Jed Prouty
Prouty in 1923
Born
Clarence Gordon Prouty

(1879-04-06)April 6, 1879
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedMay 10, 1956(1956-05-10) (aged 77)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1910–1952 (including stage years before movies)
SpouseMarion Murray (?-1951; her death)

Jed Prouty (born Clarence Gordon Prouty; April 6, 1879 – May 10, 1956) was an American film actor.

Biography

Prouty (third, right) with other cast of Kick In (1922)

Born as Clarence Gordon Prouty in 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). After a significant career in silent films, a large part of Prouty's later career was the Jones Family film series.[1] They were 17 low-budget 20th Century Fox family comedies between 1936 and 1940, along with Spring Byington as Mrs. Jones, for such directors as Malcolm St. Clair and Frank R. Strayer. Prouty appeared in all but the final entry.

Partial filmography

(Films marked with a caret are Jones Family films)

Prouty in Danger on the Air (1938)

References

  1. ^ Goldrup, Tom (May 1, 2002). Growing Up on the Set: Interviews with 39 Former Child Actors of Classic Film and Television. Mcfarland & Co Inc. ISBN 978-0786412549. Retrieved January 14, 2017.

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