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Cecil Kellaway
from the trailer for the film The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Born	August 22, 1893(1893-08-22) Cape Town, South Africa
Died	February 28, 1973 (aged 79) Hollywood, California, United States
Years active	1933–1972
Spouse(s)	Doreen Elizabeth Joubert (1919-1973) (his death) 2 children

Cecil Kellaway (August 22, 1893 – February 28, 1973), born in Cape Town, South Africa, was a character actor.

Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor, author and director in the Australian film industry until he tried his luck in Hollywood in the 1930s. Finding he could get only gangster bit parts, he got discouraged and returned to Australia. Then William Wyler called and offered him a part in Wuthering Heights (1939). From then on Kellaway was always in demand when the part called for a kind hearted middle aged man.

Kellaway died in 1973, in Hollywood, California. He was entombed in the Sanctuary of Remembrance at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. He received two Best Supporting Actor nominations, for The Luck of the Irish and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

Edmund Gwenn and Arthur Chesney, brothers whose real name was Kellaway, were his cousins.

Selected filmography

• Wuthering Heights (1939) – as Earnshaw
• Intermezzo (1939) – as Charles Moler
• We Are Not Alone (1939)
• The Invisible Man Returns (1940) – as Inspector Sampson
• The House of the Seven Gables (1940)
• Brother Orchid (1940)
• The Mummy's Hand (1940)
• The Letter (1940)
• A Very Young Lady (1941)
• I Married a Witch (1942)
• Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
• It Ain't Hay (1943)
• Mrs. Parkington (1944)
• Practically Yours (1944)
• Love Letters (1945)
• Kitty (1945) as Thomas Gainsborough
• Easy to Wed (1946)
• The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) – as Nick Smith
• Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
• The Cockeyed Miracle (1946)
• Unconquered (1947)
• The Luck of the Irish (1948) – as Horace
• Joan of Arc (1948)
• Portrait of Jennie (1948)
• Harvey (1950) – as Dr. Chumley
• Kim (1950)
• Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
• Young Bess (1953)
• The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953) – as Dr. Thurgood Elson
• Interrupted Melody (1955)
• The Prodigal (1955)
• Female on the Beach (1955) – as Osbert Sorenson
• The Proud Rebel (1958)
• The Shaggy Dog (1959)
• Zotz! (1962)
• The Cardinal (1963)
• Hush… Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
• Spinout (1966) – as Bernard Ranley
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) – as Monsignor Ryan
• Fitzwilly (1967)
• Getting Straight (1970)

External links

• Cecil Kellaway at the Internet Movie Database
• Cecil Kellaway at the Internet Broadway Database
• Cecil Kellaway at Find a Grave