Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-01-27 (70 years old)
Deathday
1990-02-16
Place of Birth
New York, New York, USA
Also known As
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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 enthusiasti...
1978
as Max
1973
as Mr. Warnecke
1973
as Mr Sack
1976
as Sam
1978
as Sol Berenson
1975
as Man in Shooting Gallery
1949
as Theodore 'Crazy' Perrin
1949
as Arnold Schultze
1976
as Al Lewis
1974
as Cab Driver
1980
as Benny
1975
as Painter
1976
1967
as Director
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