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).

• The Broadway Melody (1929)

  
• Ella Cinders (1926)

  
• Guilty Bystander (1950)

  
• The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940)

  
• Strangers May Kiss (1931)