Joshua Shelley

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Joshua Shelley

Acting January 27, 1920

New York, New York, USA

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 Comm…

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All the President's Men

All the President's Men

7.7 1976 Movie
M*A*S*H

M*A*S*H

7.9 1972 TV Show
Get Smart

Get Smart

8.0 1965 TV Show
The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk

7.2 1977 TV Show
Happy Days

Happy Days

7.6 1974 TV Show
Quincy, M.E.

Quincy, M.E.

7.5 1976 TV Show
Family Ties

Family Ties

7.2 1982 TV Show
Love, American Style

Love, American Style

6.2 1969 TV Show
The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

7.7 1985 TV Show
Remington Steele

Remington Steele

7.1 1982 TV Show
Hunter

Hunter

7.1 1984 TV Show
Hart to Hart

Hart to Hart

6.9 1979 TV Show

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1986
    Quicksilver

    Movie Shorty

  2. 1985
    The Twilight Zone

    TV show (segment "Personal Demons")

  3. 1985
    Hell Town

    TV show Frasno

  4. 1984
    Hunter

    TV show Colin

  5. 1982
    Remington Steele

    TV show Bullets Bloustein

  6. 1982
    Family Ties

    TV show Sam

  7. 1982
    Cassie & Co.

    TV show Eddy the Ear

  8. 1981
    Nurse

    TV show Ted Ambler

  9. 1980
    Little Miss Marker

    Movie Benny

  10. 1979
    Hart to Hart

    TV show Katzenbach

  11. 1978
    Loose Change

    TV show Sol Berenson

  12. 1978
    Ring of Passion

    Movie Max

  13. 1977
    The Incredible Hulk

    TV show

  14. 1977
    Rosetti and Ryan

    TV show Director

  15. 1977
    Soap

    TV show

  16. 1977
    Sugar Time!

    TV show

More credits
  1. 1976
    Quincy, M.E.

    TV show Claude Whitley

  2. 1976
    The Front

    Movie Sam

  3. 1976
    All the President's Men

    Movie Al Lewis

  4. 1976
    Crackle of Death

    Movie

  5. 1975
    Ellery Queen

    TV show

  6. 1975
    When Things Were Rotten

    TV show Director

  7. 1975
    Switch

    TV show Dutch

  8. 1975
    Joe Forrester

    TV show

  9. 1975
    Switch

    Movie Man in Shooting Gallery

  10. 1975
    Funny Lady

    Movie Painter

  11. 1975
    Baretta

    TV show

  12. 1974
    The Front Page

    Movie Cab Driver

  13. 1974
    Police Woman

    TV show

  14. 1974
    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    TV show George

  15. 1974
    Harry O

    TV show

  16. 1974
    Sonny Boy

    Movie Uncle Ralph

  17. 1974
    Happy Days

    TV show

  18. 1973
    Kojak

    TV show Obitsky

  19. 1973
    Needles and Pins

    TV show

  20. 1973
    The Marcus-Nelson Murders

    Movie Mr Sack

  21. 1973
    Firehouse

    Movie Mr. Warnecke

  22. 1972
    The Streets of San Francisco

    TV show

  23. 1972
    M*A*S*H

    TV show Director

  24. 1972
    The Paul Lynde Show

    TV show Joe Patterson