Larry Parks (December 13, 1914 - April 13, 1975) was an American actor who was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studio bosses during the era of McCarthyism. December 13 is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... April 13 is the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (104th in leap years). ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Playwright Arthur Miller testifies before HUAC The Hollywood blacklist was a group of mainly film actors, directors and screenwriters in the late 1940s and early 1950s who were unable to work openly after having been targeted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities and private anti-communist groups because... ... A movie studio is a company which develops, equips and maintains a controlled environment for the making of a film. ... McCarthyism, named for Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, was a period of intense anti-communism in the United States primarily from 1950 to 1954, when the U.S. government was actively engaged in suppression of the American Communist Party, its leadership, and others suspected of being Communists or Communist sympathizers. ...

Born Samuel Lawrence Klausman Parks in Olathe, Kansas, his career was virtually ended when he admitted in 1951 to having been a member of a Communist party cell. Olathe is a city located in Johnson County, Kansas. ... 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA) is one of several Marxist-Leninist groups in the United States. ...

Having attended the University of Illinois, Parks played in stock companies for several years before signing a Hollywood contract in 1941. He made several forgettable films until he won the role of Al Jolson in the 1946 biographical film The Jolson Story, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. The University of Illinois is the set of three public universities in Illinois. ... ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Al Jolson Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, Seredzius, Lithuania, May 26, 1886 - October 23, 1950) was an American singer and the immigrant son of a Russian Jew. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Jolson Story is a 1946 autobiographical film which tells the life story of singer and actor Al Jolson. ... Academy Award for Best Actor - Wikipedia /**/ @import /w/skins-1. ...

Following his Oscar nomination, he made a few more movies that did little in the box office, until he appeared in the sequel, Jolson Sings Again in 1949, which was another hit. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

Larry Parks was summoned to appear before the House Un-American Activities Committee where he literally fell on his knees before and begged not to be forced to testify. He eventually did so in tears, only to find that he was blacklisted anyway. Following his admission before the Congressional Committee, Columbia Pictures dropped him. He made only two more films, but continued to eke out a living acting on the stage and doing occasional television programs until his death, from a heart attack, in 1975. Married to actress "Betty Garrett" until his death, two sons. HUAC hearings The House Un-American Activities Committee or HUAC (or, rarely, HUAAC) (1945-1975) was an investigating committee of the United States House of Representatives. ... Columbia Pictures logo, used only from 1981-1993 Columbia Pictures, now Columbia TriStar Pictures after their merger with the former TriStar Entertainment in 1998, is a film production company, and part of Sony Pictures Entertainment. ... Betty Garrett (born May 23, 1919) is an American actress and dancer. ...

External link

• Larry Parks at the Internet Movie Database