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Frank Kelly

Screenwriter / Journalist | * 12/28/1938 († 77, 02/28/2016) | Blackrock, County Dublin (Ireland)
Francis Kelly (28 December 1938 – 28 February 2016) was an Irish actor, singer and writer, whose career covered television, radio, theatre, music, screenwriting and film. He is best remembered for playing Father Jack Hackett in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted. ()

Frank Kelly was born on December 28, 1938 in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland as Francis O'Kelly. He was an actor, known for Father Ted (1995), Evelyn (2002) and Rat (2000). He was married to Bairbre Neldon. He died on February 28, 2016 in the UK.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Kids & Family

Known for these Movies & Shows

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot ...

Evelyn

Certification unknown

2002 | 3.2/5 | 1h 32min
Drama
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After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat. ...

Rat

Certification unknown

2001 | 2.5/5 | 1h 29min
Drama, Fantasy, Comedy, Kids & Family
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A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast. ...

Father Ted

Certification unknown

1995 | 4.1/5 | 24min per episode
Comedy
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Laura Holt, a licensed private detective, opens a detective agency but finds that potential clients refuse to hire a woman, however qualified. To solve the problem, Laura invents a fictitious male sup ...

Remington Steele

FSK: 12+ years

1982 | 3.5/5 | 1h per episode
Drama, Kids & Family, Comedy
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Movies with Frank Kelly as Actor(15)

as Justice Cannon2014 Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie
as Frank Finnegan2014 Tea with the Dead
2011 Small, Far Away: The World of Father Ted
as Father O'Hara2005 Turning Green
as Jerry2004 Cowboys & Angels
as Paddy2003 My Name Is Yu Ming
as The Chairman2003 The Boys & Girl from County Clare
as John Smith2003 The Deal
as Henry Doyle2002 Evelyn
as Uncle Matt2001 Rat
as Insp. Fitzgerald1998 Soft Sand, Blue Sea
as Gorilla's Dad1994 War of the Buttons
as Hotel priest1994 O Mary This London
as Taxi Driver 21991 Hear My Song
as Liam1988 Taffin

TV Shows/Series with Frank Kelly as Actor(4)

as Paul 'Polly' O'Sullivan2007 The Running Mate
as Father Jack Hackett1995 Father Ted
as DI Murdoch1988 Troubles
as Willard Skeggs1982 Remington Steele

Full Name: Frank Kelly
Citizenship: Ireland
Born: Wednesday, 12/28 1938 (December) in Blackrock, County Dublin (Ireland)
Died: Sunday, 02/28 2016 (February) in Dublin (aged: 77)
Zodiac sign: Capricorn (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN), Irish (GA)
Father: Charles E. Kelly
Other names for Frank Kelly (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Frank Kelly (Schauspieler)"
Frank Kelly frequently works together with these people:
Graham Linehan (5x, Crew)
Arthur Mathews (4x, Crew)
Pierce Brosnan (3x, Actor)
Colm Meaney (3x, Actor)
Peter Chelsom (3x, Crew)
Michael Gleason (3x, Crew)
Cassandra Harris (3x, Actress)
John G. Hofmann (3x, Crew)
Pat Laffan (3x, Actor)
Paul Pender (2x, Crew)
Martin Dunne (2x, Cast)
Michael Aimette (2x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:308060, Added: 08/13/2018, Last updated: 04/12/2024