Home › Entities › comedy_troupe › The Three Stooges

The Three Stooges

American comedy team active from 1922 to 1970
Organization comedy_troupe Q949161
The Three Stooges
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

The Three Stooges

Summary

The Three Stooges is a comedy troupe[1]. It worked as a comedian[2], comedy troupe[3], comedy trio[4], theatre comedy group[5], and actor[6]. It ranks in the top 4% of comedy_troupe entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,025 views/month).[7]

Key Facts

  • The Three Stooges held citizenship in United States[8].
  • The Three Stooges is identified as part of the Ashkenazi Jews ethnic group[9].
  • The Three Stooges worked as a comedian[2].
  • The Three Stooges worked as a comedy troupe[3].
  • The Three Stooges worked as a comedy trio[4].
  • The Three Stooges's professions included theatre comedy group[5].
  • The Three Stooges worked as an actor[6].
  • The Three Stooges's professions included film actor[10].
  • The Three Stooges received the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[11].
  • The Three Stooges is recorded as male[12].
  • The Three Stooges's instance of is recorded as comedy troupe[13].
  • The Three Stooges's instance of is recorded as comedy trio[14].
  • The Three Stooges's instance of is recorded as theatre comedy group[15].
  • The Three Stooges's instance of is recorded as triad[16].
  • The Three Stooges's genre is comedy film[17].
  • The Three Stooges's genre is physical comedy[18].
  • The Three Stooges's genre is family film[19].
  • The Three Stooges's genre is farce[20].
  • The Three Stooges's genre is slapstick[21].
  • The Three Stooges's genre is musical comedy[22].
  • The Three Stooges's genre is comedy troupe[23].
  • The Three Stooges's genre is comedy trio[24].
  • The Three Stooges's Commons category is recorded as Three Stooges[25].
  • The Three Stooges comprises Moe Howard[26].
  • The Three Stooges comprises Shemp Howard[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[28]

  • Country: US[29]

  • Began / founded: 1925[30]

  • Ended / dissolved: 1970[31]

  • Community tags: 2008 universal fire victim[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 27fe9ac3-0f4c-4c12-be38-b6b960fc5be3[33]

Body

Recognition

The Three Stooges received the star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[11].

Why It Matters

The Three Stooges ranks in the top 4% of comedy_troupe entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,025 views/month).[7] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 30 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What did The Three Stooges do for work?

The Three Stooges worked as comedian[2], comedy troupe[3], comedy trio[4], theatre comedy group[5], and actor[6].

What awards did The Three Stooges receive?

Honors received include star on Hollywood Walk of Fame[11].

Related Entities

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World United States

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [11] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [7] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Three Stooges. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-three-stooges
MLA “The Three Stooges.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-three-stooges.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-three-stooges_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Three Stooges}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-three-stooges}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): The Three Stooges — https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-three-stooges (retrieved 2026-04-10)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-three-stooges · Last refreshed: