Cecil Kellaway

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1890-08-22 (83 years old)

Deathday

1973-02-28

Place of Birth

Cape Town, South Africa

Cecil Kellaway

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Cecil Lauriston Kellaway (22 August 1890 – 28 February 1973) was a South African-born character actor. Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor, author, and director in the Australian film industry until he tried his luck in Hollywood in the 1930s. Finding he could get only gangster bit parts, he got discouraged and returned to Australia. Then William Wyler called and offered him a part in Wuthering Heights (1939). Kellaway died 28 February 1973 in Hollywood, California, and his ashes were entombed in the Sanctuary of Remembrance, at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. He received two Best Sup...

Acting

1963

The Cardinal

as Monsignor Monaghan

1939

1967

1940

The Mummy's Hand

as The Great Solvani

1939

Intermezzo: A Love Story

as Charles Moler

1948

1942

1940

Brother Orchid

as Brother Goodwin

1940

1940

The Invisible Man Returns

as Inspector Sampson

1970

Getting Straight

as Dr. Kasper

1955

Interrupted Melody

as Bill Lawrence

1948

Joan of Arc

as Jean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen

1950

1946

Easy to Wed

as J.B. Allenbury

1942

The Mummy's Tomb

as Solvani (archive footage / uncredited)

1961

Tammy Tell Me True

as Captain Joe

1955

Female on the Beach

as Osbert Sorenson

1940

The Letter

as Prescott

1944

Mrs. Parkington

as Edward VII, Prince of Wales

1951

Francis Goes to the Races

as Colonel Travers

1943

It Ain't Hay

as King O'Hara

1947

Unconquered

as Jeremy Love

1941

1941

The Night of January 16th

as Oscar, the Drunk

1941

Bahama Passage

as Captain Jack Risingwell

1941

New York Town

as Shipboard Host

1942

The Lady Has Plans

as Peter Miles

1958

The Proud Rebel

as Dr. Enos Davis

1961

Francis of Assisi

as Cardinal Hugolino

1942

Take a Letter, Darling

as Uncle George

1940

Lady with Red Hair

as Mr. Chapman

1945

Kitty

as Thomas Gainsborough

1942

Star Spangled Rhythm

as Cecil Kellaway (uncredited)

1945

1950

Katie Did It

as Nathaniel B. Wakely VI

1948

The Luck of the Irish

as Horace (A Leprechaun)

1940

Mexican Spitfire

as Mr. Chumley

1959

Destination Space

as Dr. A.A. Andrews

1942

1946

1951

Half Angel

as Tim McCarey

1947

Variety Girl

as Cecil Kellaway

1944

1944

And Now Tomorrow

as Doctor Weeks

1940

1948

The Decision of Christopher Blake

as Judge Alexander Adamson

1937

Wise Girl

as Fletcher's Butler (unconfirmed)

1949

1938

Blond Cheat

as Rufus Trent

1938

Maid's Night Out

as Geoffrey

1943

The Crystal Ball

as Pop Tibbets

1951

The Highwayman

as Lord Herbert

1942

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

as Alfred Fortescue

1944

Practically Yours

as Marvin P. Meglin

1952

Thunder in the East

as Dr. Willoughby

1938

This Marriage Business

as Police Chief Hardy

1952

My Wife's Best Friend

as Dr. Reverend Thomas Chamberlain

1938

Tarnished Angel

as Reginald Roland

1957

Johnny Trouble

as Tom McKay

1953

Paris Model

as Patrick J. Sullivan

1937

It Isn't Done

as Hubert Blaydon

1939

Man About Town

as Headwaiter (uncredited)

1956

Toy Tiger

as James Fusenot

1938

Law of the Underworld

as Phillips - Gene's Butler

1941

1940

1938

1938

Double Danger

as Fentriss, aka Gilhooley

1938

Night Spot

as Willard Lorryweather

1946

Monsieur Beaucaire

as Count D'Armand

1947

Always Together

as Jonathan Turner

1950

Harvey

as Dr. Chumley

1964

The Confession

as The Bishop

1967

Fitzwilly

as Buckmaster

1938

1940

South of Suez

as Henry Putnam

1959

The Shaggy Dog

as Professor Plumcutt

1941

Small Town Deb

as Henry Randall

1939

Mr. Chedworth Steps Out

as George Chedworth

1939

Gunga Din

as Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)

1939

The Sun Never Sets

as Colonial Official

1939

1933

The Hayseeds

as Dad Hayseed

1939

The Under-Pup

as Mr. Wendelhares

1962

Zotz!

as Dean Joshua Updike

1950

Kim

as Hurree Chunder

1953

Young Bess

as Mr. Parry

1940

Phantom Raiders

as Franklin Morris

1953

Cruisin' Down the River

as Thadeus Jackson

1941

Burma Convoy

as Angus McBragel

1943

The Good Fellows

as Jim Hilton

1966

Spinout

as Bernard Ranley

1940

1943

Forever and a Day

as Dinner Guest

1950

Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill

as Jonathan Huntoon Smith

1955

The Prodigal

as Governor

1941

West Point Widow

as Dr. Spencer

1970

1941

A Very Young Lady

as Professor Starkweather

1967

Kismet

as Omar Khayam

1952

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