{"id":18763,"date":"2012-02-13T18:38:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-13T23:38:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=18763"},"modified":"2012-02-13T18:38:34","modified_gmt":"2012-02-13T23:38:34","slug":"david-kelly-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/13\/david-kelly-82\/","title":{"rendered":"David Kelly, 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/David+Kelly+Premiere+Charlie+Chocolate+Factory+iy2PCYsmqdml.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-18764\" title=\"David+Kelly+Premiere+Charlie+Chocolate+Factory+iy2PCYsmqdml\" src=\"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/David+Kelly+Premiere+Charlie+Chocolate+Factory+iy2PCYsmqdml-205x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>While American audiences might have first discovered him for his role as the octagenarian nudist bicycle rider in <strong>Waking Ned Devine, <\/strong>David Kelly was more than four decades into his stories acting career at the time he starred in that film.<\/p>\n<p>He starred in a number of British films and BBC television series since the 1950s, including shows and miniseries such as<strong> Strumpet City, Robin&#8217;s Nest<\/strong> and playing\u00a0O&#8217;Reilly the builder in the second episode of the<strong> Fawlty Towers <\/strong>series.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly was nominated for a Screen Actor&#8217;s Guild Award for his performance in <strong>Waking Ned Devine.\u00a0<\/strong>He was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Irish Film and Television Awards, the same year he starred as Uncle Joe in Tim Burton&#8217;s <strong>Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kelly&#8217;s last role was as a spry wall guard in 2007&#8217;s <strong>Stardust. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/entertainment-arts-17020494\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">The Irish actor died after a short illness. <\/div>\n<p> <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2012\/02\/13\/david-kelly-82\/\" title=\"David Kelly, 82\">[click for 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