David Kelly

David Kelly (82)

1929-07-11 - 2012-02-12 | Dublin, Ireland

David Kelly (July 11, 1929 – February 12, 2012) was an Irish actor who had regular roles in several film and television works from the 1950s onwards. One of the most recognisable voices and faces of Irish stage and screen, Kelly was known for his roles as Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City, Cousin Enda in Me Mammy, the builder Mr O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers, Albert Riddle in Robin's Nest, and Grandpa Joe in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Another notable role was as Michael O'Sullivan in Waking Ned Devine.

On Movies

  • Stardust
  • The Kovak Box
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
  • The Calcium Kid
  • Laws of Attraction
  • Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
  • Mystics
  • The Last
  • Puckoon
  • Mean Machine
  • Greenfingers
  • Ordinary Decent Criminal
  • Waking Ned
  • The Matchmaker
  • The Run of the Country
  • Moondance
  • A Man of No Importance
  • Into the West
  • Joyriders
  • Pirates
  • Anne Devlin
  • The Comedy of Errors
  • The Jigsaw Man
  • Red Monarch
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • The Light Princess
  • The Legion Hall Bombing
  • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
  • The Purple Taxi
  • The Next Man
  • Philadelphia, Here I Come
  • Fugitive
  • Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
  • The McKenzie Break
  • Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
  • The Italian Job
  • Ulysses
  • Billy Budd
  • Girl with Green Eyes
  • The Quare Fellow
  • Dublin Nightmare
  • The Wrong Man

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