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Blacklisted Hollywood Figures
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, many artists were investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for alleged Communist ties. Those on this list were shunned by Hollywood employers for years for their refusal to testify or to name names.
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Albert Maltz (born 1908)
American film writer and director.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Arthur Miller (born 1915)
American playwright.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Carl Foreman (born 1914, died 1984)
American film director.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Clifford Odets (born 1906, died 1963)
American playwright.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Dalton Trumbo
American screenwriter and novelist.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Dashiell Hammett (born 1894, died 1961)
American mystery writer, creator of Sam Spade.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Herschel Bernardi (born 1923, died 1986)
American actor.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Howard Da Silva (born 1909, died 1986)
American author, director and producer.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Howard Koch (born 1901, died 1995)
American actor.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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John Randolph (born 1915)
American actor.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Joseph Losey (born 1909, died 1984)
American director, writer and producer.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Lee J. Cobb (born 1911, died 1976)
American actor. Original name: Leo Jacoby.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Leo Townsend
Actor and writer.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Nedrick E. Young
Actor and writer.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Pete Seeger (born 1919)
American folk singer and songwriter.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Philip Loeb
Actor.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Ring Lardner, Jr. (born 1915, died 2000)
American writer.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Robert Adrian Scott
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Roy Huggins
Writer, director and producer.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Sam Wanamaker (born 1919, died 1993)
American actor and director.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Sterling Hayden (born 1916, died 1986)
American actor and author.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Waldo Salt
American screenwriter and actor.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Samuel Joel ''Zero'' Mostel (born 1915, died 1977)
American actor.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Paul Robeson (born 1898, died 1976)
American singer, actor and social activist.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Robert Rossen (born 1908, died 1966)
American director and producer.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Budd P. ''B.P.'' Schulberg
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
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Jerome Robbins (born 1918, died 1998)
Director and choreographer.
- On The Hollywood Blacklist
Blacklisted Hollywood Figures
In the late 1940s and early 1950s, many artists were investigated by the House Un-American Activities Committee for alleged Communist ties. Those on this list were shunned by Hollywood employers for years for their refusal to testify or to name names.
