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Nickname:	Babe
Known for:	Disorder in the Court, Violent Is the Word for Curly, A Plumbing We Will Go
Birth name:	Jerome Lester Horwitz
Birthday:	22 October 1903, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height:	5' 5" (1.65 m)

Curly was known as "Jerry" before the Stooges; Moe always called him "Babe". Fourth member of The Three Stooges team, of which, over time, there were six altogether. (See Ted Healy.) Curly (Jerome) Howard was a member of The Three Stooges 1930-1946. He took over from, and was finally replaced by, Shemp Howard. Curly's famous "woo-woo-woo" originated in Men in Black as a cover when he forgot one of his lines. The final pie-fight scene of Half-Wits Holiday did not include Curly because he had suffered a stroke the day the scene was filmed. Curly also filmed a scene for the Three Stooges short Malice in the Palace (1949) as a chef, but was left on the cutting room floor. Interred at Home of Peace Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA, in the "Western Jewish Institute" section, row 5, grave 1. Brother of Moe Howard. Brother of Shemp Howard. According to one of his ex-wives Curly was extremly musical. He could take almost anything lying around around, and make music with it. She said when they went to night clubs, he would take two spoons and play along with the club's band, of tear the table cloth to music. Of course, they would find the cost of the table cloth added to the bill! Has two older brothers, Jack Horwitz and Irving Horwitz. Shared the same nickname, "Babe," as another contemporary rotund slapstick comic, Oliver Hardy, although it was a coincidence. Curly was the youngest of the three Howard brothers--the others being Moe and Shemp--and his mother always called him "My Baby." His brothers shortened it to "Babe" and used it to constantly tease him. The nickname stuck to him all his life. Son of Sol Horowitz With a full head of hair, appears for the first time with both Moe and Shemp in the Stooge short "Catch that Lion"; it was also his last Stooge appearance. The original use of "woo-woo-woo" was an ad lib. It was actually written into the later scripts. He shaved his head for his "Curly" character, but did not like it because he felt it reduced his appeal to ladies. Some of the animators at Disney had seen him as "Curly" in The Three Stooges shorts. His movements inspired some of the choreography in the mushroom dance in "Fantasia" (1940)" During a visit to The Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara in January, 1945, he was diagnosed as having extreme hypertension, a retinal hemorrhage and obesity. Thus explaining his ragged appearance in all of the shorts released in 1946-47, his last year with the group. The identity of Curly's first wife remains a mystery to this day. The marriage was annulled after five months, because his mother didn't like the idea of him marrying in only his late teens. Unlike his character, he was very shy and withdrawn when not on camera. Was an avid dog lover, and often brought stray dogs home with him from traveling. With a full head of hair, appears for the first time with both Moe and Shemp in the Stooge short "Hold that Lion"; it was also his last Stooge appearance. The accident he had as a child, which gave him his limp, was a gun accident. One morning he was playing in the backyard, with his pistol, and it was a hair trigger. He accidently shot his foot, and was so frightened of surgery, that he never got it fixed. Moe was the one who found him. To mask it on screen, he developed his famous exaggerated walk. Never made a public or on-camera appearance out of character. Is portrayed by Michael Chiklis in The Three Stooges In 1984, 'Curly' was immortalized with "The Curly Shuffle," a tribute and homage to Jerome 'Curly' Horowitz (Howard) written by the comedy group "Jump in the Saddle;" and accompanied by a music video containing the best of the best from the "Three Stooges" clips featuring the late comedian.

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