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Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 5, 1879
Died
May 10, 1956
Place of Birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also Known As
- Clarence Gordon Prouty
Jed Prouty
0.2 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia Jed Prouty (April 6, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an American film actor. Originally from Boston, Massachusetts, Prouty was a vaudeville performer before becoming a film actor. Mostly appearing in comedies, he occasionally performed a serious character role, for instance a small part as an oily publicist in A Star is Born (1937).
Known For
6.3
Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964
5.5
Dr. Elder
Guilty Bystander
1950
🎬
0.0
Willis J. Watson
Mr. Bell
1947
7.0
Mack Steward
Mug Town
1942
0.0
Councilman Bell
The Old Homestead
1942
4.8
The Judge
It Happened in Flatbush
1942
0.0
Mr. Van Pelt
Scattergood Rides High
1942
5.0
Judge Rufus
Obliging Young Lady
1942
6.0
Maxwell B. Titus
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942
6.9
Judge Harmon
Go West, Young Lady
1941
Credits
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)
1964
6.3
Guilty Bystander
as Dr. Elder
1950
5.5
🎬
Mr. Bell
as Willis J. Watson
1947
0.0
Mug Town
as Mack Steward
1942
7.0
The Old Homestead
as Councilman Bell
1942
0.0
It Happened in Flatbush
as The Judge
1942
4.8
Scattergood Rides High
as Mr. Van Pelt
1942
0.0
Obliging Young Lady
as Judge Rufus
1942
5.0
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
as Maxwell B. Titus
1942
6.0
Go West, Young Lady
as Judge Harmon
1941
6.9
Look Who's Laughing
as Mayor
1941
5.5
Unexpected Uncle
as Sanderson
1941
6.5
Father Steps Out
as J. B. Matthews
1941
3.0
Bachelor Daddy
as C. J. Chase
1941
0.0
Roar of the Press
as Gordon MacEwan
1941
5.6
Pot o' Gold
as J.K. Louderman
1941
5.5
Remedy for Riches
as Vanderveer
1940
4.8
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Captain Moon
1940
5.9
Barnyard Follies
as Sam Spitz
1940
5.0
Young as You Feel
as John Jones
1940
0.0
Too Busy to Work
as John Jones
1939
0.0
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Keystone Cop Police Chief
1939
5.1
Quick Millions
as John Jones
1939
7.5
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
as Uncle Ambrose
1939
5.5
The Jones Family in Hollywood
as John Jones
1939
0.0
Exile Express
as Hanley
1939
5.0
Everybody's Baby
as John Jones
1939
0.0
I'll Tell the World
as Joseph Burton
1939
0.0
The Duke of West Point
as Sonny's Father
1938
3.8
Down on the Farm
as John Jones
1938
0.0
Keep Smiling
as Jerome Lawson
1938
0.0
Danger on the Air
as Harry Jones
1938
5.9
Safety in Numbers
as John Jones
1938
0.0
A Trip to Paris
as John Jones
1938
1.0
Goodbye Broadway
as J.A. Higgins
1938
0.0
Walking Down Broadway
as F.R. Randall
1938
5.7
Love on a Budget
as John Jones
1938
0.0
Borrowing Trouble
as John Jones
1937
6.0
Life Begins in College
as Oliver Stearns Sr.
1937
0.0
Hot Water
as John Jones
1937
5.0
🎬
Small Town Boy
as Otis Armstrong
1937
0.0
Sophie Lang Goes West
as J.H. Blaine
1937
6.0
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Bitters
1937
6.4
You Can't Have Everything
as Mr. Whiteman
1937
5.7
Big Business
as John Jones
1937
5.0
Dangerous Holiday
as Gifford
1937
1.0
A Star Is Born
as Artie Carver (uncredited)
1937
7.1
The Crime Nobody Saw
as William Underhill
1937
5.0
Off to the Races
as John Jones
1937
0.0
College Holiday
as Sheriff Trimble
1936
5.2
Happy Go Lucky
as Charles Gorham
1936
5.0
Can This Be Dixie?
as Ed Grant
1936
0.0
Under Your Spell
as Mr. Twerp
1936
7.0
Libeled Lady
as Dickson (uncredited)
1936
7.3
The Texas Rangers
as District Attorney Dave Twitchell
1936
6.4
Back to Nature
as John Jones
1936
0.0
His Brother's Wife
as Bill Arnold
1936
5.6
Little Miss Nobody
as Hector Smythe
1936
6.0
Educating Father
as John Jones
1936
0.0
Special Investigator
as Dr. Reynolds
1936
5.8
Champagne Charlie
as Quinn
1936
4.8
Every Saturday Night
as Mr. Evers
1936
0.0
Navy Wife
as Dr. Barratt
1935
5.0
Black Sheep
as Orville Schmelling
1935
7.0
Life Begins at Forty
as Charles Beagle
1935
0.0
One Hour Late
as Mr. Finch
1934
3.3
Music in the Air
as Kirschner
1934
4.8
Love Time
as First Policeman (uncredited)
1934
0.0
His Greatest Gamble
as Roulette Player (uncredited)
1934
5.0
Murder on the Blackboard
as Dr. Levine
1934
5.7
I Believed in You
as Joe Long i.e. Lang
1934
0.0
The Big Bluff
1933
0.0
Jimmy and Sally
as E.W. Marlowe
1933
4.0
Skyway
as Calvin Baker
1933
5.2
She Had to Say Yes
as Mr. Goran (uncredited)
1933
5.8
The Secret of Madame Blanche
as Stubby (Uncredited)
1933
4.0
Manhattan Tower
as Mr. Hoyt
1932
5.9
70,000 Witnesses
as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1932
4.8
Hold 'Em Jail
as Lynwood Warden Charles Clark
1932
6.8
The Purchase Price
as Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)
1932
6.5
Business and Pleasure
as Ben Wackstle
1932
4.0
The Age for Love
as Floyd Evans
1931
0.0
The Secret Call
as Jim Neligan
1931
0.0
Night Nurse
as Archie - Father-to-be (uncredited)
1931
6.7
Strangers May Kiss
as Harry
1931
5.1
Paid
as Officer Williams (uncredited)
1930
6.8
The Florodora Girl
as Old Man Dell
1930
5.0
True to the Navy
as Dance Hall Manager
1930
7.0
The Devil's Holiday
as Kent Carr
1930
6.3
It's a Great Life
as Mr. David Parker
1929
4.0
Why Leave Home?
as George
1929
0.0
The Girl in the Show
as Newton Wampler
1929
4.5
The Fall of Eve
as Tom Ford Sr
1929
0.0
Two Weeks Off
as Harry
1929
0.0
Sonny Boy
as Phil
1929
0.0
The Broadway Melody
as Uncle Jed (uncredited)
1929
5.2
His Captive Woman
1929
6.0
Name the Woman
as Sam Palmer
1928
0.0
The Siren
as Geoffrey Fuller
1927
1.0
No Place to Go
as Uncle Edgar
1927
0.0
Orchids and Ermine
as Leander Blom
1927
4.5
Bred in Old Kentucky
1926
0.0
Everybody's Acting
as Bridwell Potter
1926
0.0
Don Juan's 3 Nights
as Lippi
1926
1.0
Unknown Treasures
as Remus
1926
0.0
Miss Nobody
as The Farmer
1926
0.0
Ella Cinders
as Mayor
1926
7.0
Scarlet Saint
as Mr. Tridon
1925
0.0
The Coast of Folly
1925
0.0
The Knockout
as 'Mac' MacMahon
1925
0.0
The Gold Diggers
as Barney Barnett
1923
4.5
The Girl of the Golden West
as Nick
1923
0.0
Souls for Sale
as Magnus (uncredited)
1923
6.2
Kick In
as Jimmy Monahan
1922
0.0
Experience
as Good Nature
1921
0.0
The Conquest of Canaan
as Norbert Flintcroft
1921
0.0
The Great Adventure
as Mr. Witt
1921
0.0
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Sadie Love
as James Wakeley
1919
0.0