Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway (* August 22, 1890 or 1893 in Cape Town, South Africa, † February 28, 1973 in Los Angeles, California ) was a British film and stage actor and screenwriter.

Life and career

About the year of birth Cecil Kellaways there are different information, call the both the 1890 and also 1893. He was born the son of British parents in the UK. Several of his relatives also worked as an actor, the Oscar winner Edmund Gwenn and the British actor Arthur Chesney Kellaways cousins ​​. Before Kellaway became known also in the United States, he had already itself in Australia - made ​​a name for as a film - and theater actor - where he grew up; also he was responsible for his second film, It Is not Done from 1937, as a screenwriter.

After he came to the U.S. in 1938, Kellaway began a film career, which took him to some 140 feature films and television series in front of the camera. Frequently Kellaway was occupied in the role of friendly British gentleman. He recorded his first success in 1948 when he directed the feature film The Luck of the Irish, and in 1949 received his first of two Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of a Leprechauns. Acquaintance was only the second film, was nominated for the Kellaway in 1968 -. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner in 1967 Kellaways only work for the Broadway took place in 1960, when he for the musical Greenwillow March to May in the Alvin Theatre stood on the stage.

Cecil Kellaway was married and the father of two sons. He died in 1973 from arteriosclerosis.

Filmography (selection)

Awards

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