Deceased

When Did Jed Prouty Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 77

Also known asClarence Gordon ProutyGenderMaleNationalityUnited StatesBorn05/04/1879Born inBoston, Massachusetts, USADied10/05/1956 (aged 77)Died inNew York CityWikidataQ6172615 ↗TMDb#117783 ↗

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 the network-radio executive in James Stewart's Pot o' Gold (1941).

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Filmography74 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
1964	The Big Parade of ComedyMovie	Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)	85
1950	Guilty BystanderMovie	Dr. Elder	71
1942	The Affairs of Jimmy ValentineMovie	Maxwell B. Titus	63
1942	Scattergood Rides HighMovie	Mr. Van Pelt	63
1942	The Old HomesteadMovie	Councilman Bell	63
1941	Pot o' GoldMovie	J.K. Louderman	62
1941	Look Who's LaughingMovie	Mayor	62
1941	Roar of the PressMovie	Gordon MacEwan	62
1941	Go West, Young LadyMovie	Judge Harmon	62
1941	Unexpected UncleMovie	Sanderson	62
1940	Remedy for RichesMovie	Vanderveer	61
1939	Exile ExpressMovie	Editor Hanley	60
1939	The Gracie Allen Murder CaseMovie	Uncle Ambrose	60
1939	Hollywood CavalcadeMovie	Keystone Cop Police Chief	60
1939	I'll Tell the WorldMovie	Joseph Burton	60
1939	The Jones Family in HollywoodMovie	John Jones	60
1938	The Duke of West PointMovie	Sonny's Father	59
1938	Walking Down BroadwayMovie	F.R. Randall	59
1938	Keep SmilingMovie	Jerome Lawson	59
1937	Big BusinessMovie	John Jones	58
1937	Life Begins in CollegeMovie	Oliver Stearns Sr.	58
1937	You Can't Have EverythingMovie	Mr. Whiteman	58
1937	Sophie Lang Goes WestMovie	J.H. Blaine	58
1937	Hot WaterMovie	John Jones	58
1937	Small Town BoyMovie	Otis Armstrong	58
1937	Off to the RacesMovie	John Jones	58
1937	One Hundred Men and a GirlMovie	Bitters	58
1937	Dangerous HolidayMovie	Gifford	58
1936	College HolidayMovie	Sheriff Trimble	57
1936	Little Miss NobodyMovie	Hector Smythe	57
1936	Libeled LadyMovie	Dickson (uncredited)	57
1936	Can This Be Dixie?Movie	Ed Grant	57
1936	Champagne CharlieMovie	Quinn	57
1936	His Brother's WifeMovie	Bill Arnold	57
1936	The Texas RangersMovie	District Attorney Dave Twitchell	57
1936	Educating FatherMovie	John Jones	57
1936	Back to NatureMovie	John Jones	57
1936	Every Saturday NightMovie	Mr. Evers	57
1936	Under Your SpellMovie	Mr. Twerp	57
1935	Life Begins at FortyMovie	Charles Beagle	56
1935	Navy WifeMovie	Dr. Barratt	56
1934	I Believed in YouMovie	Joe Long i.e. Lang	55
1934	Music in the AirMovie	Kirschner	55
1934	Love TimeMovie	First Policeman (uncredited)	55
1934	His Greatest GambleMovie	Roulette Player (uncredited)	55
1933	SkywayMovie	Calvin Baker	54
1933	The Secret of Madame BlancheMovie	Stubby (Uncredited)	54
1933	The Big BluffMovie	—	54
1933	Jimmy and SallyMovie	E.W. Marlowe	54
1932	Manhattan TowerMovie	Mr. Hoyt	53
1932	Hold 'Em JailMovie	Lynwood Warden Charles Clark	53
1931	Night NurseMovie	Archie - Father-to-be (uncredited)	52
1931	The Age for LoveMovie	Floyd Evans	52
1930	PaidMovie	Officer Williams (uncredited)	51
1930	The Devil's HolidayMovie	Kent Carr	51
1930	The Florodora GirlMovie	Old Man Dell	51
1930	True to the NavyMovie	Dance Hall Manager	51
1929	The Broadway MelodyMovie	Uncle Jed (uncredited)	50
1929	The Girl in the ShowMovie	Newton Wampler	50
1929	His Captive WomanMovie	—	50
1929	Two Weeks OffMovie	Harry	50
1929	Why Leave Home?Movie	George	50
1929	Sonny BoyMovie	Phil	50
1928	Name the WomanMovie	Sam Palmer	49
1927	The SirenMovie	Geoffrey Fuller	48
1927	No Place to GoMovie	Uncle Edgar	48
1926	Miss NobodyMovie	The Farmer	47
1926	Bred in Old KentuckyMovie	Jake Trumbull	47
1926	The Mystery ClubMovie	Amos Herriman	47
1926	Everybody's ActingMovie	Bridwell Potter	47
1926	Unknown TreasuresMovie	Remus	47
1925	The KnockoutMovie	'Mac' MacMahon	46
1925	The Coast of FollyMovie	—	46
1923	Souls for SaleMovie	Magnus (uncredited)	44