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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 Supporting Actor nominations, for The Luck of the Irish and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
Academy Award winning actor Edmund Gwenn, whose real surname was Kellaway also, was his cousin.
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Known For
Harvey
(1950)
Dr. Chumley
Wuthering Heights
(1939)
Earnshaw
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
(1953)
Prof. Elson
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1967)
Monsignor Ryan
Joan of Arc
(1948)
Jean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1964)
Harry Willis
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1946)
Nick Smith
Gunga Din
(1939)
Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)
The Letter
(1940)
Prescott
I Married a Witch
(1942)
Daniel
The Cardinal
(1963)
Monsignor Monaghan
Portrait of Jennie
(1948)
Matthews
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
(1967)
Mr. Pemberton
Unconquered
(1947)
Jeremy Love
The Invisible Man Returns
(1940)
Inspector Sampson
The Shaggy Dog
(1959)
Professor Plumcutt
Full Filmography
Acting
Bond and Word
(1918)
The Hayseeds
(1933)
Dad Hayseed
Wise Girl
(1937)
Fletcher's Butler (unconfirmed)
It Isn't Done
(1937)
Hubert Blaydon
Blond Cheat
(1938)
Rufus Trent
Maid's Night Out
(1938)
Geoffrey
This Marriage Business
(1938)
Police Chief Hardy
Tarnished Angel
(1938)
Reginald Roland
Law of the Underworld
(1938)
Phillips - Gene's Butler
Everybody's Doing It
(1938)
Mr. Beyers
Double Danger
(1938)
Fentriss, aka Gilhooley
Night Spot
(1938)
Willard Lorryweather
Smashing the Rackets
(1938)
Barrett
Wuthering Heights
(1939)
Earnshaw
Intermezzo: A Love Story
(1939)
Charles Moler
Man About Town
(1939)
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
(1939)
George Chedworth
Gunga Din
(1939)
Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)
The Sun Never Sets
(1939)
Colonial Official
We Are Not Alone
(1939)
Judge
The Under-Pup
(1939)
Mr. Wendelhares
The Mummy's Hand
(1940)
The Great Solvani
Brother Orchid
(1940)
Brother Goodwin
The House of the Seven Gables
(1940)
Philip Barton
The Invisible Man Returns
(1940)
Inspector Sampson
The Letter
(1940)
Prescott
Lady with Red Hair
(1940)
Mr. Chapman
Mexican Spitfire
(1940)
Mr. Chumley
Adventure in Diamonds
(1940)
Emerson
Mexican Spitfire Out West
(1940)
Mr. Chumley
South of Suez
(1940)
Henry Putnam
Phantom Raiders
(1940)
Franklin Morris
Diamond Frontier
(1940)
Noah
New York Town
(1941)
Shipboard Host
Birth of the Blues
(1941)
Granet
The Night of January 16th
(1941)
Oscar, the Drunk
Bahama Passage
(1941)
Captain Jack Risingwell
Appointment for Love
(1941)
O'Leary
Small Town Deb
(1941)
Henry Randall
Burma Convoy
(1941)
Angus McBragel
West Point Widow
(1941)
Dr. Spencer
A Very Young Lady
(1941)
Professor Starkweather
I Married a Witch
(1942)
Daniel
The Lady Has Plans
(1942)
Peter Miles
Take a Letter, Darling
(1942)
Uncle George
Star Spangled Rhythm
(1942)
Cecil Kellaway (uncredited)
Night in New Orleans
(1942)
Dan Odell
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
(1942)
Alfred Fortescue
The Mummy's Tomb
(1942)
Solvani (archive footage / uncredited)
It Ain't Hay
(1943)
King O'Hara
The Crystal Ball
(1943)
Pop Tibbets
The Good Fellows
(1943)
Jim Hilton
Forever and a Day
(1943)
Dinner Guest
Mrs. Parkington
(1944)
Edward VII, Prince of Wales
And Now Tomorrow
(1944)
Doctor Weeks
Frenchman's Creek
(1944)
William
Practically Yours
(1944)
Marvin P. Meglin
Kitty
(1945)
Thomas Gainsborough
Love Letters
(1945)
Mac
The Postman Always Rings Twice
(1946)
Nick Smith
Easy to Wed
(1946)
J.B. Allenbury
The Cockeyed Miracle
(1946)
Tom Carter
Monsieur Beaucaire
(1946)
Count D'Armand
Unconquered
(1947)
Jeremy Love
Variety Girl
(1947)
Cecil Kellaway
Always Together
(1947)
Jonathan Turner
Portrait of Jennie
(1948)
Matthews
Joan of Arc
(1948)
Jean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen
The Luck of the Irish
(1948)
Horace (A Leprechaun)
The Decision of Christopher Blake
(1948)
Judge Alexander Adamson
Down to the Sea in Ships
(1949)
Slush Tubbs
The Reformer and the Redhead
(1950)
Kevin Maguire
Katie Did It
(1950)
Nathaniel B. Wakely VI
Kim
(1950)
Hurree Chunder
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
(1950)
Jonathan Huntoon Smith
Harvey
(1950)
Dr. Chumley
Francis Goes to the Races
(1951)
Colonel Travers
Half Angel
(1951)
Tim McCarey
The Highwayman
(1951)
Lord Herbert
Thunder in the East
(1952)
Dr. Willoughby
My Wife's Best Friend
(1952)
Dr. Reverend Thomas Chamberlain
Just Across the Street
(1952)
Pop Smith
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
(1953)
Prof. Elson
Paris Model
(1953)
Patrick J. Sullivan
Young Bess
(1953)
Mr. Parry
Cruisin' Down the River
(1953)
Thadeus Jackson
Interrupted Melody
(1955)
Bill Lawrence
Female on the Beach
(1955)
Osbert Sorenson
The Prodigal
(1955)
Governor
Toy Tiger
(1956)
James Fusenot
Johnny Trouble
(1957)
Tom McKay
The Proud Rebel
(1958)
Dr. Enos Davis
Destination Space
(1959)
Dr. A.A. Andrews
The Shaggy Dog
(1959)
Professor Plumcutt
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
(1960)
Doc Bayles
Tammy Tell Me True
(1961)
Captain Joe
Francis of Assisi
(1961)
Cardinal Hugolino
Zotz!
(1962)
Dean Joshua Updike
The Cardinal
(1963)
Monsignor Monaghan
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
(1964)
Harry Willis
The Confession
(1964)
The Bishop
Spinout
(1966)
Bernard Ranley
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
(1967)
Monsignor Ryan
Fitzwilly
(1967)
Buckmaster
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
(1967)
Mr. Pemberton
Kismet
(1967)
Omar Khayam
Getting Straight
(1970)
Dr. Kasper
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
(1970)
Old Al Casey