Biography
Joshua Shelley (born Joshua Kurzweil; January 27, 1920 β 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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Filmography
all 57
TV Shows 43
Movies 14
Director 7
Voice 1
self 1
The Twilight Zone (1985)
Hell Town (1985)
Hunter (1984)
Remington Steele (1982)
Family Ties (1982)
Cassie & Co. (1982)
Nurse (1981)
Little Miss Marker (1980)
Hart to Hart (1979)
Loose Change (1978)
Ring of Passion (1978)
The Incredible Hulk (1977)
Rosetti and Ryan (1977)
Soap (1977)
Sugar Time! (1977)
Quincy, M.E. (1976)
The Front (1976)
All the President's Men (1976)
Crackle of Death (1976)
Ellery Queen (1975)
When Things Were Rotten (1975)
Joe Forrester (1975)
Switch (1975)
Switch [Pilot] (1975)
Funny Lady (1975)
Baretta (1975)
The Front Page (1974)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974)
Police Woman (1974)
Harry O (1974)
Happy Days (1974)
Kojak (1973)
Needles and Pins (1973)
The Marcus-Nelson Murders (1973)
Firehouse (1973)
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
M*A*S*H (1972)
The Paul Lynde Show (1972)
Temperatures Rising (1972)
McMillan and Wife (1971)
All in the Family (1971)
The Odd Couple (1970)
McCloud (1970)
Love, American Style (1969)
N.Y.P.D. (1967)
The Perils of Pauline (1967)
Get Smart (1965)
Decoy (1957)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Lux Video Theatre (1950)
Danger (1950)
Starlight Theatre (1950)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby (1949)
City Across the River (1949)
Suspense (1949)
Studio One (1948)
The Ed Sullivan Show (1948)
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GenderMale
Birthday1920-01-27
Deathday1990-02-16 (70 years old)
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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