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Cecil Kellaway
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Actor Born: August 22, 1893 in Cape Town, South Africa Death: February 28, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:Jovial, twinkly-eyed character actor "Cecil Kellaway" resembled a full-grown leprechaun, so it's not surprising that he'd play such a role in the 1948 film "Luck of the Irish" -- and win an Oscar nomination in the bargain. Before coming to Hollywood to play Mr. Earnshaw in the 1939 filmization of "Wuthering Heights", the South African-born Kellaway spent nearly two decades as an actor, writer and director of British and Australian films and stage plays. Even when he played a villainous part like the eternally drunken warlock in "I Married a Witch" (1942) or an unsympathetic role like the cold-blooded psychiatrist Mr. Chumley in "Harvey" (1950), it was impossible for Kellaway to be completely dislikable. In 1967, Kellaway won a second Oscar nomination for his performance as the tippling priest in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner". "Cecil Kellaway" was the cousin of veteran British actor "Edmund Gwenn". ~... Full Biography
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