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Cecil Kellaway

Acting

Born August 22, 1890 · Cape Town, South Africa

Died February 28, 1973

Biography

Cecil Lauriston Kellaway was a South African-British character actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for The Luck of the Irish (1948) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).

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Awards & recognition

  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1968 · nominated
  • Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1949 · nominated

Filmography50+ titles

The Twilight Zone

1959as Burgess

The Good Fellows

1943as Jim Hilton

Bewitched

1964as Santa Claus

Perry Mason

1957as Darrell Metcalf

Harvey

1950as Dr. Chumley

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967as Monsignor Ryan

Forever and a Day

1943as Dinner Guest

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

1964as Harry Willis

The Letter

1940as Prescott

Rawhide

1959as MacKay

Wuthering Heights

1939as Earnshaw

The Postman Always Rings Twice

1946as Nick Smith

Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill

1950as Jonathan Huntoon Smith

Practically Yours

1944as Marvin P. Meglin

The House of the Seven Gables

1940as Philip Barton

The Colgate Comedy Hour

1950as Self

I Married a Witch

1942as Daniel

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Pop Smith

Intermezzo

1939as Charles Moler

Smashing the Rackets

1938as Barrett

The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin

1967as Mr. Pemberton

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms

1953as Prof. Elson

Brother Orchid

1940as Brother Goodwin

The Donna Reed Show

1958as Algerion O'Hara

Francis Goes to the Races

1951as Colonel Travers

Kim

1950as Hurree Chunder

Unconquered

1947as Jeremy Love

Love Letters

1945as Mac

It Ain't Hay

1943as King O'Hara

Gunga Din

1939as Mr. Stebbins (uncredited)

Easy to Wed

1946as J.B. Allenbury

Tammy Tell Me True

1961as Captain Joe

The Invisible Man Returns

1940as Inspector Sampson

Fitzwilly

1967as Buckmaster

That Girl

1966

The Shaggy Dog

1959as Professor Plumcutt

Joan of Arc

1948as Jean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen

Birth of the Blues

1941as Granet

My Favorite Martian

1963as Wilbur Canfield

The Proud Rebel

1958as Dr. Enos Davis

The Luck of the Irish

1948as Horace (A Leprechaun)

The Crystal Ball

1943as Pop Tibbets

Mrs. Parkington

1944as Edward VII, Prince of Wales

Interrupted Melody

1955as Bill Lawrence

Young Bess

1953as Mr. Parry

Female on the Beach

1955as Osbert Sorenson

Monsieur Beaucaire

1946as Count D'Armand

Kitty

1945as Thomas Gainsborough

The Mummy's Hand

1940as The Great Solvani

Spinout

1966as Bernard Ranley