Acting · New York, New York, USA · Born January 27, 1920
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.
MovieQuicksilver
1986
as Shorty
TVThe Twilight Zone
1985
as (segment "Personal Demons")
TVHell Town
1985
as Frasno
TVHunter
1984
as Colin
TVRemington Steele
1982
as Bullets Bloustein
TVFamily Ties
1982
as Sam
TVCassie & Co.
1982
as Eddy the Ear
TVNurse
1981
as Ted Ambler
MovieLittle Miss Marker
1980
as Benny
TVHart to Hart
1979
TVLoose Change
1978
as Sol Berenson
MovieRing of Passion
1978
as Max
TVThe Incredible Hulk
1977
TVSoap
1977
Sugar Time!
1977
TVQuincy, M.E.
1976
as Claude Whitley
MovieThe Front
1976
as Sam
MovieAll the President's Men
1976
as Al Lewis
MovieCrackle of Death
1976
TVEllery Queen
1975
TVSwitch
1975
as Dutch
TVJoe Forrester
1975
MovieSwitch
1975
as Man in Shooting Gallery
MovieFunny Lady
1975
as Painter
TVBaretta
1975
MovieThe Front Page
1974
as Cab Driver
TVKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
as George
TVPolice Woman
1974
TVHarry O
1974
MovieSonny Boy
1974
as Uncle Ralph
TVHappy Days
1974
TVKojak
1973
as Obitsky
Needles and Pins
1973
MovieThe Marcus-Nelson Murders
1973
as Mr Sack
MovieFirehouse
1973
as Mr. Warnecke
TVThe Streets of San Francisco
1972
TVThe Paul Lynde Show
1972
as Joe Patterson
TVTemperatures Rising
1972
as Larkin
TVMcMillan & Wife
1971
TVAll in the Family
1971
as Willie
TVThe Odd Couple
1970
as Accountant
TVMcCloud
1970
TVDecoy
1957
as Willie Graff
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as Hercules Mulligan
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Pete
Danger
1950
MovieYes Sir, That's My Baby
1949
as Arnold Schultze
MovieCity Across the River
1949
as Theodore 'Crazy' Perrin
TVSuspense
1949
as Tony
TVStudio One
1948
as Arturo
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
