
Cecil Kellaway
Actor
- Born
- August 22, 1890 · Cape Town, South Africa
- Died
- February 28, 1973 (age 82)
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Cecil Lauriston Kellaway (22 August 1890 – 28 February 1973) was a South African-born character actor.
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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
Acting109
- 1994A Bewitched Christmas as Santa Claus
- 1970The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City as Old Al Casey
- 1970Getting Straight as Dr. Kasper
- 1967Fitzwilly as Buckmaster
- 1967Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as Monsignor Ryan
- 1967Kismet as Omar Khayam
- 1967The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin as Mr. Pemberton
- 1966Spinout as Bernard Ranley
- 1964Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte as Harry Willis
- 1964Quick, Let's Get Married











