Lew Kelly
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Lew Kelly was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Kelly's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Heaven on Earth" (1931), the action film "Air Mail" (1932) with Pat O'Brien and "The Miracle Man" (1932) with Sylvia Sidney. He also appeared in the Tom Brown drama "Tom Brown of Culver" (1932), "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" (1932) with Paul M...
Biography
Lew Kelly was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Kelly's early acting career consisted of roles in various films, such as "Heaven on Earth" (1931), the action film "Air Mail" (1932) with Pat O'Brien and "The Miracle Man" (1932) with Sylvia Sidney. He also appeared in the Tom Brown drama "Tom Brown of Culver" (1932), "I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang" (1932) with Paul Muni and "Lady and Gent" (1932). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like "The Old-Fashioned Way" (1934), the Edward Arnold drama "Diamond Jim" (1935) and "Death From a Distance" (1935). He also appeared in the comedy "Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1935) with W C Fields. Nearing the end of his career, he continued to act in the western "Western Gold" (1937) with Smith Ballew, "All Over Town" (1937) and "Flirting With Fate" (1938). He also appeared in "Lawless Valley" (1938) and the Ralph Byrd western "Born to Be Wild" (1938). Kelly last acted in the Barbara Stanwyck crime picture "Lady of Burlesque" (1943). Kelly passed away in June 1944 at the age of 65.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
The Adventures of Mark Twain
(1944)
Pilot
Barbary Coast Gent
(1944)
Passenger
The Merry Monahans
(1944)
Beautiful But Broke
(1944)
Vendor
Week-End Pass
(1944)
Farmer
Swingtime Johnny
(1944)
Janitor
Keep 'Em Slugging
(1943)
Jailer
Taxi, Mister
(1943)
Lew Kelly
The Mad Ghoul
(1943)
Stagehand
Crazy House
(1943)
Policeman
The Falcon in Danger
(1943)
Guard
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943)
Tony Gonzales
Lady of Burlesque
(1943)
The Hermit
So's Your Uncle
(1943)
Doorman
In Old California
(1942)
Behind the Eight Ball
(1942)
Hank
Bowery at Midnight
(1942)
Doc Brooks
Jesse James, Jr.
(1942)
Driver
Sleepytime Gal
(1942)
Janitor
Top Sergeant
(1942)
Jerry McDougall
Shut My Big Mouth
(1942)
Westerner
The Mummy's Tomb
(1942)
Bartender
The Falcon Takes Over
(1942)
Coroner
The Magnificent Ambersons
(1942)
Citizen
Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day
(1941)
Driver
Men of Boys Town
(1941)
Gas station manager
Honky Tonk
(1941)
Miner
Sunny
(1941)
Stage door keeper
It Started with Eve
(1941)
Old Man Mose
Footlight Fever
(1941)
Jarvis
Road Agent
(1941)
Luke
Cyclone on Horseback
(1941)
Madison
The Great Train Robbery
(1941)
Dad Halliday
Last of the Duanes
(1941)
Old timer
The Gay Falcon
(1941)
Jailor
Unexpected Uncle
(1941)
Band member
Lucky Devils
(1941)
Process server
Little Men
(1941)
Postman
Young People
(1940)
Farmer
Anne of Windy Poplars
(1940)
Mr. Slocum
The Westerner
(1940)
Ticket man
Alias the Deacon
(1940)
Bus station manager
Lucky Cisco Kid
(1940)
Stage dispatcher
Shooting High
(1940)
John
20 Mule Team
(1940)
Trail of the Vigilantes
(1940)
Thunder Afloat
(1939)
Gob
Ambush
(1939)
Farmer
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
(1939)
Pilot
Saga of Death Valley
(1939)
Meredith
Three Texas Steers
(1939)
Postman
The Arizona Wildcat
(1939)
Miner
Blondie Meets the Boss
(1939)
Milkman
Painted Desert
(1938)
Pete
The Man from Music Mountain
(1938)
Bowdie Bill
Lawless Valley
(1938)
Fresno
Tough Kid
(1938)
Regan
Flirting with Fate
(1938)
Herbie
Born to Be Wild
(1938)
Reilly
Secrets of a Nurse
(1938)
Telephone man
The Overland Express
(1938)
Fred Greeley
True Confession
(1937)
Court captain
High, Wide and Handsome
(1937)
Carpenter--foreman
Mountain Music
(1937)
Mailman
Make a Wish
(1937)
Mailman
All over Town
(1937)
Martin
Small Town Boy
(1937)
The judge
Western Gold
(1937)
Ezra
Forlorn River
(1937)
Sheriff Jim Henry Warner
Paradise Express
(1937)
Tom Wilson
Some Blondes Are Dangerous
(1937)
Jeff
It Happened Out West
(1937)
Gus
Westbound Limited
(1937)
Chief dispatcher
Breezing Home
(1937)
Head politician stooge
Wild Money
(1937)
Deaf old man
Wanted! Jane Turner
(1936)
Ellis Island
(1936)
Lady Luck
(1936)
Three of a Kind
(1936)
Sergeant Cogarty
Winds of the Wasteland
(1936)
Rocky
Devil's Squadron
(1936)
Night watchman
Rainbow on the River
(1936)
Cabman
The Man I Marry
(1936)
Counterman
Timothy's Quest
(1936)
Sheriff
The Voice of Bugle Ann
(1936)
Sheriff
Pennies From Heaven
(1936)
Sheriff
The Crime of Dr. Forbes
(1936)
Joe
Rose of the Rancho
(1936)
Coach driver
Crash Donovan
(1936)
Janitor
Laughing at Trouble
(1936)
Editor Johnson
Wild Brian Kent
(1936)
Bill Harris
Mississippi
(1935)
Annapolis Farewell
(1935)
Officer on Congress
The Affair of Susan
(1935)
Concessionaire
Goin' to Town
(1935)
Colton gardener
Fighting Youth
(1935)
Policeman
The Gay Deception
(1935)
Hotel carpenter
Vagabond Lady
(1935)
Old cronie
The Lady in Scarlet
(1935)
The Nitwits
(1935)
J. Gabriel Hazel
The Man on the Flying Trapeze
(1935)
Adolph Berg
Death from a Distance
(1935)
Detective Regan
Circumstantial Evidence
(1935)
Taylor
Two Fisted
(1935)
Attendant
Spring Tonic
(1935)
Bum
Public Opinion
(1935)
The postman
Society Fever
(1935)
Hanley
Ship Cafe
(1935)
Lunch wagon man
Diamond Jim
(1935)
Bartender
The Lone Wolf Returns
(1935)
Customs officer
The Wanderer of the Wasteland
(1935)
Guide
The County Chairman
(1935)
Station agent
Fifteen Wives
(1934)
Connelly
One in a Million
(1934)
Port of Lost Dreams
(1934)
[First hospital] detective
Sing Sing Nights
(1934)
Helldorado
(1934)
Printer
Take the Stand
(1934)
The Key
(1934)
Angular man
Six of a Kind
(1934)
Joe
The Human Side
(1934)
Junk man
The Old Fashioned Way
(1934)
Sheriff Jones
Strange People
(1933)
The insurance agent
State Trooper
(1933)
Graber
What's Your Racket
(1933)
Cameron
Laughter in Hell
(1933)
Mileaway
Man of the Forest
(1933)
Matt Hawkins
Tillie and Gus
(1933)
Girl Without a Room
(1933)
Joe
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
(1932)
Mike
Scandal for Sale
(1932)
City editor
Virtue
(1932)
Magistrate
Lady and Gent
(1932)
Coroner
Tom Brown of Culver
(1932)
Harry
Heaven on Earth
(1931)
Andy
The Devil Plays
(1931)
The Woman Racket
(1930)
Tish
Barnum Was Right
(1929)
Harrison
Cast (Short)
Main Street Today
(1944)
Something Simple
(1934)
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