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.
Known for
BBC Play of the Month
Mr. Casey, Director of College
Play for Today
Mark
Play for Today
The Judge
The BBC Television Shakespeare
Balthazar
The Gentle Touch
Dooley
Heartbeat
Pa Deighton
The Wednesday Play
Finbar
The Wednesday Play
Miko
The Adventurer
Carlson
Public Eye
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
Captain Cumara (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Tavernkeeper
Fawlty Towers
O'Reilly
Scarlett
Hall Porter
2Point4 Children
Paddy
The Irish R.M.
The Jazz Age
Yellowthread Street
The Informer
Whistler
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Grandpa Joe
Citizen Smith
Paddy
Strumpet City
Rashers
The Glums
Tattooist
Robin's Nest
Albert
The Last of Summer
Corney Kernahan
Cowboys
Wobbly Ron
Slinger's Day
Oh, Father!
Stardust
Guard
Whoops Apocalypse
General Electric Theater
(uncredited)
Armchair Theatre
'Dead Man' Sweeney
Armchair Theatre
Totterdel
Armchair Theatre
Joe
Armchair Theatre
Cloggy Moore
The Italian Job
Vicar
Laws of Attraction
Priest / Michael
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
Trival
Ordinary Decent Criminal
Fr. Grogan
Mean Machine
Doc
Pirates
Surgeon
The Wrong Man
Policeman (uncredited)
The Calcium Kid
Paddy O'Flannagan
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Tavernkeeper
Waking Ned
Michael O'Sullivan
The Jigsaw Man
Cameron
The Kovak Box
Frank Kovak
A Man of No Importance
Christy Ward
The Matchmaker
O'Connor
The Purple Taxi
Little Person
Girl with Green Eyes
Ticket collector
The Run of the Country
Father Gaynor
Into the West
Grandfather
The McKenzie Break
Adjutant
Greenfingers
Fergus Wilks
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
Self / Mr O'Reilly
The Next Man
Chauffeur in Ireland
Red Monarch
Sergo
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
Maguire
Ulysses
Garrett Deasy
The Quare Fellow
Reception Clerk
Billy Budd
Mystics
Dave
Puckoon
O'Toole
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Murphy
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Dean of Studies
Anne Devlin
Dr Trevor
Moondance
Dublin Nightmare
Customer
The Comedy of Errors
Balthazar
Philadelphia, Here I Come
Conan O'Byrne
The Last
Walter
Fugitive
Mark
The Light Princess
Oracle (voice)
Joyriders
Daniel
The Legion Hall Bombing
Judge
The Virgins
Cloggy Moore
Young Man in Trouble
Joe
Rough for Theatre I
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