Jack Kelly

Actor

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Birth Place

Astoria, New York, USA

Born

September 16, 1927

Died

November 07, 1992

Cause of Death

Stroke

Biography

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Veteran TV and film actor who began his career as a child performer. Kelly was best known as the co-star of the popular Western series "Maverick," which ran on ABC-TV from 1957-62. As Bart Maverick he played the brother of James Garner's Bret Maverick; both were dapper gamblers and card-sharks who wandered throughout the West and got involved in all kinds of tongue-in-cheek mischief. Kel...

Filmography

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Haiku Tunnel (2001)

1st Additional Assistant Director

Inherent Vice (2014)

I Could Read the Sky (1999)

The New Maverick (1978)

Young Billy Young (1969)

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Forbidden Planet (1956) -- (Movie Clip) This Planetary Force

Forbidden Planet (1956) -- (Movie Clip) The Conquest And Colonization

Biography

Veteran TV and film actor who began his career as a child performer. Kelly was best known as the co-star of the popular Western series "Maverick," which ran on ABC-TV from 1957-62. As Bart Maverick he played the brother of James Garner's Bret Maverick; both were dapper gamblers and card-sharks who wandered throughout the West and got involved in all kinds of tongue-in-cheek mischief. Kelly's official film debut was "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" (1939) starring Don Ameche, though he also appeared in the previous year's "Swing Your Lady," a minor Humphrey Bogart entry. Kelly's feature credits include Douglas Sirk's "No Room for the Groom" (1952), Bud Boetticher's "Red Ball Express" (1952) and the MGM science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" (1956).

Kelly's other TV roles include Andrew Duggan, Andy's pal on "The Saga of Andy Burnett" segments of "Walt Disney Presents" (1957-58), a four-year stint as a gameshow host on "Sale of the Century" (1969-73), and Captain Arthur P. Ryan, Teresa Graves' hard-nosed superior officer on "Get Christie Love!" (1975). Kelly was also a regular on the Hardy Boys segments of "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries" (1974-75), appeared in the pilot for "Vega$!" (1978), and played Lloyd Bridges in the ABC-TV biopic "Grace Kelly" (1983).

Filmography

Assistant Direction (Feature Film)

Haiku Tunnel (2001)

1st Additional Assistant Director

Cast (Feature Film)

Inherent Vice (2014)

I Could Read the Sky (1999)

The New Maverick (1978)

Young Billy Young (1969)

Love and Kisses (1965)

FBI Code 98 (1964)

Robert P. Cannon

A Fever in the Blood (1961)

Hong Kong Affair (1958)

She Devil (1957)

Taming Sutton's Gal (1957)

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Cult of the Cobra (1955)

Black Tuesday (1955)

The Night Holds Terror (1955)

The Bamboo Prison (1955)

The Violent Men (1955)

To Hell and Back (1955)

Double Jeopardy (1955)

Magnificent Obsession (1954)

Drive a Crooked Road (1954)

They Rode West (1954)

The Glass Web (1953)

Gunsmoke (1953)

The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)

The Stand at Apache River (1953)

Law and Order (1953)

Column South (1953)

Sally and Saint Anne (1952)

No Room for the Groom (1952)

Red Ball Express (1952)

[Pvt. John] Jeyman

Bronco Buster (1952)

Call Me Mister (1951)

New Mexico (1951)

People Will Talk (1951)

Submarine Command (1951)

The Wild Blue Yonder (1951)

The West Point Story (1950)

Officer in charge

Where Danger Lives (1950)

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Matt Clay, as a boy

Writer (Feature Film)

Fangs of Fate (1928)

Free Lips (1928)

Rip Roaring Logan (1928)

Souls Aflame (1928)

Throwing Lead (1928)

Ranger's Oath (1928)

The Bullet Mark (1928)

Editing (Feature Film)

The Bullet Mark (1928)

A Fool and His Money (1925)

Film Production - Construction/Set (Feature Film)

Jurassic Park III (2001)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Hitler's Madman (1943)

Casting (Feature Film)

Violated (1984)

Special Thanks (Feature Film)

Sudden Death (1995)

Special Thanks To

Cast (Special)

Palms Precinct (1982)

Albert Brunswick

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion (1979)

Producer (Special)

Mr. Shimkus Goes to Washington (1999)

Executive Producer

Walter Burley Griffin: In His Own Right (1998)

Executive Producer

CBS News Special: Lucy (1989)

Film Production - Main (Special)

Mr. Shimkus Goes to Washington (1999)

Death on the Job (1991)

Life Events

1939

Feature film debut in "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell"

1955

Starred in the TV version of "Kings Row", broadcast as continuing rotating segments of the "Warner Brothers Presents" series

1978

Recreated the role of Bart Maverick for an ABC TV-movie pilot "The New Maverick"

1991

Final TV appearance; played Bart Maverick in a NBC-TV movie sequel "Luck of the Draw: The Gambler Returns" starring Kenny Rogers

1991

Recreated the role of Bart Maverick for NBC-TV's revival "Bret Maverick"

1992

Lost the "Huntington Beach News" when it folded

1992

Underwent by-pass surgery after a heart attack

Videos

Forbidden Planet (1956) -- (Movie Clip) This Planetary Force Aging linguist Morbius (Walter Pidgeon) is explaining the death of his wife and everyone else from his original mission to Commander Adams (Leslie Neilsen) and colleagues (Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly) when his knockout daughter Alta (Anne Francis) appears, in Forbidden Planet, 1956.

Forbidden Planet (1956) -- (Movie Clip) The Conquest And Colonization The animation, score and narration suggesting a landmark in Hollywood science fiction narrative and production values, the opening of Forbidden Planet, 1956, from MGM, with support from Disney animators, starring Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Robby the Robot.

Forbidden Planet (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Welcome To Altair Four Space Cruiser C57D lands on Altair Four, Commander Adams (Leslie Nielsen), Doc (Warren Stevens) and Farman (Jack Kelly) among crew observing when Robby The Robot (voice by Marvin Miller) zips by offering a ride to meet survivors of the last human visit, in Forbidden Planet, 1956.

Night Holds Terror, The -- (Movie Clip) Could Happen To You Writer, producer and director Andrew L. Stone gets straight to business with this narrated opening, victim Jack Kelly taking over from the announcer, then hijacked by thug Vince Edwards, in The Night Holds Terror, 1955.

Night Holds Terror, The -- (Movie Clip) I'll Cut The Wires Car-jacked Gene (Jack Kelly) arrives home to wife Doris (Hildy Parks) and kids, bandits Luther (David Cross), Victor (Vince Edwards) and mastermind Basford (John Cassavetes) asserting themselves, in Andrew L. Stone's The Night Holds Terror, 1955.

Bamboo Prison, The -- (Movie Clip) Welcome, Comrades! Following the credits, Brady (Brian Keith), Doc (Earle Hyman) and other new prisoners meet inmates Pike (Leo Gordon), Pop (King Donovan) et al at their Korean prison camp, in director Lewis Seiler's The Bamboo Prison, 1955.

Drive A Crooked Road - (Original Trailer) A mechanic (Mickey Rooney) gets caught up with the mob when he falls for a gangster's girlfriend in Drive A Crooked Road (1954).

Bamboo Prison, The - (Original Trailer) An undercover agent investigates atrocities at a Korean P.O.W. camp in The Bamboo Prison (1955).

Forbidden Planet - (Original Trailer) A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of an earth colony on a remote planet in Forbidden Planet (1956), the sci-fi thriller that introduced Robby the Robot.

Magnificent Obsession (1954) - (Original Trailer) Director Douglas Sirk created the look of America in the 1950's in his romantic melodrama Magnificent Obsession (1954).

People Will Talk - (Original Trailer) A controversial doctor (Cary Grant) gets mixed up with an unwed mother in People Will Talk (1951).

Where Danger Lives - (Original Trailer) A psychopath draws her doctor into her murderous schemes in Where Danger Lives (1950), a film noir directed by John Farrow and starring Robert Mitchum and Faith Domergue.

Family

Nan Kelly Yorke

Mother

Actor. Born 1895, died 1978.

Nancy Kelly

Sister

Actor. Born 1921; best known for the 1955 stage and 1956 screen versions of "The Bad Seed".

Bibliography

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