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Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway

33 movies on Netflix

Biography

Cecil Kellaway was a South African-born character actor who started on the stage in Cape Town and later spent many years in Australia. From 1921 he worked for J. C. Williamson Ltd, appearing for sixteen years in its musical comedies and becoming known there for his role as a comic father in A Night Out. He made his screen debut in the Australian comedy The Hayseeds (1933) and wrote the story for It Isn't Done (1937), after which RKO Pictures signed him. In Hollywood his small early parts gave way to better ones, among them Cathy's father in Wuthering Heights (1939) and roles in I Married a Witch (1942), The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) and Harvey (1950). He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Supporting Actor, for The Luck of the Irish (1948) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). Later films included The Shaggy Dog (1959), Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964) and Fitzwilly (1967).

82years old at death

  • Born Cape Town
  • Died Hollywood
  • Star sign: LeoLast day of the sign, on the Virgo cusp
  • Also credited as Cecil Lauriston Kellaway and Cecil L. Kellaway

Movie Career

Films
33
Career span
32 years1938 to 1970

Genres

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  1. A role that slipped away

    Kellaway turned down The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex in 1939 so he could appear in Intermezzo for producer David O. Selznick.

  2. Behind the camera

    Kellaway returned to films in the Australian Cinesound production It Isn't Done, released in 1937, and he also provided the original story for that film.

  3. First role

    Kellaway's first film role was the lead in The Hayseeds, a 1933 comedy directed by Beaumont Smith that proved popular locally.

  4. A change of course

    Kellaway studied engineering, and after he went back to South Africa he found work at a firm in Cape Town that did electrical engineering.

  5. First role

    Kellaway found the pull of acting impossible to resist, so he turned to it full time and first appeared in Potash and Perlmutter.

Cecil Kellaway movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967 Comedy, Dramaas Monsignor Ryan

    IMDb rating 7.853K votes

  2. Harvey1950 Comedy, Drama, Fantasyas Dr. William Chumley

    IMDb rating 7.961K votes

  3. The Postman Always Rings Twice1946as Nick Smith

    IMDb rating 7.425K votes

  4. Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte1964as Harry

    IMDb rating 7.518K votes

  5. The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms1953as Prof. Thurgood Elson

    IMDb rating 6.69.8K votes

  6. I Married a Witch1942as Daniel

    IMDb rating 7.111K votes

  7. Portrait of Jennie1948as Matthews

    IMDb rating 7.68.5K votes

  8. The Letter1940as Prescott

    IMDb rating 7.516K votes

Most often with

Henry Koster directed two of these films, William Wyler two and Tay Garnett two. Four actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Joseph Cotten, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Joseph CottenAlan Napier, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Alan NapierMike Mazurki, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Mike MazurkiEduardo Ciannelli, 3 films togetherSee the 3 films with Eduardo CiannelliVincent Price, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Vincent PriceBette Davis, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Bette DavisHenry KosterDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Henry KosterWilliam WylerDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by William WylerTay GarnettDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Tay Garnett

Films together

Box office

What Cecil Kellaway's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$133 million

13 of the 33 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 33 films: 13 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 18 figure not found.

  • 13Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 18Figure not found

Top grosser

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967as Monsignor Ryan$56.7 million

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 91% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967as Monsignor Ryan
    $57M42.6% of the total
  2. 2
    The Shaggy Dog1959as Professor Plumcutt
    $18M13.3% of the total
  3. 3
    Getting Straight1970as Dr. Kasper
    $13M10.0% of the total
  4. 4
    The Cardinal1963as Monsignor Monaghan
    $11M8.4% of the total
  5. 5
    Unconquered1947as Jeremy Love
    $6.7M5.0% of the total
  6. 6
    Spinout1966as Bernard Ranley
    $6.0M4.5% of the total
  7. 7
    The Postman Always Rings Twice1946as Nick Smith
    $5.1M3.8% of the total
  8. 8
    The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms1953as Prof. Thurgood Elson
    $5.0M3.8% of the total
Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964), $4.0 millionGunga Din (1939), $2.8 millionDown to the Sea in Ships (1949), $1.6 millionPortrait of Jennie (1948), $1.5 millionThe Proud Rebel (1958), $1.5 million

$11.5 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 9% of the total

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