Moultrie Kelsall
Biography
Moultrie Kelsall was a Scottish character actor in film and television who entered the industry first as a radio director and television producer. A native of Bearsden, he studied at Glasgow University and acted with the Scottish National Players before working at the Westminster Theatre in London. At the end of 1931 he took charge of the BBC's Aberdeen radio station 2BD, and in 1937 he moved to the BBC television service at Alexandra Palace, where he produced 19 shows. His screen acting began with Landfall in 1949, and he played Lieutenant Crystal in Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951). He was Dr. Robinson in The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) and took the part of Petey Bowles in The Birthday Party (1968). On television he led the second season of The Flaxton Boys in 1970. He also played Sheriff Derwent in seven episodes of Sutherland's Law and continued to act until his death in 1980.
78years old at death
- Born Bearsden
- Died Blairlogie
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Also credited as Moultrie Rowe Kelsall
Movie Career
- Films
- 11
- Career span
- 18 years1950 to 1968
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A change of course
Late in 1931, Kelsall took over the BBC's Aberdeen station 2BD, which had grown moribund, and revived it. Melville Dinwiddie, then the BBC's Scottish Regional Director, said it aired some of Scottish broadcasting's best programs.
Behind the camera
Kelsall produced 19 shows for BBC television, beginning in 1937 with his adaptation of the J. M. Barrie one act play The Old Lady Shows Her Medals and ending in 1939 with Harold Brighouse's The Happy Hangman.
First role
Kelsall's screen acting began in the 1949 film Landfall, playing Lieutenant James, commander of a coastal defense vessel, in a story about a pilot who sinks a German U-boat.
Moultrie Kelsall movies on Netflix
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Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together6 more actors
- Tsai ChinThe Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) and Violent Playground (1958)
- Kay WalshGreyfriars Bobby (1961) and Last Holiday (1950)
- Ernest ThesigerThe Battle of the Sexes (1960) and Last Holiday (1950)
- Eugene DeckersNorth West Frontier (1959) and Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951)
- Jameson ClarkGreyfriars Bobby (1961) and The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
- Isabel DeanLight in the Piazza (1962) and 24 Hours of a Woman's Life (1952)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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