Jed Prouty

Jed Prouty

American actor (1879–1956)

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).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 16 films (1925–1940) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 2 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1925 The knockout. First National Pictures Inc. 7 reels 16mm B&W silent
1926 MISS NOBODY. First National Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1930 PAID. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp. 10 reels B&W
1935 AH, WILDERNESS! Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 10 reels Color & B&W
1936 BACK TO NATURE. Fox Film Corp 1 reel B&W
1936 EDUCATING FATHER. Fox Film Corp 5 min 16mm B&W Sound
1937 BORROWING TROUBLE. Fox Film Corp 6 reels B&W
1937 ONE HUNDRED MEN AND A GIRL. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 9 reels B&W
1937 SOPHIE LANG GOES WEST. Paramount Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1938 A TRIP TO PARIS. Fox Film Corp 64 min B&W
1938 DANGER ON THE AIR. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 8 reels B&W
1938 DOWN ON THE FARM. Fox Film Corp 5 reels B&W
1938 LOVE ON A BUDGET. Fox Film Corp B&W
1939 EVERYBODY'S BABY. Fox Film Corp B&W
1939 Too Busy To Work. Otto Brower 5903 ft. B&W
1940 Down On The Farm. Malcolm St. Clair B&W