Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway
from the trailer for The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Born	Cecil Lauriston Kellaway 22 August 1890(1890-08-22) Cape Town, South Africa
Died	28 February 1973(1973-02-28) (aged 82) Hollywood, California, US
Years active	1933–1972
Spouse	Doreen Elizabeth Joubert (1919–1973) (his death) 2 children (Peter Kellaway of Houston, Texas and Bryan Kellaway of Los Angeles, California)

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). After that he was seen in such films as The House of the Seven Gables, The Letter (both 1940), Love Letters (1945), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946, as Lana Turner's husband), Portrait of Jennie (1948) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).

Kellaway died 28 February 1973 in Hollywood, California, and his ashes were entombed in the Sanctuary of Remembrance, at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery.^{[citation needed]} He received two Best Supporting Actor nominations, for The Luck of the Irish and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.^{[citation needed]}

Academy Award winning actor Edmund Gwenn, whose real surname was Kellaway, was his cousin.

Selected filmography

• The Hayseeds (1933)
• It Isn't Done (1937)
• Mr. Chedworth Steps Out (1939)
• Wuthering Heights (1939) – as Earnshaw
• Intermezzo (1939) – as Charles Moler
• We Are Not Alone (1939)
• The Invisible Man Returns (1940) – as Inspector Sampson           
• The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
• Brother Orchid (1940)
• The Mummy's Hand (1940)
• The Letter (1940)
• A Very Young Lady (1941)
• I Married a Witch (1942)
• Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
• Freedom Comes High (1943)
• It Ain't Hay (1943)
• The Crystal Ball (1943)
• Mrs Parkington (1944)
• Practically Yours (1944)
• Love Letters (1945)
• Kitty (1945) as Thomas Gainsborough
• Easy to Wed (1946)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) – as Nick Smith
• Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)

• The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
• Unconquered (1947)
• Portrait of Jennie (1948)
• The Luck of the Irish (1948)
• Harvey (1950) – as Dr. Chumley
• Kim (1950)
• The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
• Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
• Half Angel (1951)
• Young Bess (1953)
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) – as Dr. Thurgood Elson
• Interrupted Melody (1955)
• The Prodigal (1955)
• Female on the Beach (1955) – as Osbert Sorenson
• The Proud Rebel (1958)
• The Shaggy Dog (1959)
• Zotz! (1962)
• The Cardinal (1963)
• Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
• Spinout (1966) – as Bernard Ranley
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) – as Monsignor Ryan
• Fitzwilly (1967)
• Getting Straight (1970)

References

Notes

External links

• Cecil Kellaway at the Internet Broadway Database
• Cecil Kellaway at Find a Grave
• Cecil Kellaway at BFI Film & TV Database
• Cecil Kellaway Australian theatre credits at Ausstage