David Kelly
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.
A young boy wins a tour through the most magnificent chocolate factory in the world, led by the...
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In a countryside town bordering on a magical land, a young man makes a promise to his beloved...
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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 TrivalWith all-new gadgets, high-flying action, exciting chases and a wisecracking new handler, Derek...
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Mean Machine
as DocDisgraced ex-England football captain, Danny 'Mean Machine' Meehan, is thrown in jail for...
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Pirates
as SurgeonThe adventures of pirate Captain Red and his first mate Frog.
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Ordinary Decent Criminal
as Fr. GroganMichael Lynch is a notorious criminal with two wives and a flair for showmanship. He's also a...
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The Calcium Kid
as Paddy O'FlannaganWhen milkman Jimmy Connelly accidentally puts Britain's contender for the World title out of...
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The Wrong Man
as Policeman (uncredited)In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being...
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Laws of Attraction
as Priest / MichaelAmidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
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Waking Ned
as Michael O'SullivanWhen a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money.
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The Jigsaw Man
as CameronPhilip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given...
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A Man of No Importance
as Christy WardAlfie Byrne is a middle-aged bus conductor in Dublin in 1963. He would appear to live a life of...
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Into the West
as GrandfatherAccused of a crime they didn't commit, two city kids and a magical horse are about to become the...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as TavernkeeperQuasimodo, the hunchback bellringer of Notre Dame's cathedral, meets a beautiful gypsy dancer,...
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The Kovak Box
as Frank KovakDavid Norton is used to being in control. As a best-selling author, he decides the fate of his...
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Greenfingers
as Fergus WilksClive Owen stars as a prison inmate who goes into an experimental "open" prison where the...
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The Matchmaker
as O'ConnorMarcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland...
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Girl with Green Eyes
as Ticket collectorA naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author...
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Red Monarch
as SergoBritish comedy satirising Stalin's inner circle as an absolute monarchs court. In the face of...
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The Quare Fellow
as Reception ClerkThomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and...
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The Purple Taxi
as Little PersonWith 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'Reilly30 years after Fawlty Towers (1975) ended, Stephen Fry narrates a documentary about the making...
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The Run of the Country
as Father GaynorAn Irish lad who fled from his oppressive, widowed father falls for a girl from an affluent family.
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Ulysses
as Garrett DeasyDublin; June 16, 1904. Stephen Dedalus, who fancies himself as a poet, embarks on a day of...
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The McKenzie Break
as AdjutantA German U-Boat commander plans a daring escape from a PoW camp in Scotland.
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The Comedy of Errors
as BalthazarAegeon of Syracuse has come to Ephesus to seek his son, who went in search of his missing twin...
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Moondance
as uncreditedThe close relationship between two fun-loving brothers comes under threat when a beautiful,...
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Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
as MaguireIn Dublin, a working class family has been unsuccessful in convincing their son to get a real...
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Fugitive
as MarkAfter 18 years as a friar, Peter is no longer sure of his vocation. It is a happy life, maybe...
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Puckoon
as O'TooleSpike 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 StudiesBosco Hogan plays Joyce's alter-ego, Stephen Daedelus, growing up in Ireland in the early part...
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Dublin Nightmare
as CustomerLoot goes missing in robbery double-cross. Gang members, an ex-lover and a handsome stranger are...
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The Light Princess
as Oracle (voice)Based on a short story by George MacDonald, a princess experiences constant weightlessness.
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Mystics
as DaveA black comedy about two old-time conmen who pretend to be able to communicate with the dead.
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The Legion Hall Bombing
as JudgeThe story of the trial of Willie Gallagher, convicted of bombing the Strabane British Legion...
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Billy Budd
as uncreditedA version of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the Melville story. Will the virtuous young...
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Joyriders
as DanielThe growing relationship of two people who travel through Ireland in a series of stolen cars.
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Philadelphia, Here I Come
as Conan O'ByrneFriel contrasts Gar's cloistered emotional life with his gregarious social persona by portraying...
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Anne Devlin
as Dr TrevorThe story of Anne Devlin, who was caught up in the revolt of the Irish under Robert Emmett in...
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Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
as MurphyTwo London tailors horse around, wind up robbed, go to Rome and disrupt the Vatican.
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Rough for Theatre I
as AAn old blind beggar and an old cripple in a wheelchair meet on a desolate street corner. The...
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Heartbeat
as Pa DeightonSet during the 1960s in the fictional North Yorkshire village of Aidensfield, this enduringly...
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Play for Today
as The JudgePlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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Play for Today
as MarkPlay for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and...
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BBC Television Shakespeare
as uncreditedThe BBC Television Shakespeare is a series of British television adaptations of the plays of...
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The Wednesday Play
as FinbarThe Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from...
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The Wednesday Play
as MikoThe Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from...
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Fawlty Towers
as O'ReillyOwner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to...
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Public Eye
as uncreditedPublic Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC...
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Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
as Captain Cumara (voice)The adventures of Piggley, a spunky eight-year-old pig, and his friends Dannan the Duck and...
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BBC Play of the Month
as Mr. Casey, Director of CollegePlay of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...
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The Adventurer
as CarlsonThe Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran...
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2Point4 Children
as PaddyThey're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens....
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The Gentle Touch
as DooleyThe Gentle Touch is a British police drama television series made by London Weekend Television...
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Scarlett
as Hall PorterScarlett O’Hara’s flight from the scrutiny of Atlanta society takes her on a journey to Savannah...
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Citizen Smith
as PaddyClassic BBC comedy starring Robert Lindsay as revolutionary leader Wolfie Smith of the Tooting...
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Yellowthread Street
as uncreditedYellowthread Street is a 1990 ITV police drama about detectives of the Royal Hong Kong Police...
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The Irish R.M.
as uncreditedThe Irish R.M. refers to a series of books by the Anglo-Irish novelists Somerville and Ross, and...
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Robin's Nest
as AlbertRobin's Nest is a British sitcom starring Richard O'Sullivan as Robin Tripp, one of the lead...
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
as TavernkeeperHallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...
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Whoops Apocalypse
as uncreditedWhoops Apocalypse is a six-part 1982 British sitcom by Andrew Marshall and David Renwick, made...
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Strumpet City
as RashersStrumpet City was a 1980 television miniseries produced by Irish broadcaster RTÉ, based on James...
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General Electric Theater
as (uncredited)General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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The Last of Summer
as Corney KernahanA French actress returns to her Irish roots during the last summer before World War II. While...
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Cowboys
as Wobbly RonCowboys is a British sitcom that aired on the ITV network during the early 1980s. The show was...
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The Glums
as TattooistThe Glums began as part of the 1950s radio show 'Take It from Here'. The characters were revived...
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Armchair Theatre
as Cloggy MooreArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...
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Armchair Theatre
as JoeArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...
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Armchair Theatre
as 'Dead Man' SweeneyArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...
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Armchair Theatre
as TotterdelArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the...
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Oh, Father!
as uncreditedDominic has left the monastery and become a Roman Catholic priest. Sequel to the sitcom Oh, Brother.
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