Durably handsome actor of rugged films and TV, a child performer on radio and stage. Best remembered trading quips with James Garner's "Bret
Maverick", as less laid-back brother, "Bart Maverick", in the late 1950s TV
series, Maverick (1957).
He ran for city council and won the first of two four-year term in
1980.
Was a conservative Republican, but was good friends for 35 years with liberal Democrat James Garner.
Son of John Augustus Kelly and his wife, actress Nan Kelly. Younger brother of actress Nancy Kelly and elder brother of William Clement Kelly and Carol Kelly.