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Joshua Shelley

Profession
Acting
Born
January 27, 1920 · New York, New York, USA
Died
February 16, 1990

Biography

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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Known for

All the President's Men poster
All the President's Men
Film · 1976 · ★ 7.7
M*A*S*H poster
M*A*S*H
Series · 1972 · ★ 7.9
The Incredible Hulk poster
The Incredible Hulk
Series · 1977 · ★ 7.2
Get Smart poster
Get Smart
Series · 1965 · ★ 8.0
The Front Page poster
The Front Page
Film · 1974 · ★ 7.3
Happy Days poster
Happy Days
Series · 1974 · ★ 7.6
Family Ties poster
Family Ties
Series · 1982 · ★ 7.2
The Twilight Zone poster
The Twilight Zone
Series · 1985 · ★ 7.7
All in the Family poster
All in the Family
Series · 1971 · ★ 7.8
The Front poster
The Front
Film · 1976 · ★ 7.1
Kojak poster
Kojak
Series · 1973 · ★ 7.3
Remington Steele poster
Remington Steele
Series · 1982 · ★ 7.1

Filmography