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.

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Known For

The Front
The Front
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Filmography

1985 The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Personal Demons")
1985 Hell Town
as Frasno
1984 Hunter
as Colin
1982 Remington Steele
as Bullets Bloustein
1982 Family Ties
as Sam
1982 Cassie & Co.
as
1981 Nurse
as Ted Ambler
1980 Little Miss Marker
as Benny
1979 Hart to Hart
as
1978 Loose Change
as Sol Berenson
1978 Ring of Passion
as Max
1977 The Incredible Hulk
as
1977 Soap
as
1977 Sugar Time!
as
1976 Quincy, M.E.
as Claude Whitley
1976 The Front
as Sam
1976 All the President's Men
as Al Lewis
1976 Crackle of Death
as
1975 Ellery Queen
as
1975 Switch
as Dutch