David Kelly (actor)

Kelly was born 11 July 1929 in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, and educated at Dublin's Synge Street CBS Christian Brothers school. He began acting at age eight at the city's Gaiety Theatre, and went on to train at the Abbey School of Acting. By then, Kelly had made his screen debut in a small part in director John Pomeroy's 1958 film noir Dublin Nightmare. In Ireland, Kelly may be most famous for his portrayal of the character "Rashers" Tierney in the 1980 RTÉ miniseries Strumpet City, ==Later life and death==

Kelly was married to actress Laurie Morton, who survived him, along with children David and Miriam. He died after a short illness on 12 February 2012 at age 82. The Irish Times referred to Kelly as the "grand old man of Irish acting". A Catholic funeral mass took place on 16 February at the Church of the Miraculous Medal in his hometown of Dublin. Kelly was cremated at Mount Jerome Cemetery and Crematorium. ==Awards and honours==

Kelly won a 1991 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Supporting Performer, Non-Resident Production, for a Kennedy Center revival of The Playboy of the Western World. He also earned a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for the 1998 film Waking Ned. In 2005, Kelly won the Irish Film & Television Academy's Lifetime Achievement Award, in addition to earning a nomination for Best Supporting Actor for the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. ==Filmography and television==

• The Wrong Man (1956) – Policeman (uncredited) • Dublin Nightmare (1958) – 1st Customer • The Quare Fellow (1962) – Reception Clerk • Girl with Green Eyes (1964) – ticket collector • Young Cassidy (1965) – O'Brien • Ulysses (1967) – Garrett Deasy • Me Mammy (1968–71) – Cousin Enda • The Italian Job (1969) – Vicar (funeral scene) • Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx (1970) – Tom Maguire • The McKenzie Break (1970) – Adjutant (uncredited) • Tales From the Lazy Acre (1972) – Dead Man • Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1973) – Murphy • Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow (1973) – Hugo Mooney • Fawlty Towers (1975) – O'Reilly (episode "The Builders") • Philadelphia, Here I Come! (1975) – Canon O'Byrne • The Next Man (1976) – Chauffeur in Ireland • The Purple Taxi (1977) – Little Person • A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1977) – Dean of Studies • Citizen Smith (1978) – Paddy • ''Robin's Nest'' (1977–1981) – Albert Riddle • Cowboys (1980–1981) – Wobbly Ron • Strumpet City (1980) – Rashers Tierney • Whoops Apocalypse (1982) – Abdab • The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) – Tavernkeeper • The Jigsaw Man (1983) – Cameron • Red Monarch (1983) – Sergo • Glenroe (1983) – Sylvie Dolan • Anne Devlin (1984) – Dr. Trevor • ''Stryker's War'' (1985) • ''Slinger's Day'' (1986) – Fred • Pirates (1986) – Ship's Surgeon • Joyriders (1988) – Daniel • Into the West (1992) – Grandfather Reilly • Tales of the Tooth Fairies (1992) – Arthur (voice) • A Man of No Importance (1994) – Christy Ward • Moondance (1994) – Mr Dunwoody • The Run of the Country (1995) – Father Gaynor • Upwardly Mobile (1995–1997) – Barman • The Matchmaker (1997) – O'Connor • Heartbeat (1997) – Pa Deighton • Waking Ned (1998) – Michael O'Sullivan • Ballykissangel (1998) – Mr O'Reilly • Ordinary Decent Criminal (2000) – Fr Grogan • Greenfingers (2000) – Fergus Wilks • Rough for Theatre I (2000) – A • Mean Machine (2001) – Doc • Puckoon (2002) – O'Toole • Mystics (2003) – Dave • Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004) – Trival • Laws of Attraction (2004) – Priest / Michael • The Calcium Kid (2004) – Paddy O'Flannagan • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) – Grandpa Joe • The Kovak Box (2006) – Frank Kovak • Conversations with God (2006) – Job Interviewer • ''Who's Your Caddy?'' (2007) – Robert "Bobby" Hawkins • Stardust (2007) – Guard at The Wall ==References==