Cecil Kellaway

Biography

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

Known For

Monsignor Monaghan

The Cardinal

Earnshaw

Wuthering Heights

Monsignor Ryan

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Harry Willis

Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte

The Great Solvani

The Mummy's Hand

Charles Moler

Intermezzo: A Love Story

Matthews

Portrait of Jennie

Nick Smith

The Postman Always Rings Twice

Daniel

I Married a Witch

Brother Goodwin

Brother Orchid

Philip Barton

The House of the Seven Gables

Prof. Elson

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

Inspector Sampson

The Invisible Man Returns

Dr. Kasper

Getting Straight

Bill Lawrence

Interrupted Melody

Jean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen

Joan of Arc

Kevin Maguire

The Reformer and the Redhead

J.B. Allenbury

Easy to Wed

Solvani (archive footage / uncredited)

The Mummy's Tomb

Captain Joe

Tammy Tell Me True

Osbert Sorenson

Female on the Beach

Prescott

The Letter

Edward VII, Prince of Wales

Mrs. Parkington

Colonel Travers

Francis Goes to the Races

King O'Hara

It Ain't Hay

Jeremy Love

Unconquered

Granet

Birth of the Blues

Oscar, the Drunk

The Night of January 16th

Captain Jack Risingwell

Bahama Passage

Shipboard Host

New York Town

Peter Miles

The Lady Has Plans

Dr. Enos Davis

The Proud Rebel

Cardinal Hugolino

Francis of Assisi

Uncle George

Take a Letter, Darling

Mr. Chapman

Lady with Red Hair

Thomas Gainsborough

Kitty

Cecil Kellaway (uncredited)

Star Spangled Rhythm

Mac

Love Letters

Nathaniel B. Wakely VI

Katie Did It

Mr. Chumley

Mexican Spitfire

Horace (A Leprechaun)

The Luck of the Irish

Dr. A.A. Andrews

Destination Space

Dan Odell

Night in New Orleans

Tom Carter

The Cockeyed Miracle

Tim McCarey

Half Angel

Cecil Kellaway

Variety Girl

William

Frenchman's Creek

Doctor Weeks

And Now Tomorrow

Emerson

Adventure in Diamonds

Judge Alexander Adamson

The Decision of Christopher Blake

Fletcher's Butler (unconfirmed)

Wise Girl

Slush Tubbs

Down to the Sea in Ships

Rufus Trent

Blond Cheat

Geoffrey

Maid's Night Out

Lord Herbert

The Highwayman

Pop Tibbets

The Crystal Ball

Alfred Fortescue

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

Marvin P. Meglin

Practically Yours

Dr. Willoughby

Thunder in the East

Police Chief Hardy

This Marriage Business

Bond and Word

Dr. Reverend Thomas Chamberlain

My Wife's Best Friend

Reginald Roland

Tarnished Angel

Tom McKay

Johnny Trouble

Patrick J. Sullivan

Paris Model

Hubert Blaydon

It Isn't Done

Headwaiter (uncredited)

Man About Town

James Fusenot

Toy Tiger

Phillips - Gene's Butler

Law of the Underworld

O'Leary

Appointment for Love

Mr. Chumley

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Mr. Beyers

Everybody's Doing It

Fentriss, aka Gilhooley

Double Danger

Willard Lorryweather

Night Spot

Count D'Armand

Monsieur Beaucaire

Doc Bayles

The Private Lives of Adam and Eve

Jonathan Turner

Always Together

Dr. Chumley

Harvey

The Bishop

The Confession

Buckmaster

Fitzwilly

Barrett

Smashing the Rackets

Henry Putnam

South of Suez

Professor Plumcutt

The Shaggy Dog

Henry Randall

Small Town Deb

George Chedworth

Mr. Chedworth Steps Out

Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)

Gunga Din

Colonial Official

The Sun Never Sets

Judge

We Are Not Alone

Dad Hayseed

The Hayseeds

Mr. Wendelhares

The Under-Pup

Dean Joshua Updike

Zotz!

Hurree Chunder

Kim

Mr. Parry

Young Bess

Franklin Morris

Phantom Raiders

Thadeus Jackson

Cruisin' Down the River

Angus McBragel

Burma Convoy

Jim Hilton

The Good Fellows

Bernard Ranley

Spinout

Noah

Diamond Frontier

Dinner Guest

Forever and a Day

Jonathan Huntoon Smith

Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill

Governor

The Prodigal

Dr. Spencer

West Point Widow

Old Al Casey

The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City

Professor Starkweather

A Very Young Lady

Omar Khayam

Kismet

Mr. Pemberton

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

Pop Smith

Just Across the Street

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

108

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-08-22

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa

Also Known As