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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: Acting

Born: Dublin, Ireland, 1929-07-11

Died: 2012-02-12

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1956	The Wrong Man	Policeman (uncredited)	71
2	1958	Dublin Nightmare	Customer	55
3	1962	The Quare Fellow	Reception Clerk	58
4	1964	Girl with Green Eyes	Ticket collector	66
5	1966	Billy Budd		0
6	1967	Ulysses	Garrett Deasy	60
7	1969	The Italian Job	Vicar	70
8	1970	Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx	Maguire	45
9	1970	Young Man in Trouble	Joe	0
10	1970	The McKenzie Break	Adjutant	61
11	1973	Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width	Murphy	66
12	1974	The Virgins	Cloggy Moore	0
13	1974	Fugitive	Mark	0
14	1975	Philadelphia, Here I Come	Conan O'Byrne	68
15	1976	The Next Man	Chauffeur in Ireland	46
16	1977	The Purple Taxi	Little Person	58
17	1977	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Dean of Studies	60
18	1978	The Legion Hall Bombing	Judge	0
19	1978	The Light Princess	Oracle (voice)	70
20	1982	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Tavernkeeper	58
21	1983	Red Monarch	Sergo	50
22	1983	The Jigsaw Man	Cameron	49
23	1983	The Comedy of Errors	Balthazar	67
24	1984	Anne Devlin	Dr Trevor	50
25	1985	Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except	(uncredited)	47
26	1986	Pirates	Surgeon	63
27	1988	Joyriders	Daniel	0
28	1992	Into the West	Grandfather	64
29	1994	A Man of No Importance	Christy Ward	63
30	1995	Moondance		61
31	1995	The Run of the Country	Father Gaynor	68
32	1997	The Matchmaker	O'Connor	62
33	1998	Waking Ned	Michael O'Sullivan	70
34	2000	Rough for Theatre I	A	40
35	2000	Ordinary Decent Criminal	Fr. Grogan	61
36	2001	Greenfingers	Fergus Wilks	63
37	2001	Mean Machine	Doc	62
38	2002	The Last	Walter	0
39	2002	Puckoon	O'Toole	62
40	2003	Mystics	Dave	53
41	2004	Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London	Trival	56
42	2004	Laws of Attraction	Priest / Michael	58
43	2004	The Calcium Kid	Paddy O'Flannagan	55
44	2005	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	Grandpa Joe	70
45	2006	The Kovak Box	Frank Kovak	59
46	2007	Stardust	Guard	73
47	2009	Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened	Self / Mr O'Reilly	80

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Tavernkeeper	86
2	1953	General Electric Theater	(uncredited)	63
3	1956	Armchair Theatre	Cloggy Moore	58
4	1956	Armchair Theatre	Joe	58
5	1956	Armchair Theatre	'Dead Man' Sweeney	58
6	1956	Armchair Theatre	Totterdel	58
7	1964	The Wednesday Play	Finbar	45
8	1964	The Wednesday Play	Miko	45
9	1965	Public Eye		78
10	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Mr. Casey / College Director	50
11	1966	The Informer	Whistler	0
12	1968	The Ronnie Barker Playhouse		0
13	1968	The Jazz Age	McDara	0
14	1970	Play for Today	The Judge	63
15	1970	Play for Today	Mark	63
16	1972	The Adventurer	Carlson	55
17	1973	Oh, Father!		60
18	1975	Fawlty Towers	O'Reilly	83
19	1977	Robin's Nest	Albert	66
20	1977	Citizen Smith	Paddy	62
21	1978	The Last of Summer	Corney Kernahan	0
22	1978	The Glums	Tattooist	0
23	1978	The BBC Television Shakespeare	Balthazar	60
24	1980	Strumpet City	Rashers	50
25	1980	The Gentle Touch	Dooley	69
26	1980	Cowboys	Wobbly Ron	70
27	1982	Whoops Apocalypse		72
28	1983	The Irish R.M.		52
29	1986	Slinger's Day		50
30	1990	Yellowthread Street		60
31	1991	2Point4 Children	Paddy	72
32	1992	Heartbeat	Pa Deighton	71
33	1994	Scarlett	Hall Porter	66
34	2003	Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks	Captain Cumara (voice)	59