Desmond Kelly
- Interpretación
- 24 de julio de 1928 · Nelson, New Zealand
- 4 de febrero de 2024
Biografía
Desmond Lance Kelly was a New Zealand stage, film and television actor. After earning a science degree, he worked as a geologist and spent around 25 years in education before leaving his post at Wellington Teachers’ College in 1977 to pursue acting full time. He became a familiar presence in Wellington theatre, including at Downstage, Circa and Bats, and appeared in numerous New Zealand film and television productions, including Smash Palace, The Scarecrow, Klynham Summer, Mirror, Mirror and Peter Jackson’s The Frighteners (1996), in which he played Harry Sinclair. Kelly was also a teacher, photographer, writer and singer, and was involved in the early development of PhotoForum in Wellington. He died on 4 February 2024, aged 95.
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Filmografía
- The Strange Calls · Burt Ferguson
- Rage · Ces Blazey
- Changi · Older Tom
- Roar · Furbaide
- Song of the Siren · Dad
- Agárrame esos fantasmas · Harry Sinclair
- Xena, la princesa guerrera · Elkton
- The Last Tattoo · Monty McGurr
- Absent Without Leave · Daisy's Father
- Navigator, una odisea en el tiempo · Smithy
- Illustrious Energy · Surveyor
- Bailarines · Duke of Courland
- The Flying Doctors · Ben Connell, Alf Lang
- Mala sangre · Mr. Ridley
- The Scarecrow · Mr. Poindexter
- Smash Palace · Tiny
- Xmas for Lou · Jock