Moe Howard Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth, Family

Publish date: 2024-05-09

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Moe Howard was an American actor, comedian, and writer best known as the leader of the Three Stooges, the farce comedy team who starred in motion pictures and television for four decades. Moe was born Moses Horwitz on June 19, 1897, in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York. He was the fifth of six sons born to Solomon and Jennie Horwitz. His father was a former rabbi who had immigrated to the United States from Poland. Moe began his career in show business as a teenager, performing in vaudeville with his older brother Shemp and their friend Ted Healy. In 1922, the trio formed the Three Stooges, and Moe became the leader of the group. The Three Stooges appeared in over 200 short films and feature films, and their popularity endured for decades. Moe was known for his trademark hairstyle, which he kept throughout his career. He also wrote many of the Stooges' routines. Moe Howard died on May 4, 1975, in Los Angeles, California. He was 77 years old.

Popular AsMoses Horwitz
Occupationactor,soundtrack,writer
Age78 years old
Zodiac SignGemini
Born19 June, 1897
Birthday19 June
BirthplaceBensonhurst, Brooklyn [now in New York City], New York, USA
Date of death4 May, 1975
Died PlaceLos Angeles, California, USA
NationalityUSA

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Moe Howard Height, Weight & Measurements

At 78 years old, Moe Howard height is 5' 3½" (1.61 m) .

Physical Status
Height5' 3½" (1.61 m)
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Who Is Moe Howard's Wife?

His wife is Helen Howard (7 June 1925 - 4 May 1975) ( his death) ( 2 children)

Family
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WifeHelen Howard (7 June 1925 - 4 May 1975) ( his death) ( 2 children)
SiblingNot Available
ChildrenNot Available

Moe Howard Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Moe Howard worth at the age of 78 years old? Moe Howard’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from USA. We have estimated Moe Howard's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Woman Haters (1934)$1,000 (split with Curly Howard and Larry Fine)
Have Rocket -- Will Travel (1959)$30,000 +25% of profits (split with Larry Fine and Joe Da Rita)
The Three Stooges in Orbit (1962)$50,000 +50% of profits (split with Larry Fine and Joe Da Rita)

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He died five days before Chris Diamantopoulos, who plays 'Moe' in The Three Stooges (2012), was born.

The Three Stooges finally received their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame August 30, 1983 the East side of the 1500 block of Vine Street and 2 thousand people came to see the unveiling.

He, Emil Sitka and Joe DeRita ("Curly Joe") were slated to appear in the R-rated comedy film "The Jet Set" (eventually retitled Blazing Stewardesses (1975)). However, because he was suffering from lung cancer, Moe was forced to drop out of the film. The Ritz Brothers replaced Moe, Sitka and DeRita.

Moe never wore a wig, even in his senior years, when he allowed his trademark "soup bowl" haircut to turn gray. In a 1973 appearance on the "'Mike Douglas (I)' Show" Moe claimed he had it styled by the same barber (on Vine Street in Hollywood) for almost 40 years. And he demonstrated how he simply combed it straight back when he wasn't working.

Their final film Kooks Tour has an odd history. Conceived in 1970 as a series of comedy travelogues showing the now retired Stooges hitting the road the production was halted by Larry having a stroke. The unfinished pilot was padded out to sixty minutes with beauty shots of Yellowstone Park then shelved for nearly 10 years. It was finally released for home use on Super 8 but few people were willing to spend $200 to see it.

In addition to himself, Moe also supplied the voices for other characters on the animated series The New 3 Stooges (1965). For example, in "A Flycycle Built for Two", he also was the voice of Orville Wright.

When The Three Stooges shorts began to appear on local children's shows in the late 1950s, there was a wave of kids poking each other in the eyes. When Moe heard about this, it was the Stooges who came to the rescue. They went on many local television shows, as well as national television, and showed how the eye-pokes were done in a way that nobody got hurt. To the kids watching, it was like learning a magic trick.

At the time their mother, Jennie Horwitz, died in 1936, he and brother Shemp Howard had been keeping secret from her that her son, Irving Horwitz, whom she doted on the most, had died three weeks before she did.

During the production of Pardon My Scotch (1935), he accidentally broke three ribs when the table he was standing on, which was rigged to split in half on cue, split incorrectly. The take that caused the injuries remains in the film, and was later reused in the short Dizzy Detectives (1943).

Determined to get into movies, Moe (then going by his middle name, Harry) went to the Brooklyn-based American Vitagraph studios in May 1909, and volunteered to run errands for the stars and crews without charging for the service. This impressed Maurice Costello, who brought Moe inside and introduced him to the company. He was soon appearing in dramas with Costello and comedies with John Bunny and Flora Finch. At first, he did not tell his family about his movie work. But when they thought he was losing his mind because he was acting like his characters at home, he told them about his extracurricular activities. Most of his films from this period were lost when the Vitagraph film library burned on July 2, 1910.

Moe Howard, the "Boss Stooge" and brother of Stooges Curly Howard and Shemp Howard, began his acting career in 1909 by playing bit roles in silent Vitagraph films. At 17 he joined a troupe working on a showboat and also appeared in several two-reel comedy shorts.

Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard were awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1560 Vine Street in Hollywood, California.

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