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When Did Dermot Kelly Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 62
GenderMaleNationalityIrelandBorn15/05/1917Born inCounty Laois, Irish RepublicDied18/02/1980WikidataQ70290708TMDb#1229818

Dermot Kelly was a Northern Irish actor often in comic roles, in films and on TV. He achieved popularity as a recurring tramp character, sidekick to Arthur Haynes's vagrant, in TV's The Arthur Haynes Show in the early 1960s. Previously on stage with Dublin's Abbey Theatre, he was in the original stage and film versions of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow, in 1954 and 1962, respectively.

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Filmography12 titles

Importing filmography…
YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1972SykesSeriesMr. Williamson55
1968The ChampionsSeriesHogan51
1967The PlankMovieMilkman50
1966Till Death Us Do PartSeriesLabour Exchange Man49
1965Gideon's WaySeriesFingers48
1964The Yellow Rolls-RoyceMovieMarquess of Frinton's Jockey (uncredited)47
1962Man of the WorldSeriesShorty45
1960MaigretSeries43
1959International DetectiveSeriesO'Grady42
1958The CriminalsMovieFred Ellis41
1953Malta StoryMovieBritish Soldier at Airport36
1948Another ShoreMovieHer Nephew31