Irish character actor David Kelly, who played Grandpa Joe in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and motorcycled naked in "Waking Ned Devine," has died. He was 82. His family said Kelly died Sunday in Dublin after an acting career on stage, film, TV and radio that spanned a half-century. His cause of death was not announced. Kelly was best known in Ireland for his 1980 depiction of doomed tenement dweller Rashers Tierney in the historical miniseries "Strumpet City" and for his large body of work as a Dublin stage actor in the...
- 2/20/2012
- by Todd Cunningham
- The Wrap
Actor David Kelly, who played Charlie's Grandpa Joe in 2005's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, died on Sunday at the age of 82 in Dublin after a short illness. Called the "grand old man of Irish acting" by the Irish Times, Kelly had a career that spanned 50 years and included work on television, movies, and on the stage.
The actor starred in a broad range of movies including Stardust, Waking Ned Devine, and Into the West. Ned Devine garnered the actor a SAG nomination and was also the movie he jokingly credited for making him a sex symbol, due to the fact that he was featured nude on a motorcycle. His television roles included the Irish mini-series Strumpet City, as well as a small but memorable part in the series Fawlty Towers.
Kelly was the recipient of the Irish Film and Television Academy lifetime achievement award in 2005, and was nominated for...
The actor starred in a broad range of movies including Stardust, Waking Ned Devine, and Into the West. Ned Devine garnered the actor a SAG nomination and was also the movie he jokingly credited for making him a sex symbol, due to the fact that he was featured nude on a motorcycle. His television roles included the Irish mini-series Strumpet City, as well as a small but memorable part in the series Fawlty Towers.
Kelly was the recipient of the Irish Film and Television Academy lifetime achievement award in 2005, and was nominated for...
- 2/15/2012
- by Mandy McAdoo
- Reelzchannel.com
Dublin actor David Kelly passed away on Sunday following a short illness. He was 82-years-old. For over 50 years, working right up until last year, Kelly worked in theater, television, and film. His most famous role was in the 1980s Rte series “Strumpet City”. A piece of work he also singled out as one of his favorite. His role as O’Reilly the builder in 1975 made him recognizable all over the world. According to the Irish Times he often remarked on how those nine minutes in John Cleese’s comedy made him recognizable. Born in Dublin, 11th July 1929, he started acting at the age of eight in the Gaiety Theatre. His friend, Director of the Gate Theater, Michael Colgan, speaking to Rte, also remarked on what an excellent artist Kelly was. He was a trained calligrapher and a talented watercolour artist. In the 1960s and 70s he played eccentric characters in...
- 2/14/2012
- IrishCentral
The distinctive and beguiling Irish actor David Kelly, who has died aged 82, was as familiar a face in British television sitcoms as he was on the stage in Dublin, where he was particularly associated with the Gate theatre. But he was perhaps best known in recent years for playing Grandpa Joe in Tim Burton's movie adaptation of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), an engaging performance that was honoured with a lifetime achievement award from the Irish Film and Television Academy; Johnny Depp, who played Willy Wonka, paid a touching tribute on a video link from Hollywood to Dublin.
Kelly was a tall and flamboyant figure who was often cast as a comic, eccentric Irishman, notably as Albert Riddle, an incompetent, one-armed dish-washer in the late 1970s British sitcom Robin's Nest; he...
Kelly was a tall and flamboyant figure who was often cast as a comic, eccentric Irishman, notably as Albert Riddle, an incompetent, one-armed dish-washer in the late 1970s British sitcom Robin's Nest; he...
- 2/14/2012
- by Michael Coveney
- The Guardian - Film News
Very sad news, the great Irish actor David Kelly has died in hospital after a short illness. He was 82. He was one of the most recognisable voices and faces of Irish stage and screen, playing everything from Beckett to Shakespeare.
He was best known in Ireland for his performance as 'Rashers' Tierney in Strumpet City. His memorable appearance in Fawlty Towers, as the builder O'Reilly, brought him to a British and wider audience.
He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for his role in Waking Ned and also received an Ifta lifetime achievement award and a Helen Hayes award for Moons for the Misbegotten. In 2005, he appeared as Charlie's grandad in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where he formed a close friendship with Johnny Depp who declared Kelly as his hero.
He is survived by his wife, Laurie, his son David and daughter Miriam.
He was best known in Ireland for his performance as 'Rashers' Tierney in Strumpet City. His memorable appearance in Fawlty Towers, as the builder O'Reilly, brought him to a British and wider audience.
He was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild award for his role in Waking Ned and also received an Ifta lifetime achievement award and a Helen Hayes award for Moons for the Misbegotten. In 2005, he appeared as Charlie's grandad in Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory where he formed a close friendship with Johnny Depp who declared Kelly as his hero.
He is survived by his wife, Laurie, his son David and daughter Miriam.
- 2/12/2012
- by noreply@blogger.com (Flicks News)
- FlicksNews.net
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