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
Happy Days
Hunter
Quincy, M.E.
Family Ties
Hart to Hart
The Twilight Zone
The Incredible Hulk
The Ed Sullivan Show
All Movies (14)
- Quicksilver1986 · as Shorty
- Little Miss Marker1980 · as Benny
- Ring of Passion1978 · as Max
- The Front1976 · as Sam
- All the President's Men1976 · as Al Lewis
- Crackle of Death1976
- Switch1975 · as Man in Shooting Gallery
- Funny Lady1975 · as Painter
- The Front Page1974 · as Cab Driver
- Sonny Boy1974 · as Uncle Ralph
- The Marcus-Nelson Murders1973 · as Mr Sack
- Firehouse1973 · as Mr. Warnecke
- Yes Sir, That's My Baby1949 · as Arnold Schultze
- City Across the River1949 · as Theodore 'Crazy' Perrin
All TV Shows (40)
- The Twilight Zone1985 · as (segment "Personal Demons")
- Hell Town1985 · as Frasno
- Hunter1984 · as Colin
- Remington Steele1982 · as Bullets Bloustein
- Family Ties1982 · as Sam
- Cassie & Co.1982 · as Eddy the Ear
- Nurse1981 · as Ted Ambler
- Hart to Hart1979
- Loose Change1978 · as Sol Berenson
- The Incredible Hulk1977
- Soap1977
- Sugar Time!1977
- Quincy, M.E.1976 · as Claude Whitley
- Ellery Queen1975
- Switch1975 · as Dutch
- Joe Forrester1975
- Baretta1975
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker1974 · as George
- Police Woman1974
- Harry O1974
- Happy Days1974
- Kojak1973 · as Obitsky
- Kojak1973 · as Bob Harris
- Needles and Pins1973
- The Streets of San Francisco1972
- The Paul Lynde Show1972 · as Joe Patterson
- Temperatures Rising1972 · as Larkin
- McMillan & Wife1971
- All in the Family1971 · as Willie
- The Odd Couple1970 · as Accountant
- The Odd Couple1970 · as Burglar #2
- The Odd Couple1970 · as Race Announcer (voice)
- McCloud1970
- Decoy1957 · as Willie Graff
- Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Hercules Mulligan
- Lux Video Theatre1950 · as Pete
- Danger1950
- Suspense1949 · as Tony
- Studio One1948 · as Arturo
- The Ed Sullivan Show1948 · as Self