Jed Prouty
American actor (1879-1956) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 77
Jed Prouty was an American film actor. Today's audiences may recognize him as the stammering vaudeville booker in The Broadway Melody (1929), the theater manager in Laurel and Hardy's Hollywood Party (1934), the oily publicist in A Star is Born (1937), the chief of the Keystone Cops in Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), and...
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Guilty BystanderFilm, Dr. Elder1941
Go West, Young LadyFilm, Judge Harmon1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a DateFilm, Captain Moon1939
Hollywood CavalcadeFilm, Keystone Cop Police Chief1937
A Star Is BornFilm, Artie Carver (uncredited)1936
His Brother's WifeFilm, Bill Arnold1934
Murder on the BlackboardFilm, Dr. Levine1933
She Had to Say YesFilm, Mr. Goran (uncredited)1931
Night NurseFilm, Archie - Father-to-be (uncredited)1930
PaidFilm, Officer Williams (uncredited)1929
It's a Great LifeFilm, Mr. David Parker1926
Ella CindersFilm, Mayor1923
Souls for SaleFilm, Magnus (uncredited)1879Born6 April 1879Known for
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Libeled Lady 1936
A Star Is Born 1937
Night Nurse 1931
The Broadway Melody 1929
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Malcolm St. Clair Directed Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Frank R. Strayer Directed Hot Water and Borrowing Trouble
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)- Lawrence Weingarten Produced The Broadway Melody and Libeled Lady
Sam Wood Directed Paid and Hollywood Party
Edmund Goulding Directed The Devil's Holiday and Hollywood Party
Irving Thalberg Produced The Broadway Melody and Hollywood Party
Spring Byington Also in Ah, Wilderness! and Love on a Budget
Alfred Edward Green Directed The Duke of West Point (1938)
Charles Reisner Directed Hollywood Party (1934)
Lambert Hillyer Directed Miss Nobody and The Knockout- James Tinling Directed Educating Father and Back to Nature
Clarence Wilson Also in A Star Is Born, Paid and Hollywood Party
Lynn Bari Also in Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Harry Beaumont Directed The Broadway Melody (1930)
Jean Parker Also in The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933)
George Chandler Also in A Star Is Born and Libeled Lady
Gwen Lee Also in Libeled Lady and Paid
Robert Lowery Also in Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
Robert Ellis Wrote Too Busy to Work and Back to Nature- William Axt Wrote Libeled Lady and Hollywood Party
Hale Hamilton Also in Paid and Strangers May Kiss
Sam Hardy Also in Annabelle's Affairs (1931)
George Givot Also in Hollywood Party and Young as You Feel
Also in Français
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Today's audiences may recognize him as the stammering vaudeville booker in The Broadway Melody (1929), the theater manager in Laurel and Hardy's Hollywood Party (1934), the oily publicist in A Star is Born (1937), the chief of the Keystone Cops in Hollywood Cavalcade (1939), and the network-radio executive in James Stewart's Pot o' Gold (1941).
