Moe howard

Moe Howard

~ Today is the birthday of Moses Harry Horwitz who is better known by his stage name, Moe Howard. He was an American actor and comedian who is best remembered as the leader of the comedy team, ‘The Three Stooges.’ He was the leader and the most aggressive of the Stooges, much given to bopping the others on the head with mallets, tweaking their noses, gouging their eyes, kicking their shins and committing otherwise cheerful acts of mayhem that magically never seemed to harm his partners…

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Growing up watching reruns of The Three Stooges, Moe Howard actually used to scare me. I felt bad how he treated his counterparts Larry and Curly. As I have aged though, I can now appreciate Moe Howard more. He was by far the king of The Stooges. Other Stooges came and went, but it was Moe that held the classic comedy team together. For nearly 40 years he presided over those knuckleheads, and he helped to make the Stooges a household name. Moses Horwitz (aka Moe Howard)was born in Brooklyn…

Moe Howard

Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website. This article was selected for what would have been Moe Howard's 116th birthday. Moe Howard, the face-slapping, eye-poking leader of the Three Stooges was born Moses Horwitz on June 19, 1897, in Bensonhurst, New York. Early in his youth he got the nickname "Moe" and adopted the middle name Harry. Moe was the fourth of five sons born to Solomon and Jennie Horwitz. Brother Samuel…

Moe Howard in publicity photo appearing shocked.

💖 Happy Birthday Moe Howard (born Harry Moses Horwitz; June 19, 1897 - May 4, 1975) The legendary and highly influential Award-winning Film-Theatre-Television Actor, Comedian, Slapstick Superstar and prominent member of The Three Stooges, for Columbia Pictures, circa 1940