Cecil Kellaway
Date of birth: 1890-08-22
Place of birth: Cape Town, South Africa
Known for: Acting
Also known as:
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Cecil Kellaway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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The Cardinal
1963-12-12
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he
Wuthering Heights
1939-04-07
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthe
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967-12-11
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
1964-12-16
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after
The Mummy's Hand
1940-09-20
A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of the
Intermezzo: A Love Story
1939-10-06
A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her
Portrait of Jennie
1948-12-25
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
1946-05-02
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
I Married a Witch
1942-10-30
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h
The House of the Seven Gables
1940-04-12
In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms
1953-06-13
The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will
The Invisible Man Returns
1940-01-12
The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make him in
Getting Straight
1970-05-13
Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, bu
Interrupted Melody
1955-05-05
Interrupted Melody is the inspirational filmed biography of world-renowned Australian soprano Marjor
Joan of Arc
1948-12-22
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against
The Reformer and the Redhead
1950-05-05
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Easy to Wed
1946-07-25
When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a multi-million-dolla
The Mummy's Tomb
1942-10-23
A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all
Tammy Tell Me True
1961-07-26
Tammy leaves the river in Mississippi to attend college, developing a relationship with Tom Freeman
Female on the Beach
1955-08-19
Lynn Markham moves into her late husband's beach house the morning after former tenant Eloise Cranda
The Letter
1940-11-21
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Mrs. Parkington
1944-10-12
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in fr
Francis Goes to the Races
1951-05-01
In this funny sequel to the popular Francis the Talking Mule, the talkative Mule and his pal Peter g
It Ain't Hay
1943-02-22
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feedin
Unconquered
1947-10-10
England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to esc
Birth of the Blues
1941-11-07
Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He puts
The Night of January 16th
1941-11-28
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-
Bahama Passage
1941-12-10
A girl, Carol whom the audience is quickly informed "has been around," and her father arrive to take
New York Town
1941-10-31
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City s
The Lady Has Plans
1942-01-20
Some dastardly criminals have stolen some top secret plans and tattoo them on the back of a woman so
The Proud Rebel
1958-07-01
Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word si
Francis of Assisi
1961-07-12
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army
Take a Letter, Darling
1942-05-06
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to
Lady with Red Hair
1940-11-30
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
Kitty
1945-10-16
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gai
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942-03-05
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son a
Love Letters
1945-10-26
When a man asks another man more facile with words to do his wooing for him, there are always compli
Katie Did It
1950-11-26
Katherine Standish, who has been brought up in a strict manner in a prudish New England town, falls
Destination Space
1959-01-01
Two astronauts are in charge of a giant space station. During an attempted rocket launch, a meteor s
Mexican Spitfire
1940-01-12
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita'
The Luck of the Irish
1948-09-15
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts
Night in New Orleans
1942-07-01
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under int
The Cockeyed Miracle
1946-10-26
A 60-ish Maine shipbuilder (Frank Morgan) and his 30-ish father (Keenan Wynn) provide for their fami
Half Angel
1951-05-05
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night
Variety Girl
1947-08-29
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business char
Frenchman's Creek
1944-09-20
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on t
And Now Tomorrow
1944-11-22
Emily Blair is rich and deaf. Doctor Vance, who grew up poor in Blairtown, is working on a serum to
Adventure in Diamonds
1940-03-08
A government pilot (George Brent) falls for a woman (Isa Miranda) helping her partner (John Loder) s
The Decision of Christopher Blake
1948-12-23
A young boy begins to have fantasies when he learns his parents are planning to divorce. Director Pe
Wise Girl
1937-12-31
Snooty heiress decides to track down her dead sister's kids, who are living a Bohemian life with the
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949-02-15
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and
Blond Cheat
1938-06-17
Socially prominent Michael Ashburn, chief assistant for a London loan broker makes a large loan duri
Maid's Night Out
1938-03-03
A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While delivering mi
The Highwayman
1951-08-11
The Crystal Ball
1943-01-22
A young woman pretends to be a fortune teller in order to find romance.
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942-11-07
A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pr
Practically Yours
1944-12-20
In this screwball comedy a WW2 US pilot bombs a Japanese aircraft carrier, is assumed to be dead, an
Thunder in the East
1952-12-04
During India's first years of independence from Britain, Steve Gibbs lands his armaments loaded plan
This Marriage Business
1938-04-08
A cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.
Bond and Word
1918-06-20
South African Film
My Wife's Best Friend
1952-10-09
When a man confesses to his wife that he has been unfaithful, she imagines all the different ways th
Tarnished Angel
1938-10-28
A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist o
Johnny Trouble
1957-09-24
An elderly woman becomes convinced that a trouble-making college student is her grandson she's never
Paris Model
1953-11-10
A new dress plays a key role in the lives of four women who are not acquainted with each other.
It Isn't Done
1937-02-24
Hubert Blaydon (Cecil Kellaway),a simple Australian farmer inherits a castle and a title in England,
Man About Town
1939-06-29
Producer Bob Temple, who's brought an American show to London, loves his star Diana, but she won't t
Toy Tiger
1956-06-29
Advertising executive Gwen Taylor sends her art director Rick Todd on a mission to bring an artist b
Law of the Underworld
1938-05-06
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connectio
Appointment for Love
1941-10-31
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymo
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940-10-29
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His h
Everybody's Doing It
1938-01-14
Gangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national newspap
Double Danger
1938-01-28
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds".
Night Spot
1938-02-25
A young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which two
Monsieur Beaucaire
1946-09-04
A bumbling barber in the court of King Louis XV becomes engaged in political intrigue when he masque
The Private Lives of Adam and Eve
1960-01-20
A modern couple dream that they are Adam and Eve.
Always Together
1947-12-10
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical
Harvey
1950-12-04
The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized rabbit
Quick, Let's Get Married
1964-01-01
Madame Rinaldi, owner of a bordello, helps thief Mario Forni locate an ancient buried treasure.
Fitzwilly
1967-12-20
When Miss Vicki's father dies, she becomes the world's greatest philanthropist. Unfortunately, she i
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothin
South of Suez
1940-11-16
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from t
The Shaggy Dog
1959-03-19
Through an ancient spell, a boy changes into a sheepdog and back again. It seems to happen at inoppo
Small Town Deb
1941-11-07
Family bickering features young daughter favored by her father and older daughter favored by snobbis
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
1939-04-01
A down-and-out clerk happens upon a bag of money. Unknown to him, the money is all counterfeit, forc
Gunga Din
1939-01-26
British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with
The Sun Never Sets
1939-05-31
The Randolph family have a tradition of working in the British colonial service. Clive comes home fr
We Are Not Alone
1939-11-25
A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife
The Hayseeds
1933-12-08
Wealthy Mary Townleigh gets lost in the bush and hurts her ankle, but is rescued and stays with the
The Under-Pup
1939-08-31
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy
Zotz!
1962-10-03
Jonathan Jones, a professor of ancient languages, comes into possession of an ancient coin. He trans
Kim
1950-12-07
During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loy
Young Bess
1953-05-29
The mother died under the executioner's axe; the daughter rose to become England's greatest monarch
Phantom Raiders
1940-06-07
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Lle
Cruisin' Down the River
1953-08-02
A New Yorker inherits an old river boat and decides to turn it into a night club while falling in lo
Burma Convoy
1941-10-16
A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.
The Good Fellows
1943-08-11
The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim "Po
Spinout
1966-10-06
Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving he
Diamond Frontier
1940-09-30
Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
Forever and a Day
1943-01-21
In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral
Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill
1950-12-08
An elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even thou
The Prodigal
1955-05-06
A wealthy young Hebrew traveling in Damascus renounces his faith after he is seduced by an alluring
West Point Widow
1941-06-20
In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant, but th
The Wacky Zoo of Morgan City
1970-10-18
Based on Charles Goodrum’s book, "I’ll Trade You an Elk." The mayor wants to close down the run-down
A Very Young Lady
1941-06-27
A tomboy is sent to a private school to become a refined young woman, but her innocent crush on the
Kismet
1967-10-24
The story follows one fateful day as a beggar-poet and his daughter cross paths with a wicked wazir,
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
1967-03-08
To restore his family's lost wealth, a young Boston lad stows away on a ship bound for the Californi
Just Across the Street
1952-06-15
A plumber's secretary poses as the daughter of a prominent society couple.
A Bewitched Christmas
1994-06-23
Spend Christmas with everyone's favorite witch in this hilarious yuletide double feature.