Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

115

Gender

Male

Birthday

1879-04-05

Deathday

1956-05-10 (77 years old)

Place of Birth

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Also Known As

Clarence Gordon Prouty

Jed Prouty

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

7.1%

A Star Is Born

Apr 27, 1937

5.2%

The Broadway Melody

Feb 8, 1929

7.3%

Libeled Lady

Oct 9, 1936

6.8%

Night Nurse

Jul 16, 1931

5.5%

Guilty Bystander

Apr 20, 1950

6.5%

The Purchase Price

Jul 23, 1932

6.4%

One Hundred Men and a Girl

Sep 5, 1937

5.5%

Pot o' Gold

Apr 3, 1941

6.2%

Souls for Sale

Apr 22, 1923

7.0%

Ella Cinders

Jun 6, 1926

6.4%

The Texas Rangers

Aug 28, 1936

6.8%

Paid

Dec 30, 1930

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Acting

1964

The Big Parade of Comedy as Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)

1950

Guilty Bystander as Dr. Elder

1947

Mr. Bell as Willis J. Watson

1942		Mug Town as Mack Steward
1942		The Old Homestead as Councilman Bell
1942		It Happened in Flatbush as The Judge
1942		Scattergood Rides High as Mr. Van Pelt
1942		Obliging Young Lady as Judge Rufus
1942		The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine as Maxwell B. Titus

1941		Go West, Young Lady as Judge Harmon
1941		Look Who's Laughing as Mayor
1941		Unexpected Uncle as Sanderson
1941		Father Steps Out as J. B. Matthews
1941		Bachelor Daddy as C. J. Chase
1941		Roar of the Press as Gordon MacEwan
1941		Pot o' Gold as J.K. Louderman

1940		Remedy for Riches as Vanderveer
1940		The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Captain Moon
1940		Barnyard Follies as Sam Spitz
1940		Young as You Feel as John Jones

1939		Too Busy to Work as John Jones
1939		Hollywood Cavalcade as Keystone Cop Police Chief
1939		Quick Millions as John Jones
1939		The Gracie Allen Murder Case as Uncle Ambrose
1939		The Jones Family in Hollywood as John Jones
1939		Exile Express as Hanley
1939		Everybody's Baby as John Jones
1939		I'll Tell the World as Joseph Burton

1938		The Duke of West Point as Sonny's Father
1938		Down on the Farm as John Jones
1938		Keep Smiling as Jerome Lawson
1938		Danger on the Air as Harry Jones
1938		Safety in Numbers as John Jones
1938		A Trip to Paris as John Jones
1938		Goodbye Broadway as J.A. Higgins
1938		Walking Down Broadway as F.R. Randall
1938		Love on a Budget as John Jones

1937		Borrowing Trouble as John Jones
1937		Life Begins in College as Oliver Stearns Sr.
1937		Hot Water as John Jones
1937		Small Town Boy as Otis Armstrong
1937		Sophie Lang Goes West as J.H. Blaine
1937		One Hundred Men and a Girl as Bitters
1937		You Can't Have Everything as Mr. Whiteman
1937		Big Business as John Jones
1937		Dangerous Holiday as Gifford
1937		A Star Is Born as Artie Carver (uncredited)
1937		The Crime Nobody Saw as William Underhill
1937		Off to the Races as John Jones

1936		College Holiday as Sheriff Trimble
1936		Happy Go Lucky as Charles Gorham
1936		Can This Be Dixie? as Ed Grant
1936		Under Your Spell as Mr. Twerp
1936		Libeled Lady as Dickson (uncredited)
1936		The Texas Rangers as District Attorney Dave Twitchell
1936		Back to Nature as John Jones
1936		His Brother's Wife as Bill Arnold
1936		Little Miss Nobody as Hector Smythe
1936		Educating Father as John Jones
1936		Special Investigator as Dr. Reynolds
1936		Champagne Charlie as Quinn
1936		Every Saturday Night as Mr. Evers

1935		Navy Wife as Dr. Barratt
1935		Black Sheep as Orville Schmelling
1935		Life Begins at Forty as Charles Beagle

1934		One Hour Late as Mr. Finch
1934		Music in the Air as Kirschner
1934		Love Time as First Policeman (uncredited)
1934		His Greatest Gamble as Roulette Player (uncredited)
1934		Murder on the Blackboard as Dr. Levine
1934		I Believed in You as Joe Long i.e. Lang

1933		The Big Bluff
1933		Jimmy and Sally as E.W. Marlowe
1933		Skyway as Calvin Baker
1933		She Had to Say Yes as Mr. Goran (uncredited)
1933		The Secret of Madame Blanche as Stubby (Uncredited)

1932		Manhattan Tower as Mr. Hoyt
1932		70,000 Witnesses as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
1932		Hold 'Em Jail as Lynwood Warden Charles Clark
1932		The Purchase Price as Elks Crossing Jeweler (uncredited)
1932		Business and Pleasure as Ben Wackstle

1931		The Age for Love as Floyd Evans
1931		The Secret Call as Jim Neligan
1931		Night Nurse as Archie - Father-to-be (uncredited)
1931		Strangers May Kiss as Harry

1930		Paid as Officer Williams (uncredited)
1930		The Florodora Girl as Old Man Dell
1930		True to the Navy as Dance Hall Manager
1930		The Devil's Holiday as Kent Carr

1929		It's a Great Life as Mr. David Parker
1929		Why Leave Home? as George
1929		The Girl in the Show as Newton Wampler
1929		The Fall of Eve as Tom Ford Sr
1929		Two Weeks Off as Harry
1929		Sonny Boy as Phil
1929		The Broadway Melody as Uncle Jed (uncredited)
1929		His Captive Woman

1928

Name the Woman as Sam Palmer

1927

No Place to Go as Uncle Edgar

1926		Bred in Old Kentucky
1926		Everybody's Acting as Bridwell Potter
1926		Don Juan's 3 Nights as Lippi
1926		Miss Nobody as The Farmer
1926		Ella Cinders as Mayor

1925		Scarlet Saint as Mr. Tridon
1925		The Coast of Folly
1925		The Knockout as 'Mac' MacMahon

1923		The Gold Diggers as Barney Barnett
1923		The Girl of the Golden West as Nick
1923		Souls for Sale as Magnus (uncredited)

1922

Kick In as Jimmy Monahan

1921		Experience as Good Nature
1921		The Conquest of Canaan as Norbert Flintcroft
1921		The Great Adventure as Mr. Witt

1919

Sadie Love as James Wakeley