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David Kelly

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. David Kelly  (born 11 July 1929) is an Irish actor, who has been in regular film and television work since the 1950s. Kelly became a familiar face on British television during the 1970s with a long running role as the one-armed dishwasher Albert Riddle in Robin's Nest, also appearing as the inept builder Mr. O'Reilly in the second Fawlty Towers episode "The Builders". He went on to have starring roles in television shows such as Emmerdale Farm in the 1980s and Glenroe in the 1990s, as well as playing the grandfather in Mike Newell's 1992 film Into The West. And further on in the years he was a Guard in the magical film 'Stardust'. Following his notable appearance as Michael O'Sullivan in the hit 1998 film Waking Ned (which gained him a Screen Actor's Guild nomination), Kelly found further work in small but noticeable roles in such films as Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, The Jigsaw Man and Stardust. He has also acted extensively for radio, including a guest appearance on the BBC Radio 4 series Baldi. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Kelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Born:
Jul 11, 1929 In Dublin, Ireland
Movie/TV Credits:
72
First Appeared:
In the series Upwardly Mobile
Latest Project:
Movie Crossing Bhutan 2016-02-05
Known For
Poster of Stardust
Poster of Mystics
Poster of Rough for Theatre I
Poster of The Purple Taxi
Filmography
Series Upwardly Mobile Unknown 2025
Series Me Mammy Unknown 2025
Movie Crossing Bhutan Himself 2016-02-05
Movie Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened Self / Mr O'Reilly 2009-05-10
Movie Stardust Guard 2007-08-09
Movie The Kovak Box Frank Kovak 2006-07-18
Movie Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Grandpa Joe 2005-07-13
Movie The Calcium Kid Paddy O'Flannagan 2004-04-30
Movie Laws of Attraction Priest / Michael 2004-04-04
Movie Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London Trival 2004-03-12
Movie Mystics Dave 2003-12-12
Movie The Last Walter 2002-01-01
Movie Puckoon O'Toole 2002-01-01
Movie Mean Machine Doc 2001-12-26
Movie Greenfingers Fergus Wilks 2000-10-01
Movie Rough for Theatre I A 2000-01-01
Movie Ordinary Decent Criminal Fr. Grogan 2000-01-07
Movie Waking Ned Michael O'Sullivan 1998-09-15
Movie The Matchmaker O'Connor 1997-10-03
Movie The Run of the Country Father Gaynor 1995-09-22
Movie Moondance 1995-01-01
Movie A Man of No Importance Christy Ward 1994-12-24
Series Scarlett Hall Porter 1994-11-13
Movie Elisha Gehazi (voice) 1994-01-01
Movie Elijah Baal Priest / Cloud Priest (voice) 1993-01-01
Movie Samuel the Boy Prophet Hophni (voice) 1993-06-01
Movie Moses Young Overseer (voice) 1993-10-16
Movie Daniel Adult Meshack (voice) 1993-06-01
Movie Joseph in Egypt Baker (voice) 1992-06-17
Series Heartbeat Unknown 1992-04-10
Movie Into the West Grandfather 1992-10-23
Movie Santa and the Tooth Fairies 1991-12-25
Series Yellowthread Street Unknown 1990-01-13
Movie Joyriders Daniel 1988-10-14
Series Slinger's Day 1986-09-03
Movie Pirates Surgeon 1986-05-08
Movie The Jigsaw Man Cameron 1984-08-24
Movie Anne Devlin Dr Trevor 1984-10-01
Movie The Comedy of Errors Balthazar 1983-12-24
Series The Irish R.M. Unknown 1983-01-06
Movie Red Monarch Sergo 1983-06-16
Movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame Tavernkeeper 1982-02-02
Series Whoops Apocalypse Unknown 1982-03-14
Series Cowboys Wobbly Ron 1980-09-03
Series Strumpet City 1980-03-16
Movie The Legion Hall Bombing Judge 1978-08-22
Series BBC Television Shakespeare Unknown 1978-12-03
Movie The Light Princess Oracle (voice) 1978-12-24
Movie A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Dean of Studies 1977-09-01
Series Citizen Smith Unknown 1977-04-12
Movie The Purple Taxi Little Person 1977-05-25
Series Robin's Nest 1977-01-11
Movie Deep Jaws P.G. Dartmouth 1976-01-01
Series Fawlty Towers Unknown 1975-09-19
Movie Philadelphia, Here I Come Conan O'Byrne 1975-06-01
Movie Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width Murphy 1973-01-03
Series Oh, Father! 1973-08-12
Movie Zero in and Scream 1971-12-03
Movie Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx Maguire 1970-06-13
Movie The McKenzie Break Adjutant 1970-10-28
Movie The Italian Job Vicar 1969-06-02
Series The Ronnie Barker Playhouse Unknown 1968-04-03
Series The Jazz Age Unknown 1968-09-10
Movie Ulysses Garrett Deasy 1967-03-14
Movie Billy Budd 1966-12-11
Series Play of the Month Unknown 1965-10-19
Series Public Eye Unknown 1965-01-23
Movie Girl with Green Eyes Ticket collector 1964-05-14
Movie The Quare Fellow Reception Clerk 1962-10-02
Movie Dublin Nightmare Customer 1958-10-01
Movie The Wrong Man Policeman (uncredited) 1956-12-22
Series Hallmark Hall of Fame Unknown 1951-12-24