1929-07-11 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.
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened | Self / Mr O'Reilly | 2009-05-10 | |
Stardust | Guard | 2007-08-09 | |
The Kovak Box | Frank Kovak | 2006-07-18 | |
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory | Grandpa Joe | 2005-07-13 | |
The Calcium Kid | Paddy O'Flannagan | 2004-04-30 | |
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London | Trival | 2004-03-12 | |
Laws of Attraction | Priest / Michael | 2004-04-04 | |
Mystics | Dave | 2003-12-12 | |
Puckoon | O'Toole | 2002-01-01 | |
The Last | Walter | 2002-01-01 | |
Greenfingers | Fergus Wilks | 2001-07-27 | |
Mean Machine | Doc | 2001-12-26 | |
Rough for Theatre I | A | 2000-01-01 | |
Ordinary Decent Criminal | Fr. Grogan | 2000-01-07 | |
Waking Ned | Michael O'Sullivan | 1998-09-15 | |
The Matchmaker | O'Connor | 1997-10-03 | |
The Run of the Country | Father Gaynor | 1995-09-22 | |
Moondance | 1995-01-01 | ||
A Man of No Importance | Christy Ward | 1994-12-24 | |
Into the West | Grandfather | 1992-10-23 | |
Joyriders | Daniel | 1988-10-14 | |
Pirates | Surgeon | 1986-05-08 | |
Anne Devlin | Dr Trevor | 1984-10-01 | |
The Comedy of Errors | Balthazar | 1983-12-24 | |
Red Monarch | Sergo | 1983-06-16 | |
The Jigsaw Man | Cameron | 1983-11-11 | |
The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Tavernkeeper | 1982-02-02 | |
The Light Princess | Oracle (voice) | 1978-12-24 | |
The Legion Hall Bombing | Judge | 1978-08-22 | |
Un taxi mauve | Little Person | 1977-05-25 | |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Dean of Studies | 1977-09-01 | |
Philadelphia, Here I Come | Conan O'Byrne | 1975-06-01 | |
Fugitive | Mark | 1974-12-05 | |
The Virgins | Cloggy Moore | 1974-06-24 | |
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width | Murphy | 1973-01-03 | |
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx | Maguire | 1970-06-13 | |
The McKenzie Break | Adjutant | 1970-10-28 | |
Young Man in Trouble | Joe | 1970-07-06 | |
The Italian Job | Vicar | 1969-06-02 | |
Ulysses | Garrett Deasy | 1967-03-14 | |
Billy Budd | 1966-12-11 | ||
Girl with Green Eyes | Ticket collector | 1964-05-14 | |
The Quare Fellow | Reception Clerk | 1962-10-02 | |
Dublin Nightmare | Customer | 1958-10-01 | |
The Wrong Man | Policeman (uncredited) | 1956-12-22 |