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David Kelly (11 July 1929 – 12 February 2012) was an Irish actor, who had regular roles in several film and television works from the 1950s onwards. One of the most recognisable voices and faces of Irish stage and screen, Kelly was known to Irish audiences for his role as Rashers Tierney in ''Strumpet City'', to British audiences for his roles as Cousin Enda in ''Me Mammy'' and as the builder Mr. O'Reilly in ''Fawlty Towers'', and to American audiences for his role as Grandpa Joe in the film ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory''. Another notable role was as Michael O'Sullivan in ''Waking Ned'' . ==Early life and career== Kelly was born 11 July 1929 in Dublin, Ireland,〔〔One source, which interviewed him, gives 1928: 〕 and educated at Dublin's Synge Street CBS Christian Brothers school.〔''Irish Independent'', 2005〕 He began acting at the age of eight at the city's Gaiety Theatre,〔 and trained at The Abbey School of Acting.〔 As a backup career, he additionally trained as a draughtsman and calligrapher,〔 and also learned watercolor art.〔 He appeared onstage in the original production of Brendan Behan's ''The Quare Fellow'', and gained his first major career attention in Samuel Beckett's ''Krapp's Last Tape'' at the Dublin's Abbey Theatre in 1959. By then he had made his screen debut in a small part in director John Pomeroy's 1958 film noir ''Dublin Nightmare''.〔 He became a familiar face on British television beginning in the 1960s with the BBC comedy ''Me Mammy'', opposite Milo O'Shea and Anna Manahan. He went on to often-memorable guest roles on such series as ''Oh Father!'', ''Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width'', and ''On the Buses'', and particularly during the 1970s with a long-running role as the one-armed dishwasher Albert Riddle in the ''Man About the House'' spin-off ''Robin's Nest''.〔 He also had a regular long running role alongside Bruce Forsyth in both series of the comedy ''Slingers Day'' from 1986 to 1987. He gained some of his greatest recognition in 1975, playing inept builder Mr. O'Reilly on the second episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' ("The Builders").〔 Kelly was in the voice cast of ''The Light Princess'', a partly animated, hour-long family fantasy that aired on the BBC in 1978. In Ireland, he may be most famous for his portrayal of the character "Rashers" Tierney in the 1980 RTÉ miniseries ''Strumpet City'',〔 which starred Peter O'Toole, Cyril Cusack and Peter Ustinov. He went on to have starring roles in television shows such as ''Emmerdale Farm'' in the 1980s and ''Glenroe'' in the 1990s, as well as playing the grandfather in Mike Newell's film ''Into the West'' (1992). Following his appearance as Michael O'Sullivan in the 1998 film ''Waking Ned'', he found work in small but noticeable roles in such films as Tim Burton's ''Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'', in which he played Grandpa Joe; ''Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London''; and ''Stardust'', his final film. He also did extensive radio work, including a guest appearance on the BBC Radio 4 series ''Baldi''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Kelly (actor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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