
David Kelly
Photoplayd Industry Rating
Not enough rated films yet to compute a weighted score.
Roles are weighted by involvement: director 1.0, screenwriter 0.7, lead 0.8, supporting 0.4, crew 0.1.
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
Credits

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
as Grandpa Joe

Stardust (2007)
as Guard

The Italian Job (1969)
as Vicar

Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
as Trival

Waking Ned (1998)
as Michael O'Sullivan

Laws of Attraction (2004)
as Priest / Michael

The Wrong Man (1956)
as Policeman (uncredited)

Mean Machine (2001)
as Doc

Pirates (1986)
as Surgeon

Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
as Fr. Grogan

The Kovak Box (2006)
as Frank Kovak

Greenfingers (2001)
as Fergus Wilks

The Calcium Kid (2004)
as Paddy O'Flannagan

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Tavernkeeper

Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
as Ticket collector

Into the West (1992)
as Grandfather

Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009)
as Self / Mr O'Reilly

The Jigsaw Man (1983)
as Cameron

The Run of the Country (1995)
as Father Gaynor

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Different Faces, Different Flavors (2005)
Actor

Billy Budd (1966)
Actor

The Next Man (1976)
as Chauffeur in Ireland

The McKenzie Break (1970)
as Adjutant

Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)
as (uncredited)

The Matchmaker (1997)
as O'Connor

A Man of No Importance (1994)
as Christy Ward
The Last (2002)
as Walter

Ulysses (1967)
as Garrett Deasy

Red Monarch (1983)
as Sergo

The Purple Taxi (1977)
as Little Person

Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
as Maguire

The Comedy of Errors (1983)
as Balthazar

Philadelphia, Here I Come (1975)
as Conan O'Byrne

The Legion Hall Bombing (1978)
as Judge

Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973)
as Murphy
The Statue and the Rose (1975)
as Archbishop

The Light Princess (1978)
as Oracle (voice)

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)
as Dean of Studies

Mystics (2003)
as Dave

Rough for Theatre I (2000)
as A

Gaybo Laughs Back (2008)
as Self
Young Man in Trouble (1970)
as Joe

Joyriders (1988)
as Daniel

Puckoon (2002)
as O'Toole

Moondance (1995)
Actor

The Quare Fellow (1962)
as Reception Clerk

Fugitive (1974)
as Mark

Anne Devlin (1984)
as Dr Trevor

Dublin Nightmare (1958)
as Customer
The Virgins (1974)
as Cloggy Moore





