Birthday: April 5th, 1879 Date of Death: May 10th, 1956 Place of Birth: Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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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).