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((Short description|American actor and director))
((More citations needed|date=June 2023))
((Use mdy dates|date=April 2013))
((Infobox person
| name           = Stanley Prager
| image          = Stanley Prager in Behind Green Lights.jpg
| image_size     =
| caption        = Prager in ''[[Behind Green Lights]]'' (1946)
| birth_name     =
| birth_date     = ((Birth date|1917|01|08|mf=yes))
| birth_place    = New York City, U.S.
| death_date     = ((Death date and age|1972|01|18|1917|01|08|mf=yes))
| death_place    = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| occupation     = ((hlist|Actor|theatre director|TV producer))
| years_active   = 1939&ndash;1972
| spouse         = ((marriage|[[Georgann Johnson]]|1956))
| children       = 4
))

'''Stanley Prager''' (January 8, 1917 – January 18, 1972) was an American actor and a television and theatre director.

==Career==
Born in New York City, Prager spent three years at [[Johns Hopkins University]] before working in summer stock and on [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]], where he appeared in ''[[The Skin of Our Teeth]]'' and ''The Eve of St. Mark''.<ref name=":0">((Cite news |date=1972-01-19 |title=STANLEY PRAGER, DIRECTOR, WAS 54 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/19/archives/istanley-prager-diregtor-was-54-staged-blow-your-horn-reformer.html |access-date=2023-06-14 |issn=0362-4331))</ref> He appeared in the [[The Eve of St. Mark|film version of ''Eve of St. Mark'']] and spent the remainder of the decade acting in mostly [[B-movie]]s, with occasional roles in better films such as ''[[A Bell for Adano]]'', ''[[Gun Crazy]]'', ''[[In the Meantime, Darling]]'', and ''[[A Foreign Affair]]''. He told an interviewer in 1969 that as an actor he appeared in “all the parts that [[Phil Silvers]] wouldn't play.”<ref name=":0" />

Prager returned to Broadway and won critical praise in 1951 for his performance in the [[Comden and Green]] revue, ''[[Two on the Aisle]]''. He played Faker Englund in a 1953 revival of ''[[Room Service (play)|Room Service]]'', and in 1954 he was Prez in ''[[The Pajama Game]]''.<ref name=":0" />

=== Blacklisting and subsequent career ===
In the early 1950s, Prager was [[Hollywood blacklist|blacklisted]].<ref name=":1" /> In March 1953, former screenwriter [[Bart Lytton]], told the [[House Un-American Activities Committee]] that Prager was among the persons he had seen at [[Communist Party USA|Communist Party]] meetings.<ref>((cite news |title=Silver City Movie Man Defies Quiz |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-la-times-commu/126388731/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=27 March 1953 |pages=1, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-article-on-inquiry/126388660/ 19], [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-article-on-communi/126388602/ 20]|via=[[Newspapers.com]] ))</ref>

In August 1955, Prager and other performers refused to answer questions when called before the Committee, saying that "I believe that what I think and what I say and with whom I associate is not this committee's concern."<ref>((cite news |date=16 August 1955 |title=Broadway Performers Balk at Red Probe |work=The Meriden Record |agency=Associated Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrVHAAAAIBAJ&dq=stanley+prager+contempt&pg=PA9&article_id=3198,4611278 |access-date=12 June 2023))</ref> In July 1956, Prager was one of seven witnesses, including playwright [[Arthur Miller]], who were cited for contempt of Congress of Congress by the House of Representatives. The other six included stage actress Sarah Cunningham, her husband [[John Randolph (actor)|John Randolph]], and actors [[Lou Polan]] and [[George Tyne]].<ref name="Pittsburgh, 1956">((cite news |date=July 26, 1956 |title=House Cites Arthur Miller For Contempt |page=2 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Associated Press) |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=4pVRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=32oDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1588,1191751&dq=george+tyne&hl=en |accessdate=16 April 2014))</ref> 

Critic [[Howard Kissel]] recounted in 1998 that the backers were wary of casting Prager for the play. The director [[George Abbott]] called a meeting of the creative staff and told them of the backers' concerns. He decided to retain Prager.<ref name=":1">((cite news |last1=Kissel |first1=Howard |author1-link=Howard Kissel |title=The Banned Played On |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-howard-kissel-on-broadway-and/126386717/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=Daily News |date=20 September 1998 |pages=21–Extra))</ref> According to a 1976 newspaper account, Abbott decided to renew Prager's contract early in 1955 so that he would not be fired when he appeared before the committee. According to Kissel, Prager was given a run of the play contract in 1954 despite his blacklisting,<ref name=":1" /><ref>((cite news |last1=Morrison |first1=Hobe |date=17 February 1972 |title=Never a More Welcome Contract |pages=39 |work=The Herald Statesman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-statesman-hobe-morrison-colum/126385598/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]))</ref>

He subsequently began directing with [[Neil Simon]]'s ''[[Come Blow Your Horn]]'' in 1961. Additional theatre directing credits include ''[[Bravo Giovanni]]'', ''[[Minnie's Boys]]'', ''[[Don't Drink the Water (play)|Don't Drink the Water]]'', and ''[[70, Girls, 70]]''.

Prager's television directing credits include ''The Love Song of Barney Kempinski'' for ''[[ABC Stage 67]]'', ''[[Car 54, Where Are You?]]'', and ''[[The Patty Duke Show]]''. For producer [[Sidney Pink]], Prager directed two films in Europe: ''[[Madigan's Millions]]'' the first film to star [[Dustin Hoffman]], and ''[[Bang Bang Kid]]'' starring [[Tom Bosley]] and [[Guy Madison]].

== Personal life ==
Prager married actress [[Georgann Johnson]] in 1956.<ref>((cite news |title=TV Actress to Wed Comedian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-prager-marriage/126386023/ |access-date=14 June 2023 |work=Daily News |date=8 February 1956 |pages=2|via=[[Newspapers.com]]))</ref> They remained together until his death on January 18, 1972, while on a business trip to Los Angeles. The couple had four daughters, Carol, Ann, Sally and Molly.<ref name=":0" />

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Notes
|-
|rowspan=4 | 1944|| ''The Eve of St. Mark'' || Pvt. Glinka ||
|-
| ''[[Take It or Leave It (1944 film)|Take It or Leave It]]'' || Herb Gordon ||
|-
| ''[[In the Meantime, Darling]]'' || Lt. Philip 'Red' Pianatowski ||
|-
| ''[[Something for the Boys (film)|Something for the Boys]]'' || Corporal || Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1945|| ''[[Junior Miss (film)|Junior Miss]]'' || Joe - Elevator Operator ||
|-
| ''[[A Bell for Adano]]'' || Sgt. Trampani ||
|-
| ''[[Doll Face]]'' || Flo's Aide ||
|-
|rowspan=3 | 1946|| ''[[Behind Green Lights]]'' || Ruzinsky - Milkman ||
|-
| ''[[Do You Love Me (film)|Do You Love Me]]'' || Jay Dilly ||
|-
| ''[[Gentleman Joe Palooka]]'' || Rapadsky ||
|-
|rowspan=2 | 1947|| ''[[The Shocking Miss Pilgrim]]'' || Office Lookout || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Stork Bites Man]]'' || Invisible Stork || Voice
|-
|rowspan=6 | 1948|| ''[[Here Comes Trouble (1948 film)|Here Comes Trouble]]'' || Cartoonist || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[A Foreign Affair]]'' || Mike ||
|-
| ''[[They Live by Night]]'' || Short Order Man || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Joe Palooka in Winner Take All]]'' || Reporter ||
|-
| ''You Gotta Stay Happy'' || Jack Samuels ||
|-
| ''[[Force of Evil]]'' || Wally ||
|-
|1949|| ''[[The Lady Takes a Sailor]]'' || Taxi Driver || Uncredited
|-
|rowspan=6 | 1950|| ''[[Gun Crazy]]'' || Bluey-Bluey ||
|-
| ''[[Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance]]'' || Ward || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[I'll Get By (film)|I'll Get By]]'' || Song Plugger || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Dark City (1950 film)|Dark City]]'' || Sammy || Uncredited
|-
| ''[[Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle]]'' || TV Announcer ||
|-
| ''[[Three Husbands]]'' || Sharpy - Tout || Uncredited
|-
|1951|| ''[[M (1951 film)|M]]'' || Police Detective || Uncredited
|}

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
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* ((IMDb name|0695111))
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