Joshua Shelley

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1920-01-27

Deathday 1990-02-16 (70 years old)

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 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

Actor

1985
Hell Town

as Frasno

1984
Hunter

as Colin

1982
Remington Steele

as Bullets Bloustein

1982
1981
Nurse

as Ted Ambler

1980
1978
Loose Change

as Sol Berenson

1978
1977
1976
The Front

as Sam

1976
1976
Quincy, M.E.

as Claude Whitley

1975
Switch [Pilot]

as Man in Shooting Gallery

1975
Funny Lady

as Painter

1975
Switch

as Dutch

1974
The Front Page

as Cab Driver

1973
Firehouse

as Mr. Warnecke

1973
Kojak

as Obitsky

1973
Kojak

as Bob Harris

1972
The Paul Lynde Show

as Joe Patterson

1972
1971
1970
The Odd Couple

as Accountant

1970
The Odd Couple

as Race Announcer (voice)

1970
The Odd Couple

as Burglar #2

1957
Decoy

as Willie Graff

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Hercules Mulligan

1950
1950
1949
Yes Sir, That's My Baby

as Arnold Schultze

1949
City Across the River

as Theodore 'Crazy' Perrin

1949
Suspense

as Tony

1948
Studio One

as Arturo

Director

1977
Rosetti and Ryan

as Director

1975
1972
M*A*S*H

as Director

1969
1967
1967
N.Y.P.D.

as Director

1965
Get Smart

as Director