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 UnAmerican Activities Committees 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 Shelleys onscreen work both pre and postblacklist was confined primarily to television Nonetheless two career highlights remain Shelleys enthusiastically received 1949 feature film debut in City Across the River as well as the blacklistrelated 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