{"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":"

\"\"<\/a>While American audiences might have first discovered him for his role as the octagenarian nudist bicycle rider in 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

He starred in a number of British films and BBC television series since the 1950s, including shows and miniseries such as Strumpet City, Robin’s Nest<\/strong> and playing\u00a0O’Reilly the builder in the second episode of the Fawlty Towers <\/strong>series.<\/p>\n

Kelly was nominated for a Screen Actor’s Guild Award for his performance in 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’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Kelly’s last role was as a spry wall guard in 2007’s Stardust. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Via BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Irish actor died after a short illness. <\/div>\n

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