Joshua Shelley
Known For
Acting
Born
1920-01-27 in New York, New York, USA
Died
1990-02-16
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.
Most Known For
Happy Days
Family Ties
as Sam
The Twilight Zone
as (segment "Personal Demons")
The Incredible Hulk
Quincy, M.E.
as Claude Whitley
Studio One
as Arturo
Police Woman
Hunter
as Colin
Hart to Hart
The Odd Couple
as Accountant
The Odd Couple
as Burglar #2
The Odd Couple
as Race Announcer (voice)
All in the Family
as Willie
Kojak
as Obitsky
Kojak
as Bob Harris
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as George
Remington Steele
as Bullets Bloustein
Baretta
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
