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

Biography

Born as Clarence Gordon Prouty in

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, 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

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. They were 17 low-budget

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family comedies between 1936 and 1940, along with

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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) Jed Prouty in Danger on the Air

* '' Her Game'' (1919) * '' Sadie Love'' (1919) * '' The Conquest of Canaan'' (1921) * '' The Great Adventure'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1921) * '' Kick In'' (1922) * '' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1923) * '' The Knockout'' (1925) * '' The Coast of Folly'' (1925) * ''

The Unguarded Hour ''The Unguarded Hour'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by Sam Wood and starring Loretta Young, Franchot Tone and Roland Young. In England, a prominent young prosecutor in a murder trial is unaware that his wife is involved. It is based ...

'' (1925) * '' Her Second Chance'' (1926) * '' Ella Cinders'' (1926) * '' Bred in Old Kentucky'' (1926) * '' Miss Nobody'' (1926) * '' Don Juan's Three Nights'' (1926) * '' The Mystery Club'' (1926) * '' Unknown Treasures'' (1926) * '' Orchids and Ermine'' (1927) * '' Domestic Meddlers'' (1928) * '' Name the Woman'' (1928) * '' Sonny Boy'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' His Captive Woman'' (1929) * '' Two Weeks Off'' (1929) * '' The Fall of Eve'' (1929) * '' The Devil's Holiday'' (1930) * '' Paid'' (1930) * '' Strangers May Kiss'' (1931) * '' Annabelle's Affairs'' (1931) * '' The Secret Call'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * '' Business and Pleasure'' (1932) * '' Manhattan Tower'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1933) * '' The Big Bluff'' (1933) * '' Music in the Air'' (1934) * '' Murder on the Blackboard'' (1934) * '' Every Saturday Night'' (1936) ^ * '' Educating Father'' (1936) ^ * '' Back to Nature'' (1936) ^ * '' The Texas Rangers'' (1936) * '' Can This Be Dixie?'' (1936) * '' Small Town Boy'' (1937) * '' Off to the Races'' (1937) ^ * '' The Jones Family in Big Business'' (1937) ^ * '' One Hundred Men and a Girl'' (1937) * '' Hot Water'' (1937) ^ * '' Borrowing Trouble'' (1937) ^ * '' Love on a Budget'' (1938) ^ * '' A Trip to Paris'' (1938) ^ * '' Safety in Number'' (1938) ^ * '' Danger on the Air'' (1938) * '' Down on the Farm'' (1938) ^ * '' Goodbye Broadway'' (1938) * '' The Duke of West Point'' (1938) * '' Hollywood Cavalcade'' (1939) * '' Exile Express'' (1939) * '' Everybody's Baby'' (1939) ^ * '' The Jones Family in Hollywood'' (1939) ^ * '' Quick Millions'' (1939) ^ * '' Too Busy to Work'' (1939) ^ * '' Young as You Feel'' (1940) ^ * '' Remedy for Riches'' (1940) * '' Pot o' Gold'' (1941) * '' Father Steps Out'' (1941) * '' Roar of the Press'' (1941) * '' The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine'' (1942) * '' Obliging Young Lady'' (1942) * '' Guilty Bystander'' (1950)

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* * 1879 births 1956 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Boston American vaudeville performers 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1870s-stub