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Known for:	Brideless Groom, Sing a Song of Six Pants, Africa Screams
Birth name:	Samuel Horwitz
Birthday:	4 March 1895, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height:	5' 6" (1.68 m)

Died in the back seat of a car on the way home from watching a boxing match. Member of The Three Stooges till 1930, when replaced by Curly (Jerome) Howard until 1946. Then again a member from 1946. (See Ted Healy.) Interred at Home of Peace Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California, USA. Brother of actors Curly Howard, Moe Howard. He got the name "Shemp" when he was a child. Whenever his mother would say his name, "Sam", the combination of her heavy Lithuanian accent and abrupt manner of speaking made it come out sounding like "Shemp". The name stuck. After Curly had his stroke, Shemp was brought back, with Curly's blessing, to be a stopgap until Curly got better. Sad to say, Curly never got well enough to continue, so Shemp stayed with the Stooges until he died. Has two older brothers, Jack Horwitz and Irving Horwitz. Son of Sol Horowitz The phrase "to shemp" meaning "to fake" was coined from the actor's name. It was inspired by Columbia's use of an uncredited double in order to complete several Three Stooges shorts left uncompleted at the time of Shemp Howard's death. Was multi-phobic, many who knew him jokingly said he was even afraid of his own shadow. Director Sam Raimi, an avid Three Stooges fan, credits stand-ins and body doubles in his movies as "Fake Shemps," a reference to the body doubles used after Howard's death. Larry, Moe, Shemp and Curly appeared in only one short together. It was called "Hold That Lion" (1947), and 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 Curly's health issues. Is portrayed by John Kassir in The Three Stooges His favorite Three Stooges comedy was Fright Night (1947), his first comedy with the Three Stooges and which dealt with boxing. His favorite actors were Richard Arlen, Andy Devine and Horace MacMahon. Patsy Kelly was his favorite actress and Fred Allen was his favorite radio comedian. Was an avid boxing fan.

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