David Kelly

Born: 1929-07-11

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.


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as Grandpa Joe
Released: 2005-07-13

A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the...

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as Guard
Released: 2007-08-09

In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved...

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Mean Machine

as Doc
Released: 2001-12-26

Disgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for...

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as Vicar
Released: 1969-06-02

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a...

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Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London

as Trival
Released: 2004-03-12

With all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek...

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The Matchmaker

as O'Connor
Released: 1997-10-03

Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland...

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Pirates

as Surgeon
Released: 1986-05-08

Captain Red runs a hardy pirate ship with the able assistance of Frog, a dashing young French...

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Laws of Attraction

as Priest / Michael
Released: 2004-04-04

Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.

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The Wrong Man

as Policeman (uncredited)
Released: 1956-12-22

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being...

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Mystics

as Dave
Released: 2003-12-12

A black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.

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Ordinary Decent Criminal

as Fr. Grogan
Released: 2000-01-07

Michael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a...

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Waking Ned

as Michael O'Sullivan
Released: 1998-09-15

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame

as Tavernkeeper
Released: 1982-02-02

Quasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer,...

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Red Monarch

as Sergo
Released: 1983-06-16

British comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of...

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Greenfingers

as Fergus Wilks
Released: 2001-07-27

Clive Owen stars as a prison inmate who goes into an experimental "open" prison where the...

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Ulysses

as Garrett Deasy
Released: 1967-03-14

Dublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of...

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The Calcium Kid

as Paddy O'Flannagan
Released: 2004-04-30

When milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of...

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Into the West

as Grandfather
Released: 1992-10-23

Accused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the...

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Girl with Green Eyes

as Ticket collector
Released: 1964-05-14

Catholic-Irish farm girl Kate, along with her gregarious best friend Baba, moves to Dublin to...

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The Kovak Box

as Frank Kovak
Released: 2006-07-18

David Norton is used to being in control. As a best-selling author, he decides the fate of his...

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A Man of No Importance

as Christy Ward
Released: 1994-12-24

Alfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of...

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Fugitive

as Mark
Released: 1974-12-05

After 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe...

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The Comedy of Errors

as Balthazar
Released: 1983-12-24

Aegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin...

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The Jigsaw Man

as Cameron
Released: 1983-11-11

Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given...

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The Purple Taxi

as Little Person
Released: 1977-05-25

With his mauve taxi, the old philosopher Dr. Seamus Scully runs around the small green roads of...

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Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened

as Self / Mr O'Reilly
Released: 2009-05-10

30 years after Fawlty Towers (1975) ended, Stephen Fry narrates a documentary about the making...

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Philadelphia, Here I Come

as Conan O'Byrne
Released: 1975-06-01

Friel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying...

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Moondance

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-01

The close relationship between two fun-loving brothers comes under threat when a beautiful,...

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Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width

as Murphy
Released: 1973-01-03

Two London tailors horse around, wind up robbed, go to Rome and disrupt the Vatican.

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Dublin Nightmare

as Customer
Released: 1958-10-01

Loot goes missing in robbery double-cross. Gang members, an ex-lover and a handsome stranger are...

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The McKenzie Break

as Adjutant
Released: 1970-10-28

A German U-Boat commander and 600 prisoners plan a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.

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Puckoon

as O'Toole
Released: 2002-01-01

Spike Milligan's book about the divided Irish village of Puckoon comes to the big screen.

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

as Dean of Studies
Released: 1977-09-01

Bosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part...

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The Run of the Country

as Father Gaynor
Released: 1995-09-22

An Irish lad who fled from his oppressive, widowed father falls for a girl from an affluent family.

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Anne Devlin

as Dr Trevor
Released: 1984-10-01

The story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in...

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Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx

as Maguire
Released: 1970-06-13

In Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real...

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Joyriders

as Daniel
Released: 1988-10-14

The growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.

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The Light Princess

as Oracle (voice)
Released: 1978-12-24

Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.

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The Quare Fellow

as Reception Clerk
Released: 1962-10-02

Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and...

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Billy Budd

as uncredited
Released: 1966-12-11

A version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young...

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The Legion Hall Bombing

as Judge
Released: 1978-08-22

The story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion...

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BBC Play of the Month

as Mr. Casey, Director of College
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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BBC Television Shakespeare

as uncredited
First aired: 1978-12-03

The BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...

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The Gentle Touch

as Dooley
First aired: 1980-04-11

The Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television...

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Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks

as Captain Cumara (voice)
First aired: 2003-09-07

The adventures of Piggley, a spunky eight-year-old pig, and his friends Dannan the Duck and...

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Heartbeat

as Pa Deighton
First aired: 1992-04-10

Set during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...

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Robin's Nest

as uncredited
First aired: 1977-01-11

Robin's Nest is a British sitcom starring Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp, one of the lead...

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Public Eye

as uncredited
First aired: 1965-01-23

Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...

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The Irish R.M.

as uncredited
First aired: 1983-01-06

The Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and...

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The Adventurer

as Carlson
First aired: 1972-09-29

The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Tavernkeeper
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Fawlty Towers

as O'Reilly
First aired: 1975-09-19

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to...

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Whoops Apocalypse

as uncredited
First aired: 1982-03-14

Whoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 British sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made...

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2Point4 Children

as Paddy
First aired: 1991-09-03

They're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens....

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Citizen Smith

as Paddy
First aired: 1977-04-12

Classic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting...

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Scarlett

as Hall Porter
First aired: 1994-11-13

Scarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah...

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Yellowthread Street

as uncredited
First aired: 1990-01-13

Yellowthread Street is a 1990 ITV police drama about detectives of the Royal Hong Kong Police...

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Strumpet City

as uncredited
First aired: 1980-03-16

Strumpet City was a 1980 television miniseries produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, based on James...

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Cowboys

as Wobbly Ron
First aired: 1980-09-03

Cowboys is a British sitcom that aired on the ITV network during the early 1980s. The show was...

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Oh, Father!

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-08-12

Dominic has left the monastery and become a Roman Catholic priest. Sequel to the sitcom Oh, Brother.

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