
Known for
Acting
Born
January 27, 1920
Birthplace
New York, New York, USA
Died
February 16, 1990 (aged 70)
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 Acr...
1986
as Shorty
1985
1985
1984
1982
1982
1982
1981
1980
as Benny
1979
1978
1978
as Max
1977
1977
1977
1977
1976
1976
as Sam
1976
as Al Lewis
1976
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1975
1975
1975
1975
as Man in Shooting Gallery