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).
Acted in 120
1960s
- 1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
Actor Outside Theater (archive footage) (uncredited)
1950s
- 1950
Guilty Bystander
Dr. Elder
1940s
- 1942
Mug Town
Mack Steward
The Old Homestead
Councilman Bell
It Happened in Flatbush
The Judge
Obliging Young Lady
Judge Rufus
The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
Maxwell B. Titus
- 1941
Go West, Young Lady
Judge Harmon
Look Who's Laughing
Mayor
Unexpected Uncle
Sanderson
Father Steps Out
J. B. Matthews
Roar of the Press
Gordon MacEwan
- 1940
Remedy for Riches
Vanderveer
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Captain Moon
Barnyard Follies
Sam Spitz
Young as You Feel
John Jones
1930s
- 1939
Too Busy to Work
John Jones
Hollywood Cavalcade
Keystone Cop Police Chief
Quick Millions
John Jones
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Uncle Ambrose
The Jones Family in Hollywood
John Jones
Exile Express
Editor Hanley
Everybody's Baby
John Jones
I'll Tell the World
Joseph Burton
- 1938
The Duke of West Point
Erwin Drew
Down on the Farm
John Jones
Keep Smiling
Jerome Lawson
Danger on the Air
Harry Jones
Safety in Numbers
John Jones
A Trip to Paris
John Jones
Goodbye Broadway
J.A. Higgins
Walking Down Broadway
F.R. Randall
Love on a Budget
John Jones
- 1937
Borrowing Trouble
John Jones
Life Begins in College
Oliver Stearns Sr.
Small Town Boy
Otis Armstrong
Hot Water
John Jones
Sophie Lang Goes West
J.H. Blaine
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Bitters
You Can't Have Everything
Mr. Whiteman
Big Business
John Jones
Dangerous Holiday
Gifford
The Crime Nobody Saw
William Underhill
Off to the Races
John Jones
- 1936
College Holiday
Sheriff Trimble
Happy Go Lucky
Charles Gorham
Can This Be Dixie?
Ed Grant
Under Your Spell
Mr. Twerp
Back to Nature
John Jones
His Brother's Wife
Bill Arnold
Little Miss Nobody
Hector Smythe
Educating Father
John Jones
Special Investigator
Dr. Reynolds
Champagne Charlie
Quinn
Every Saturday Night
Mr. Evers
- 1935
Navy Wife
Dr. Barratt
Black Sheep
Orville Schmelling
Life Begins at Forty
Charles Beagle
- 1934
One Hour Late
Mr. Finch
Music in the Air
Kirschner
Love Time
First Policeman (uncredited)
His Greatest Gamble
Roulette Player (uncredited)
Murder on the Blackboard
Dr. Levine
I Believed in You
Joe Long i.e. Lang
- 1933
The Big Bluff
Movie
Jimmy and Sally
E.W. Marlowe
Skyway
Calvin Baker
She Had to Say Yes
Mr. Goran (uncredited)
The Secret of Madame Blanche
Stubby (Uncredited)
- 1932
Manhattan Tower
Mr. Hoyt
70,000 Witnesses
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Hold 'Em Jail
Lynwood Warden Charles Clark
Business and Pleasure
Ben Wackstle
- 1931
The Age for Love
Floyd Evans
The Secret Call
Jim Neligan
Night Nurse
Archie - Father-to-be (uncredited)
Strangers May Kiss
Harry
- 1930
Paid
Officer Williams (uncredited)
True to the Navy
Dance Hall Manager
The Devil's Holiday
Kent Carr
1920s
- 1929
It's a Great Life
Mr. David Parker
Why Leave Home?
George
The Girl in the Show
Newton Wampler
The Fall of Eve
Tom Ford Sr
Two Weeks Off
Harry
Sonny Boy
Phil
His Captive Woman
Fatty Fargo
- 1928
Name the Woman
Sam Palmer
- 1927
The Siren
Geoffrey Fuller
No Place to Go
Uncle Edgar
Orchids and Ermine
Leander Blom
- 1926
Bred in Old Kentucky
Jake Trumbull
Everybody's Acting
Bridwell Potter
Don Juan's 3 Nights
Lippi
Unknown Treasures
Remus
The Mystery Club
Amos Herriman
Miss Nobody
The Farmer
Ella Cinders
Mayor
- 1925
The Unguarded Hour
Gus O'Rorick, a Yeggman
Scarlet Saint
Mr. Tridon
The Coast of Folly
Movie
The Knockout
'Mac' MacMahon
One Way Street
Fat Man
- 1923
The Gold Diggers
Barney Barnett
The Girl of the Golden West
Nick
Souls for Sale
Magnus (uncredited)
- 1922
Kick In
Jimmy Monahan
- 1921
Experience
Good Nature
The Conquest of Canaan
Norbert Flintcroft
The Great Adventure
Mr. Witt
1910s
- 1919
Her Game
Bobby McAllister