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.

David Kelly. Actor: Waking Ned Devine. Born Dublin, Ireland on July 11 1929. Educated at Synge Street Catholic boys school. Started acting aged 8 in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. Playing everything from Beckett to Shakespeare, he has appeared in …

David Kelly. Actor: Waking Ned Devine. Born Dublin, Ireland on July 11 1929. Educated at Synge Street Catholic boys school. Started acting aged 8 in the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin. Playing everything from Beckett to Shakespeare, he has appeared in …

Feb 12, 2025 · Over a 50-year career, Irish actor David Kelly became a national treasure through his iconic roles in "Strumpet City" and "Waking Ned Devine."

Feb 13, 2012 · Irish stage and screen actor David Kelly, known for films such as Tim Burton's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has died aged 82. Dublin-born Kelly also played feckless builder Mr...

Feb 18, 2012 · DAVID KELLY: DAVID KELLY, who died last Sunday at the age of 82, was recognised by the public and by his colleagues in the theatre and the cinema as the character actor par excellence. In...

Feb 12, 2012 · David Kelly (July 11, 1929 – February 12, 2012) was an Irish actor who had regular roles in several film and television works from the 1950s onwards.

Feb 18, 2012 · DUBLIN (AP) — David Kelly, the veteran Irish character actor who played Grandpa Joe in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and rode a motorcycle naked in “Waking Ned Devine,” died here on...

David William Kelly (July 11, 1929 – February 12, 2012) was an Irish actor. He acted in several movies and television shows from the 1950s until his death in 2012. Kelly is known in Ireland as Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City. In Britain, he is known as Cousin Edna in Me Mammy and as the builder Mr. O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers.

The distinctive and beguiling Irish actor David Kelly, who has died aged 82, was as familiar a face in British television sitcoms as he was on the stage in Dublin, where he was particularly associated with the Gate theatre.