Cecil Kellaway (August 22, 1893 – February 28, 1973), born in Cape Town, South Africa, was an Academy Award-nominated 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). From then on Kellaway was always in demand when the part called for a twinkling, silver-haired leprechaun.
Kellaway died in 1973, in Hollywood, California at the age of 79, and was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. He received two Best Supporting Actor nominations, for The Luck of the Irish and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Edmund Gwenn and Arthur Chesney, brothers whose real name was Kellaway, were his cousins.
Selected filmography
Wuthering Heights (1939) – as Earnshaw
Intermezzo (1939) – as Charles Moler
We Are Not Alone (1939)
The Invisible Man Returns (1940) – as Inspector Sampson
The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
Brother Orchid (1940)
The Mummy's Hand (1940)
The Letter (1940)
A Very Young Lady (1941)
I Married a Witch (1942)
It Ain't Hay (1943)
Mrs. Parkington (1944)
Practically Yours (1944)
Love Letters (1945)
Kitty (1945) as Thomas Gainsborough
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) – as Nick Smith
Unconquered (1947)
The Luck of the Irish (1948) – as Horace
Joan of Arc (1948)
Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Harvey (1950) – as Dr. Chumley
Kim (1950)
Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
Young Bess (1953)
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) – as Dr. Thurgood Elson
Interrupted Melody (1955)
The Prodigal (1955)
Female on the Beach (1955) – as Osbert Sorenson
The Shaggy Dog (1959)
Zotz! (1962)
The Cardinal (1963)
Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) – as Monsignor Ryan
Fitzwilly (1967)
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NAME
Kellaway, Cecil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION
Actor
DATE OF BIRTH
August 22, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH
Cape Town, South Africa
DATE OF DEATH
February 28, 1973, age 79
PLACE OF DEATH
Hollywood, California, USA
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