Cecil Kellaway
Actor
Biography
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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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Filmography
Harvey
as Dr. Chumley 1950
The Postman Always Rings Twice
as Nick Smith 1946
Wuthering Heights
as Earnshaw 1939
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
as Harry Willis 1964
The Letter
as Prescott 1940
I Married a Witch
as Daniel 1942
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
as Prof. Elson 1953
Gunga Din
as Mr. Stebbins (uncredited) 1939
The Invisible Man Returns
as Inspector Sampson 1940
Portrait of Jennie
as Matthews 1948
The Mummy's Hand
as The Great Solvani 1940
The Shaggy Dog
as Professor Plumcutt 1959
Joan of Arc
as Jean le Maistre, Inquisitor of Rouen 1948
The Mummy's Tomb
as Solvani (archive footage / uncredited) 1942
Unconquered
as Jeremy Love 1947
The Proud Rebel
as Dr. Enos Davis 1958