About

Known credits:
14
Birthday:
1920-01-27
Place of birth:
New York, New York, USA
Website:
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Joshua Shelley

Overview

Joshua Shelley (born Joshua Kurzweil; January 27, 1920 – February 16, 1990) was one of the actors blacklisted by movie studios as a result of the House Un-American Activities Committee's (HUAC) investigation of the Communist Party in Hollywood in 1952. He did not begin to again work regularly in Hollywood until 1973 when his career restarted.

A member of The Actors Studio from its inception in 1947, Shelley worked frequently on stage, both on and off Broadway, during his Hollywood exile. Shelley's onscreen work, both pre- and post-blacklist, was confined primarily to television. Nonetheless, two career highlights remain Shelley's enthusiastically received 1949 feature film debut in City Across the River, as well as the blacklist-related 1976 film, The Front, notable for reuniting Shelley with several fellow blacklistees, including cast members Zero Mostel, Herschel Bernardi, and Lloyd Gough, screenwriter Walter Bernstein and director Martin Ritt, the latter also a fellow Actors Studio member.

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Known for

Acting
1980 Little Miss Marker Actor Benny 59
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1978 Loose Change Actor Sol Berenson N/A
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1978 Ring of Passion Actor Max 58
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1976 The Front Actor Sam 61
Fair
1976 All the President's Men Actor Al Lewis 72
Good
1976 Crackle of Death Actor 58
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1975 Switch [Pilot] Actor Man in Shooting Gallery N/A
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1975 Funny Lady Actor Painter 58
Average
1974 The Front Page Actor Cab Driver 64
Fair
1973 The Marcus-Nelson Murders Actor Mr Sack 58
Average
1973 Firehouse Actor Mr. Warnecke 59
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1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby Actor Arnold Schultze 58
Average
1949 City Across the River Actor Theodore 'Crazy' Perrin 58
Average

Directing
1967 The Perils of Pauline Directing Director 58
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