--- title: "3 Shemp Howard Quotes - Famous Stage actor (The Vitaphone comedy collection)" description: "American comedian and actor (1895–1955). Browse 3 Shemp Howard quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shemp-howard-84866.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Shemp Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-shemp-howard-84866.jpg) # Shemp Howard (1895–1955) Stage Actor United States **3** quotes in **21** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Shemp Howard was a stage actor from the United States, best known for *The Vitaphone comedy collection*. ## Quick Facts About Shemp Howard Born March 11, 1895 Died November 22, 1955 Nationality United States Profession Stage Actor Notable works The Vitaphone comedy collection ## About Shemp Howard Shemp Howard was an American comedian and actor. He is best known as the third Stooge in The Three Stooges, a role he played when the act began in the early 1920s (1923–1932), while it was still associated with Ted Healy and known as "Ted Healy and his Stooges"; and again from 1946 until his death in 1955. During the fourteen years between his times with the Stooges, he had a successful solo career as a film comedian, including a series of shorts by himself and with partners. He reluctantly returned to the Stooges as a favor to his brother Moe and friend Larry Fine to replace his brother Curly as the third Stooge after Curly's illness. ## Quotes by Shemp Howard > [There's a thousand reasons why I shouldn't drink... but I can't think of one right now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shemp-howard/there-s-a-thousand-reasons-why-i-shouldn-t-drink-but-i-can-t-think-of/) Shemp Howard [Alcohol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alcohol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/shemp-howard-75671_alcohol_there-s-a-thousand-reasons-why-i-shouldn_905935.png) > [Rome wasn't built in a day, and neit'er was Syracuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shemp-howard/rome-wasn-t-built-in-a-day-and-neit-er-was-syracuse/) Shemp Howard [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/380/shemp-howard-75671_built_rome-wasn-t-built-in-a-day-and-neit-er-w_2138535.png) > [“There are thousands of reasons why I shouldn't drink... but I can't think of one right now.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shemp-howard/there-are-thousands-of-reasons-why-i-shouldn-t-drink-but-i-can-t/) Shemp Howard [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf8/shemp-howard-75671_drink_there-are-thousands-of-reasons-why-i-sho_2548034.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shemp-howard/#itemlist", "name": "Shemp Howard Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's a thousand reasons why I shouldn't drink... but I can't think of one right now.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Shemp Howard" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shemp-howard/there-s-a-thousand-reasons-why-i-shouldn-t-drink-but-i-can-t-think-of/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6b/shemp-howard-75671_alcohol_there-s-a-thousand-reasons-why-i-shouldn_905935.png", "contentUrl": 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