Joshua Shelley
Actor Joshua Shelley performed in New York vaudeville before being drafted to fight in Europe in 1942--a mere warm-up to fighting for his career years later. Once the war ended, he continued performing on the New York stage in a number of high-profile projects such as "Make Mine Manhattan" and "Our Town," as well as working on several radio serials like "Dick Tracy." He set out from New York for Hollywood in 1949 to try and make it as a movie actor. He landed a role in the musical "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" with Donald O'Connor and played reform-school boy Theodore "Crazy" Perrin in the hard-boiled drama "City Across the River," a role that nabbed the young actor plenty of television work in the following years. But when he was named as a Communist subversive by the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952, his burgeoning career halted, and he returned to the New York stage for the next 15 years or so. In the 1970s, Shelley returned to working as a director and actor in Hollywood, frequently appearing on television shows like "B.J. and the Bear" and "The Odd Couple," as well as having small parts in features like "The Front Page," "Funny Lady," and "All the President's Men." He also starred in "The Front" with Woody Allen, directed by fellow blacklistee Martin Ritt, scripted by blacklistee Walter Bernstein, and starring blacklistees Zero Mostel, John Randolph, Lloyd Gough, and Herschel Bernardi.
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Joshua Shelley
Filmography
Movies
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Little Miss Marker | Benny (Character) | - | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Ring of Passion | Max (Character) | - | 1978 |
69% |
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The Front | Sam (Character) | - | 1976 |
30% |
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Funny Lady | Painter (Character) | - | 1975 |
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Firehouse | Mr. Warnecke (Character) | - | 1973 |
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The Perils of Pauline | Director | - | 1967 |
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Yes Sir, That's My Baby | Arnold Schultze (Character) | - | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | City Across the River | Theodore "Crazy" Perrin (Character) | - | 1949 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hunter | Colin - Cover Girl Owner (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 89% | Family Ties | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
No Score Yet | 74% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
No Score Yet | 95% | Soap | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | B.J. and the Bear | Unknown (Character) | 1979-1980 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Streets of San Francisco | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Obitsky (Guest Star) | 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Odd Couple |
Burglar 2 (Guest Voice), Race Announcer (Guest Star) |
1973 1975 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Story | Jackie Lenihan (Character) | 1974 |
100% | 83% | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Earl Grey (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happy Days | Happy (Guest Star) | 1974 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Paul Lynde Show | Joe Patterson (Guest Star) | 1972 |
No Score Yet | 84% | Get Smart | Director | 1966 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | East Side/West Side | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1964 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Studio One | Unknown (Character) | 1949 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Suspense | Unknown (Character) | 1949 |