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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cecil Kellaway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1968 · nominated
- Academy Award — Best Supporting Actor · 1949 · nominated
Filmography45 titles
The Twilight Zone
Bewitched
Perry Mason
Harvey
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Forever and a Day
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
The Letter
Rawhide
Wuthering Heights
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
The House of the Seven Gables
The Colgate Comedy Hour
I Married a Witch
Intermezzo
Smashing the Rackets
Lux Video Theatre
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
Brother Orchid
The Donna Reed Show
Kim
It Ain't Hay
Gunga Din
Easy to Wed
The Invisible Man Returns
Fitzwilly
That Girl
The Shaggy Dog
My Favorite Martian
The Proud Rebel
Joan of Arc
The Luck of the Irish
The Crystal Ball
Mrs. Parkington
Interrupted Melody
Young Bess
The Mummy's Hand
Spinout
The F.B.I.
Thunder in the East
The Mummy's Tomb
Mexican Spitfire
Cavalcade of America