Cecil Kellaway (August 22, 1893 – February 28, 1973), born in Cape Town, South Africa, was a 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). From then on Kellaway ...
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Cecil Kellaway (August 22, 1893 – February 28, 1973), born in Cape Town, South Africa, was a 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). From then on Kellaway was always in demand when the part called for a twinkling, silver-haired leprechaun.
Kellaway died in 1973, in Hollywood, California. He was 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.
Edmund Gwenn and Arthur Chesney, brothers whose real name was Kellaway, were his cousins.
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