david kelly

David Kelly was born into a Catholic family in Dublin, Ireland, on July 11, 1929, and from a young age he headed into the world of acting, since at the age of eight he made his debut on the stage of the Gaiety Theater. All his life he was a regular presence in theater, television and cinema, although almost always with secondary roles. Delighted to act on stage, he recognized his debt to the Hotel Fawlty television series, to be opposite John Cleese causing laughter made him more popular than the half century of theatrical career that he had behind him.

Married to fellow actress Laurie Morton since 1961 -he coincided with her in 1980 in the television series Strumpet City- , he gave her two children and survives him. Kelly was in very nice movies likeEscape to the South (1992) anda man of no importance (1994).

1998 was a fundamental year for Kelly, because together with Ian Bannen he became tremendously known thanks towaking up ned , a kind comedy in which two old men try to recover a winning lottery ticket with which a deceased person has been buried. The actor joked with one of the most emblematic images of the film, in which he is seen driving a motorcycle naked, saying that until then they had not discovered his sexy body.

This unexpected leading role was not repeated, Kelly continued to add secondary roles, in estimable films such asCriminal and decent (2000), Flower Power (Like a watering can) (2002),Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005, here directed by Tim Burton ) andThe Kovak Box (2006). The venerable old man appearance of him seemed suitable for tales as he would be the guardian to a magical world inStardust (2007). The last filmed work of hers was for television in 2010, the tv movie The Front .