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Articles tagged with the name “Shemp Howard” – the original Third Stooge of the Three Stooges, and the only Stooge to have a successful career away from the trio

Creeps (1956) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard)

Creeps – the Three Stooges

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Creeps (1956) starring the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard)

Synopsis of Creeps

In Creeps, the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Shemp) tell their three sons (also played by the Stooges) a bedtime story about when they worked as moving men, assigned to the haunted Smorgasbord Castle. All goes well until a clanking suit of armor inhabited by the ghost of Sir Tom (voiced by Phil Arnold) instructs the Stooges to leave him alone. Shemp, Larry and Moe all take turns trying to move Tom’s haunted armor, but he scares the Stooges away.

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Shemp Howard as Painless Papyrus, the near-sighted dentist in the Three Stooges short film, Mummy's Dummies

Mummy’s Dummies

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Mummy’s Dummies (1948) starring the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Shemp), Vernon Dent, Philip Van Zandt

Mummy's Dummies - the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, Shemp) as used chariot salesmen try to fleece the Chief of the Guards (Ralph Dunn)
Vernon Dent as the troubled King Rootentooten in the Three Stooges short film, Mummy's Dummies

Mummy’s Dummies is set in ancient Egypt, with the Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard) as dishonest used chariot dealers — poking fun as dishonest used car salesmen with their tactics. They make the mistake of swindling Rhadames (Ralph Dunn), who is the chief of the king’s guard, who brings the Stooges before King Rootentooten (Vernon Dent).

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