Moe Howard

Moses Horwitz (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975), better known by his stage name of Moe Howard, was an American actor and comedian who starred in many short films in the 1930s through the 1950s. Like many vaudeville performers, Horwitz was Jewish, and was one of the first actors to mock Adolf Hitler. Horwitz would often act with his brother Curly Howard and musician Larry Fine, as the Three Stooges. A mild mannered man in real life, Howard's stage persona was that of a short-tempered bully, and he would often stage fights with his brother and Fine in the Three Stooges shorts. A lifelong smoker, Howard died of lung cancer on May 4, 1975 in Los Angeles.

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