Moses Horwitz was the most active founding member of the Three Stooges comedy team. He began working with Ted Healy in vaudeville with his brother Shemp and the trio later became a foursome when they recruited violinist Larry Fine. They replaced Shemp with brother Curly and ditched Healy when they began making their famous shorts for Columbia. Moe was the driving force behind keeping the Stooges team alive when Curly and later Shemp had health problems that prohibited them from working anymore.
Moe was married to Helen Schonberger until his death and they had two children.


