David Kelly
Acting
Biography
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.
As actor 79
Play for Today
1970
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Heartbeat
1992
The Wednesday Play
1964
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
2005
Scarlett
1994
Stardust
2007
Fawlty Towers
1975
Robin's Nest
1977
Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks
2003
2Point4 Children
1991
Public Eye
1965
The Italian Job
1969
In Sickness and in Health
1985
Mean Machine
2001
Pirates
1986
The Adventurer
1972
Citizen Smith
1977
Laws of Attraction
2004
The Informer
1966
The Kovak Box
2006
Ordinary Decent Criminal
2000
The Jazz Age
1968
The Wrong Man
1956
Cowboys
1980
General Electric Theater
1953
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London
2004
Whoops Apocalypse
1982
Waking Ned
1998
Slinger's Day
1986
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Oh, Father!
1973
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1982
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
1968
Greenfingers
2001
Into the West
1992
Strumpet City
1980
The Purple Taxi
1977
Time of My Life
1980
The Next Man
1976
The Jigsaw Man
1983
The Last
2002
The Calcium Kid
2004
Merlin of the Crystal Cave
1991
The McKenzie Break
1970
Red Monarch
1983
Armchair Theatre
1956
The Matchmaker
1997
Billy Budd
1966
The Glums
1978
For Amusement Only
1968
The Quare Fellow
1962
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx
1970
Puckoon
2002
Girl with Green Eyes
1964
Ulysses
1967
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except
1985
Mystics
2003
The Last of Summer
1978
The Light Princess
1978
The Statue and the Rose
1975
Moondance
1995
The Run of the Country
1995
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened
2009
Gaybo Laughs Back
2008
A Man of No Importance
1994
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1977
Fugitive
1974
Dublin Nightmare
1958
Anne Devlin
1984
Philadelphia, Here I Come
1975
The Comedy of Errors
1983
Rough for Theatre I
2000
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
1973
The Legion Hall Bombing
1978
Joyriders
1988
The Virgins
1974
Young Man in Trouble
1970
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors
2005