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Lew Kelly

Actor

Lew Kelly

Born August 24, 1879 in Saint Louis, Missouri, USADied June 10, 1944135 films

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang posterFirst watchI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang19327.8as Diner Cook (uncredited)A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to…View film

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The Magnificent Ambersons poster7.3The Magnificent Ambersons1942The Little Foxes poster7.5The Little Foxes1941Shall We Dance poster7.3Shall We Dance1937The Westerner poster7.1The Westerner1940Lady for a Day poster7.1Lady for a Day1933Action in the North Atlantic poster7.1Action in the North Atlantic1943I'm No Angel poster6.3I'm No Angel1933If I Had a Million poster6.5If I Had a Million1932

Filmography

135 films as actor
  1. 1955One Spooky NightCaretaker
  2. 1944Main Street TodayElectrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)
  3. 1944To Heir Is HumanA. Raven Sparrow
  4. 1943The Mad GhoulStagehand (uncredited)
  5. 1943Crazy HousePoliceman
  6. 1943Footlight GlamourCarpool rider
  7. 1943So's Your UncleDoorman
  8. 1943Action in the North AtlanticTony Gonzales (uncredited)
  9. 1943Lady of BurlesqueThe Hermit
  10. 1943Taxi, MisterBurlesque Comic
  11. 1943Spook LouderProf. J. O. Dunkfeather
  12. 1943Keep 'Em SluggingJailer
  13. 1942Bowery at MidnightDoc Brooks
  14. 1942The Mummy's TombBartender (uncredited)
  15. 1942The Magnificent AmbersonsCitizen (uncredited)
  16. 1942Cooks and CrooksEdgar's Client
  17. 1942In Old CaliforniaForty-Niner
  18. 1942The Falcon Takes OverCoroner (Uncredited)
  19. 1942Shut My Big MouthSettler
  20. 1941Sweet Spirits of the NighterGrave Robber
  21. 1941Road AgentLuke
  22. 1941The Gay FalconElmer, Jailer (uncredited)
  23. 1941Honky TonkMiner (uncredited)
  24. 1941The Little FoxesTrain Companion (uncredited)
  25. 1941Cyclone on HorsebackThad Madison
  26. 1941The Great Train RobberyDad Halliday
  27. 1941Robin Hood of the PecosJury Foreman (uncredited)
  28. 1940Trail of the VigilantesBartender
  29. 1940The Border LegionMiner
  30. 1940The Villain Still Pursued HerTownsman Sam (uncredited)
  31. 1940The WesternerTicket Man (uncredited)
  32. 1940Young PeopleFarmer (uncredited)
  33. 1940Lucky Cisco KidStation Agent
  34. 1940Babies for SaleThe Kingsley's Gardener
  35. 194020 Mule Team1st Man
  36. 1939Saga of Death ValleyMeredith
  37. 1939Thunder AfloatSailor (uncredited)
  38. 1939The SpellbinderTurnkey (uncredited)
  39. 1939Three Texas SteersPostman
  40. 1939Fixer DuganSheriff #1
  41. 1939Panama PatrolCaptain Lacey
  42. 1939Home Boner
  43. 1939Blondie Meets the BossMr. Crane (uncredited)
  44. 1939Star ReporterJanitor
  45. 1939The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnFirst Riverboat Pilot (uncredited)
  46. 1938Tough KidRegan - Policeman
  47. 1938Flirting with FateHerbie
  48. 1938Lawless ValleyFresno
  49. 1938Man from Music MountainBowdie Bill
  50. 1938The Overland ExpressFred Greeley
  51. 1938Born to Be WildReilly, Diner Counterman
  52. 1937True ConfessionCourt Captain (uncredited)
  53. 1937Some Blondes Are DangerousJeff
  54. 1937Small Town BoyThe Judge
  55. 1937Make a WishMailman
  56. 1937Western GoldStorekeeper Ezra
  57. 1937All Over TownMartin
  58. 1937Forlorn RiverSheriff Jim Henry Warner
  59. 1937Border CafePolice Sergeant (uncredited)
  60. 1937They Gave Him a GunTurnkey (uncredited)
  61. 1937Shall We DancePoliceman at Jail (uncredited)
  62. 1937It Happened Out WestDiner Counterman
  63. 1937The Man Who Found HimselfLos Angeles Judge
  64. 1937Paradise ExpressTom Wilson
  65. 1936Rainbow on the RiverCabman (uncredited)
  66. 1936The Plot ThickensCassidy, a Policeman (uncredited)
  67. 1936Laughing at TroubleEd Johnson
  68. 1936Wanted: Jane TurnerMike - Plainclothesman (uncredited)
  69. 1936Wild Brian KentBill - ranchhand
  70. 1936Ellis IslandFarmer
  71. 1936Lady LuckDetective James Riley
  72. 1936Crash DonovanJanitor (uncredited)
  73. 1936Winds of the WastelandRocky O'Brien
  74. 1936The Stagecoach RaceRocky O'Brien
  75. 1936Three of a KindPolice Sgt. Cogarty
  76. 1936Devil's SquadronNight Watchman
  77. 1936Murder at Glen AtholPolice Sgt. Olsen
  78. 1936The Voice of Bugle AnnSheriff (uncredited)
  79. 1936Uppercutlets
  80. 1935In PersonMountain Man (uncredited)
  81. 1935Ship CafeLunch Wagon Man (uncredited)
  82. 1935The Lady in ScarletPolice Inspector Lewis Trainey
  83. 1935Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air MysteryVictor Martin
  84. 1935Two-FistedAttendant
  85. 1935Diamond JimBartender
  86. 1935Man on the Flying TrapezeAdolph Berg
  87. 1935Society FeverHanly
  88. 1935Death from a DistanceDet. Regan
  89. 1935The NitwitsJ. Gabriel Hazel
  90. 1935Vagabond LadyTony’s Old Crony (uncredited)
  91. 1935Hit and RumImpostor
  92. 1935Circumstantial EvidenceDetective Taylor
  93. 1935MississippiMan at Bar (uncredited)
  94. 1935One in a MillionStore Detective Rourke
  95. 1935His Bridal SweetSick Guest
  96. 1935Public OpinionPostman
  97. 1934Fixing a StewMan at Leon's house (as Lew Kelley)
  98. 1934Something SimpleNut Doctor
  99. 1934The Fuller Gush ManFather
  100. 1934Take the StandMedical Examiner (uncredited)
  101. 1934We're Rich AgainDr. Duncan (uncredited)
  102. 1934What's Your RacketCameron
  103. 1933King for a NightMilk Wagon Driver
  104. 1933I'm No AngelJoe - Animal Keeper (uncredited)
  105. 1933Stage MotherJake, Stagehand (uncredited)
  106. 1933Lady for a DayReception Guest Harry the Horse (uncredited)
  107. 1933Strange PeopleSmith - the Insurance Agent
  108. 1933The NuisanceBartender (uncredited)
  109. 1933Parole GirlPrison Warden (uncredited)
  110. 1933State TrooperGraber
  111. 1933Hard to HandleHash-Slinger (uncredited)
  112. 1933Laughter in HellMileaway
  113. 1932If I Had a MillionPrison Barber (uncredited)
  114. 1932Afraid to TalkMailman
  115. 1932I Am a Fugitive from a Chain GangDiner Cook (uncredited)
  116. 1932Air MailDrunken Passenger (uncredited)
  117. 1932The Devil HorseThe Boy's Father [Chs. 1 & 12] (as Lou Kelley)
  118. 1932VirtueMagistrate
  119. 1932Vanity StreetJustice of the Peace (uncredited)
  120. 1932Million Dollar LegsTrain Conductor (uncredited)