# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-kelly
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:23:48.535Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-kelly"
name: "David Kelly"
slug: "david-kelly"
description: "David Kelly was an Irish actor, entertainer, and dancer 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, he was known for his roles as Rashers Tierney in Strumpet City, Cousin Enda in Me Mammy, the builder Mr. O'Reilly in Fawlty Towers, Albert Riddle in Robin's Nest, and Grandpa Joe in the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). Another notable role was as Michael O'Sullivan in Waking Ned."
tagline: "Irish actor (1929–2012)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/17/David_Kelly.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1929-07-11"
deathDate: "2012-02-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.45
  momentum:             0.2947544876719983
  historical:           23.46393733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446303/"
    handle:    "nm0446303"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "دايفيد كيلي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دايفيد كيلى (ممثل)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(Schauspieler)"
    title: "David Kelly (Schauspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(actor)"
    title: "David Kelly (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(actor)"
    title: "David Kelly (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly"
    title: "David Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly"
    title: "David Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "دیوید کلی (بازیگر)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(acteur)"
    title: "David Kelly (acteur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Kelly"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Kelly (pemeran)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(attore)"
    title: "David Kelly (attore)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "デイビッド・ケリー"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "데이비드 켈리 (배우)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "David Kelly"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(aktor)"
    title: "David Kelly (aktor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(ator)"
    title: "David Kelly (ator)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Келли, Дэвид (актёр)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(actor)"
    title: "David Kelly (actor)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(sk%C3%A5despelare)"
    title: "David Kelly (skådespelare)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Kelly_(oyuncu)"
    title: "David Kelly (oyuncu)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%B4_%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D1%96_(%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80)"
    title: "Девід Келлі (актор)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q470746"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1282"
    title: "David Kelly"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump