Joshua Shelley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-01-27 (70 years old)

Deathday

1990-02-16

Place of Birth

New York, New York, USA

Joshua Shelley

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 enthusiasti...

Acting

1978

1973

Firehouse

as Mr. Warnecke

1976

The Front

as Sam

1978

Loose Change

as Sol Berenson

1975

Switch [Pilot]

as Man in Shooting Gallery

1949

City Across the River

as Theodore 'Crazy' Perrin

1949

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

as Arnold Schultze

1974

The Front Page

as Cab Driver

1980

1975

Funny Lady

as Painter

Production

1967

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