![Joshua Shelley](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/4isJWSpw4auLbAnfjAkvzkRRu5j.jpg)
Joshua Shelley
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.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 4.046 |
Birthday | 1920-01-27 |
Place of Birth | New York, New York, USA |
Also Known As |
![Yes Sir, That's My Baby](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pgrHwHhlRN1nAexmoeV93HId4SQ.jpg)
1949
![Yes Sir, That's My Baby](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/pgrHwHhlRN1nAexmoeV93HId4SQ.jpg)
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
4/1
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![City Across the River](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lcFSi4PppbyGc6U1N2KbTJhuAF0.jpg)
1949
![City Across the River](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/lcFSi4PppbyGc6U1N2KbTJhuAF0.jpg)
City Across the River
5.5/8
Brooklyn youth Frank Cusack, good son and brother by day, is a gang member by night. The Dukes, seemingly likable dead-end-kids, are dangerously invol...
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![The Front Page](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mgt56V4Oa4SUx5R5Uk62Vccny92.jpg)
1974
![The Front Page](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/mgt56V4Oa4SUx5R5Uk62Vccny92.jpg)
The Front Page
7.254/329
A journalist suffering from burn-out wants to finally say goodbye to his office – but his boss doesn’t like the idea one bit.
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![Little Miss Marker](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/esZscgu777ZdU9tZX2IpEuuMiiA.jpg)
1980
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Little Miss Marker
6.5/46
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![Funny Lady](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cIwLQAtwD2yRmzIYAlBwWDBdyid.jpg)
1975
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Funny Lady
5.2/62
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![Crackle of Death](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/q3g3yArVWciwfqcZOM7dl20Gv9j.jpg)
1976
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Crackle of Death
6/1
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![Firehouse](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/7eupRYebTYqA5zImIHGcKQ49mdW.jpg)
1973
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Firehouse
5.3/3
Conflict erupts within a close-knit engine company of a big-city fire department when a black recruit and a bigoted white veteran clash during a wave...
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![The Marcus-Nelson Murders](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/toHdP2qGIwKAc1CUZEhQtJUGLhF.jpg)
1973
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The Marcus-Nelson Murders
7/4
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![The Front](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3h39YWLBuFd4SGi2eqNazEQlPv7.jpg)
1976
![The Front](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/3h39YWLBuFd4SGi2eqNazEQlPv7.jpg)
The Front
6.934/160
A cashier poses as a writer for blacklisted talents to submit their work through, but the injustice around him pushes him to take a stand.
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The Front
![Loose Change](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/sQPtPFf4cfBU5j9Uz9HyIiDbXZb.jpg)
1978
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Loose Change
0/0
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![Switch [Pilot]](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/rZDRmc1Evs38wqFg09Zj3UCy8Mn.jpg)
1975
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Switch [Pilot]
0/0
In this pilot film that led to the series, an ex-con and a retired cop, partners in a private investigation agency, try to prove that a safecracker ha...
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![All the President's Men](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cPtSHR7D2WGsDBfnC5DxV927hKn.jpg)
1976
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All the President's Men
7.672/1745
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![Ring of Passion](http://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w154/cADMYeks7BAlMdylxlFsDjNMsI1.jpg)
1978
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Ring of Passion
7/1
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