David Kelly
About
Biography
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Producer (Feature Film)
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
Location Manager (Feature Film)
Cast (Special)
Cast (TV Mini-Series)
Life Events
1956
Made uncredited feature debut as a cop in "The Wrong Man"
1958
Appeared in the film "Dublin Nightmare"
1962
Appeared in the world premiere of Brendan Behan's play "The Quare Fellow"; also acted in the 1962 feature adaptation
1970
First U.S. film, "Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx"
1972
Starred in the BBC series "Tales from the Lazy Acre"
1973
Featured on the British TV series "Oh, Father!" (BBC)
1975
Most memorable television work includes the cult British TV comedy "Fawlty Towers" (BBC) with John Cleese
1977
Played one-armed dishwasher Albert Riddle on "Robin's Nest" (ITV), a spin-off of British sitcom "Man About the House"
1977
Appeared as the Dean of Studies in Joseph Strick's film adaptation of James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man"
1980
Co-starred on the British comedy series "Cowboys" (ITV)
1980
Acted in the Irish miniseries "Strumpet City" alongside Peter O'Toole and Peter Ustinov
1982
Had featured role in the London Weekend Television series sitcom "Whoops Apocalypse" (London Weekend Television)
1983
Acted role of Balthazar in the BBC production of Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors"
1984
Had featured role in Terence Young's "The Jigsaw Man"
1986
Co-starred with Walter Matthau in Roman Polanski's "Pirates"
1989
Starred as a weathered hill farmer in Aislung Walsh's directorial debut "Joyriders"
1991
Played recurring role of Paddy on the BBC comedy series "2point4 Children"
1992
Portrayed the grandfather in Mike Newell's underrated "Into the West"
1994
Offered a fine support turn opposite Albert Finney in Suri Krishnamma's "A Man of No Importance"
1995
Played a priest in Peter Yates' "The Run of the Country"
1997
Appeared in the romantic comedy "The Matchmaker," starring Janeane Garofalo
1998
Breakthrough screen role at age 69, as the high-strung cohort of Ian Bannen's schemer in "Waking Ned Devine"; nominated by both the Golden Satellite Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards for his outstanding performance
2000
Had featured role in the British comedy "Greenfingers," directed by Joel Hershman
2002
Co-stared with Milo O'Shea in David Blair's "Mystics"
2004
Acted opposite Pierce Brosnan and Julianne Moore in romantic comedy "Laws of Attraction"
2005
Cast as Grandpa Joe in Tim Burtons' remake of Roald Dahl's classic tale "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
2007
Made final film appearance in "Stardust" as a deceptively nimble, high-kicking wall guard
2010
Final television-acting appearance, the Lifetime crime mystery "The Front"
