Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway (born August 22, 1890 in Cape Town , South Africa , † February 28, 1973 in Los Angeles , California ) was a British film and theater actor and screenwriter .
life and career
Cecil Kellaway was born to the British couple John Kellaway and Rebecca Annie in what is now South Africa. His exact year of birth is disputed, although many sources give the year 1893, but 1890 is considered more likely. Several of his relatives also worked as actors, including Oscar winner Edmund Gwenn and British actor Arthur Chesney Kellaway's cousins . Kellaway grew up in South Africa and England and discovered his interest in acting early on, much to the annoyance of his parents. He began his acting career in a theater company and moved to Australia in 1921 . There he became a popular character actor in the theater. His second film, It Isn't Done (1937), for which he also wrote the original story, caught the attention of RKO Pictures , which Kellaway signed.
After a few minor films, Kellaway first gained attention in 1939 with the role of Mr. Earnshaw in William Wyler's literary adaptation, Storm Heights . Kellaway was often cast in the role of the somewhat funny but friendly British gentleman. In 1946 he was cast as the naive husband of Lana Turner in the film noir In the Net of Passions , who fell victim to his malicious wife in the course of the film. Kellaway received his first of two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor in 1949 for the film The Luck of the Irish , in which he played a cheerful Irish leprechaun alongside Tyrone Power . A year later he played the role of the respected sanatorium director from Henry Koster's comedy My Friend Harvey , who is beginning to believe in a two-meter-tall rabbit named Harvey.
In the 1950s, Kellaway was mainly seen in guest roles on US television. Kellaway's only work for Broadway was in 1960 when he appeared on stage for the musical Greenwillow at the Alvin Theater between March and May . In 1964 he played a good-natured ex-reporter in the crime film Lullaby for a Corpse alongside Bette Davis and Olivia de Havilland , which uncovered mysterious and obscure crimes. He got his second Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his appearance as a pastor in Rat mal, who comes to dinner in 1967. With an appearance in the television film Call Holme , he retired from the acting business in 1972.
Cecil Kellaway was married and had two sons. He died of arteriosclerosis in 1973 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1918: Bond and Word
- 1937: It Isn't Done
- 1939: Uprising in Sidi Hakim (Gunga Din)
- 1939: Sturmhöhe (Wuthering Heights)
- 1939: Intermezzo (Intermezzo, a Love Story)
- 1939: We Are Not Alone
- 1940: The House of the Seven Gables
- 1940: Orchid, the gangster brother (Brother Orchid)
- 1940: The Invisible Man Returns (The Invisible Man Returns)
- 1940: The Secret of Malampur (The Letter)
- 1941: consultation for Love (Appointment for Love)
- 1941: Birth of the Blues
- 1942: My Wife, the Witch (I Married a Witch)
- 1942: Liebling, for dictation (Take a Letter, Darling)
- 1943: For ever and a day (Forever and a Day)
- 1944: The Pirate and the Lady (Frenchman's Creek)
- 1944: Diary of a woman (Mrs. Parkington)
- 1944: And Now Tomorrow is ours
- 1945: Liebesbriefe (Loveletters)
- 1945: A Lady with a Past (Kitty)
- 1946: The Postman Always Rings Twice (The Postman Always Rings Twice)
- 1946: A Trap for the Bride (Easy to Wed)
- 1947: The Unconquered
- 1948: Johanna von Orleans (Joan of Arc)
- 1948: Jenny (Portrait of Jennie)
- 1948: The Luck of the Irish
- 1949: Sailorless (Down to the Sea in Ships)
- 1950: the predator is on the loose! (The Reformer and the Redhead)
- 1950: My friend Harvey (Harvey)
- 1950: Kim - Secret Service in India (Rudyard Kipling's Kim)
- 1951: The Masked Cavalier (The Highwayman)
- 1953: The Heir apparent (Young Bess)
- 1953: Panic in New York (The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms)
- 1955: Broken melody (Interrupted Melody)
- 1955: The house on the beach (Female on the Beach)
- 1958: The proud rebel (The Proud Rebel)
- 1959: The Shaggy Dog (The Shaggy Dog)
- 1961: Francis of Assisi (Francis of Assisi)
- 1963: The Cardinal (The Cardinal)
- 1964: Marry me, crook! (The Confession)
- 1964: Lullaby for a Corpse (Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte)
- 1966: Never Say Yes (Spinout)
- 1967: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (Guess Who's Comming to Dinner)
- 1967: The Lady and Her Crooks (Fitzwilly)
- 1970: Getting Straight
- 1972: Call Holme (TV movie)
Awards
- 1948: Oscar nomination, Best Supporting Actor for: The Luck of the Irish
- 1968: Academy Award nomination, Best Supporting Actor for: Guess Who's to eat comes (Guess Who's Comming to Dinner)
Web links
- Cecil Kellaway in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Cecil Kellaway in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Cecil Kellaway in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kellaway, Cecil |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Australian-British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1890 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Cape Town , South Africa |
DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 1973 |
Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |