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Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

Birthday: 1890-08-22 | Place of Birth: Cape Town, South Africa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cecil Lauriston Kellaway (22 August 1890 – 28 February 1973) was a South African-born character actor. Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor, author, and director in the Australian film industry until he tried his luck in Hollywood in the 1930s. Finding he could get only gangster bit parts, he got discouraged and returned to Australia. Then William Wyler called and offered him a part in Wuthering Heights (1939). Kellaway died 28 February 1973 in Hollywood, California, and his ashes were entombed in the Sanctuary of Remembrance, at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. He received two Best Supporting Actor nominations, for The Luck of the Irish and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Academy Award winning actor Edmund Gwenn, whose real surname was Kellaway also, was his cousin. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cecil Kellaway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1970
Getting Straight

as    Dr. Kasper

1967
Fitzwilly

as    Buckmaster

1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

as    Monsignor Ryan

1967
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

as    Mr. Pemberton

1964
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

as    Harry Willis

1962
Zotz!

as    Dean Joshua Updike

1961
Tammy Tell Me True

as    Captain Joe

1961
Francis of Assisi

as    Cardinal Hugolino

1959
Destination Space

as    Dr. A.A. Andrews

1959
The Shaggy Dog

as    Professor Plumcutt

1958
The Proud Rebel

as    Dr. Enos Davis

1955
Interrupted Melody

as    Bill Lawrence

1955
Female on the Beach

as    Osbert Sorenson

1953
Thunder in the East

as    Dr. Willoughby

1953
Young Bess

as    Mr. Parry

1953
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

as    Prof. Elson

1951
Francis Goes to the Races

as    Colonel Travers

1951
Katie Did It

as    Nathaniel B. Wakely VI

1951
Half Angel

as    Tim McCarey

1950
Kim

as    Hurree Chunder

1948
The Luck of the Irish

as    Horace (A Leprechaun)

1948
Joan of Arc

as    Jean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen

1948
The Decision of Christopher Blake

as    Judge Alexander Adamson

1948
Portrait of Jennie

as    Matthews

1947
Unconquered

as    Jeremy Love

1946
Monsieur Beaucaire

as    Count D'Armand

1946
Easy to Wed

as    J.B. Allenbury

1946
The Postman Always Rings Twice

as    Nick Smith

1945
Love Letters

as    Mac

1945
Kitty

as    Thomas Gainsborough