Joshua Shelley
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 27, 1920
- Died
- February 16, 1990
- Birthplace
- New York, New York, USA
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.
Filmography
Quicksilver 1986
as Shorty
Little Miss Marker 1980
as Benny
Ring of Passion 1978
as Max
The Front 1976
as Sam
All the President's Men 1976
as Al Lewis
Crackle of Death 1976
Actor
Switch 1975
as Man in Shooting Gallery
Funny Lady 1975
as Painter
The Front Page 1974
as Cab Driver
Sonny Boy 1974
as Uncle Ralph
The Marcus-Nelson Murders 1973
as Mr Sack
Firehouse 1973
as Mr. Warnecke
The Perils of Pauline 1967
Director
Yes Sir, That's My Baby 1949
as Arnold Schultze
City Across the River 1949
as Theodore 'Crazy' Perrin
Credits from TMDB.