pat Patrick, boxing manager)
1940: Money Squawks (Shemp)
1940: The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (Joe, a pickpocket)
1940: Boobs in the Woods (Gus)
1940: Millionaires in Prison (Teacher)
1940: Pleased to Mitt You (Pat Patrick)
1940: The Leather Pushers (Sailor McNeill)
1940: The Bank Dick (Joe Guelpe, bartender)
1940: Murder Over New York (Shorty McCoy, the Carnarsie Kid)
1940: Give Us Wings (Buzz)
1940: The Invisible Woman (Hammerhead Frankie)
1941: Lucky Devils (pickpocket)
1941: Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (Gabby)
1941: Buck Privates (cook)
1941: Meet the Chump (Stinky Fink)
1941: Road Show (Moe Parker)
1941: Mr. Dynamite (Abdullah)
1941: The Flame of New Orleans (waiter at the Oyster Bed Cafe)
1941: News of the Day Vol. 12 # 272 (client)
1941: Too Many Blondes (Ambrose Tripp, hotelier)
1941: In the Navy (Dizzy)
1941: Tight Shoes (Okay)
1941: San Antonio Rose (Benny the Bounce)
1941: Hit the Road (Dingbat)
1941: Cracked Nuts (Eddie / Ivan)
1941: Hold That Ghost (drinks and ice cream dispenser)
1941: Appointment for Love (man on the street)
1941: Hoosier Boy Makes Good (prop)
1941: Hellzapoppin ‘(Louie)
1942 Butch Minds the Baby (Squinty Sweeny)
1942 – Mississippi Gambler (Milton Davis, taxi driver)
1942: The Strange Case of Dr. Rx (Detective Sergeant Sweeney)
1942: Private Buckaroo (Sergeant Muggsy Snavel)
1942: Strictly in the Groove (Pops)
1942 – Pittsburgh (Shorty, the tailor)
1942: Arabian Nights (Sinbad)
1943: How’s About It? (Alf)
1943: It Ain’t Hay (Umbrella Sam)
1943: Keep ‘Em Slugging (Binky)
1943: Crazy House (Mumbo)
1944: 3 of a Kind (Shemp Howard)
1944: Pick a Peck of Plumbers (Elmer)
1944: Moonlight and Cactus (Punchy Carter)
1944: Strange Affair (laundry driver)
1944: Open Season for Saps (Woodcock Q. Strinker)
1944: Crazy Knights (Shemp Howard)
1945: Off Again, on Again (suicidal boyfriend)
1945: Trouble Chasers (Shemp Howard)
1945: Where the Pest Begins (Shemp Howard)
1945: A Hit with a Miss (Rameses, boxer)
1946: The Gentleman Misbehaves (Marty)
1946: Mr. Noisy (Noisy, the annoying spectator)
1946: Jiggers, My Wife (Woodcock ‘Woody’ J. Strinker)
1946: One Exciting Week (Marvin Lewis)
1946: Dangerous Business (Monk)
1946: Society Mugs (Shemp)
1946: Blondie Knows Best (Jim Gray)
1947: Bride and Gloom (Shemp)
1949: Africa Screams (Gunner)
1949: Jerks of All Trades (TV) (Shemp)
1951: Gold Raiders (Shemp)
1956: Columbia Laff Hour (short compilation) (Shemp).

Shorts with the Three Stooges
1947: Fright Night (Shemp)
1947: Out West (Shemp)
1947: Hold That Lion! (Shemp)
1947: Brideless Groom (Prof. Shemp Howard, not Cousin Basil)
1947: Sing a Song of Six Pants (Shemp)
1947: All Gummed Up (Shemp)
1948: Shivering Sherlocks (Shemp)
1948: Pardon My Clutch (Shemp)
1948: Squareheads of the Round Table (Shemp)
1948: Fiddlers Three (Shemp)
1948: The Hot Scots (McShemp)
1948: Heavenly Daze (Shemp)
1948: I’m a Monkey’s Uncle (Shemp)
1948: Mummies Dummies (Shemp)
1948: Crime on Their Hands (Shemp)
1949: The Ghost Talks (Shemp)
1949: Who Done It? (Shemp)
1949: Hokus Pokus (Shemp)
1949: Fuelin ‘Around (Shemp)
1949: Malice in the Palace (Shemp)
1949: Vagabond Loafers (Shemp)
1949: Dunked in the Deep (Shemp)
1950: Punchy Cowpunchers (Shemp)
1950: Hugs and Mugs (Shemp)
1950: Dopey Dicks (Shemp)
1950: Love at First Bite (Shemp)
1950: Self Made Maids (Shemp / Shempetta / Junior)
1950: Three Hams on Rye (Shemp)
1950: Studio Stoops (Shemp)
1950: Slaphappy Sleuths (Shemp)
1950: A Snitch in Time (Shemp)
1951: Three Arabian Nuts (Shemp)
1951: Baby Sitters Jitters (Shemp)
1951: Don’t Throw That Knife (Shemp)
1951: Scrambled Brains (Shemp)
1951: Merry Mavericks (Shemp)
1951: The Tooth Will Out (Shemp)
1951: Hula-La-La (Shemp)
1951: Pest Man Wins (Shemp)
1952: A Missed Fortune (Shemp)
1952: Listen, Judge (Shemp)
1952: Corny Casanovas (Shemp)
1952: He Cooked His Goose (Shemp)
1952: Gents in a Jam (Shemp)
1952: Three Dark Horses (Shemp)
1952: Cuckoo on a Choo Choo (Shemp)
1953: Up in Daisy’s Penthouse (Shemp / Dad Howard)
1953: Booty and the Beast (Shemp)
1953: Loose Loot (Shemp)
1953: Tricky Dicks (Shemp)
1953: Spooks! (Shemp)
1953: Pardon My Backfire (Shemp)
1953: Rip, Sew and Stitch (Shemp)
1953: Bubble Trouble (Shemp)
1953: Goof on the Roof (Shemp)
1954: Income Tax Sappy (Shemp)
1954: Musty Musketeers (Shemp)
1954: Pals and Gals (Shemp)
1954: Knutzy Knights (Shemp)
1954: Shot in the Frontier (Shemp)
1954: Scotched in Scotland (McShemp)
1955: Fling in the Ring (Shemp)
1955: Of Cash and Hash (Shemp)
1955: Gypped in the Penthouse (Shemp)
1955: Bedlam in Paradise (Shemp)
1955: Stone Age Romeos (Shemp)
1955: Wham-Bam-Slam! (Shemp)
1955: Hot Ice (Shemp)
1955: Blunder Boys (Shemp)
1956: Husbands Beware (Shemp)
1956: Creeps (Shemp / Shemp Jr.)
1956: Flagpole Jitters (Shemp)
1956: For Crimin ‘Out Loud (Shemp)
1956: Rumpus in the Harem (Shemp)
1956: Hot Stuff (Shemp)
1956: Scheming Schemers (Shemp)
1956: Commotion on the Ocean (Shemp).

Créditos: Tomado de Wikipedia
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shemp_Howard