David Kelly
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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
Mean Machine (2001)
as Doc
Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000)
as Fr. Grogan
Pirates (1986)
as Surgeon
Laws of Attraction (2004)
as Priest / Michael
Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)
as Trival
The Wrong Man (1956)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Waking Ned (1998)
as Michael O'Sullivan
The Kovak Box (2006)
as Frank Kovak
Greenfingers (2001)
as Fergus Wilks
Into the West (1992)
as Grandfather
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
as Tavernkeeper
The Calcium Kid (2004)
as Paddy O'Flannagan
The Jigsaw Man (1983)
as Cameron
The Matchmaker (1997)
as O'Connor
The McKenzie Break (1970)
as Adjutant
The Next Man (1976)
as Chauffeur in Ireland
Girl with Green Eyes (1964)
as Ticket collector
Billy Budd (1966)
Actor
Red Monarch (1983)
as Sergo
A Man of No Importance (1994)
as Christy Ward
Thou Shalt Not Kill... Except (1985)
as (uncredited)
Fawlty Towers: Re-Opened (2009)
as Self / Mr O'Reilly
Ulysses (1967)
as Garrett Deasy
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970)
as Maguire
The Purple Taxi (1977)
as Little Person
Mystics (2003)
as Dave
The Run of the Country (1995)
as Father Gaynor
Gaybo Laughs Back (2008)
as Self
Puckoon (2002)
as O'Toole
The Statue and the Rose (1975)
as Archbishop
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977)
as Dean of Studies
Moondance (1995)
Actor
The Comedy of Errors (1983)
as Balthazar
Anne Devlin (1984)
as Dr Trevor
The Light Princess (1978)
as Oracle (voice)
The Last (2002)
as Walter
The Quare Fellow (1962)
as Reception Clerk
Dublin Nightmare (1958)
as Customer
Joyriders (1988)
as Daniel
Fugitive (1974)
as Mark
Philadelphia, Here I Come (1975)
as Conan O'Byrne
Rough for Theatre I (2000)
as A
The Legion Hall Bombing (1978)
as Judge
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973)
as Murphy
The Virgins (1974)
as Cloggy Moore
Young Man in Trouble (1970)
as Joe