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Lew Kelly was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 200 films between 1928 and 1944. He was born Louis Kelly in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Born
Sunday, 24 August 1879
Died
Saturday, 10 June 1944
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Two Knights from Brooklyn | Man with Invisible Dog Act | 1957 |
| Barbary Coast Gent | Stage Passenger | 1944 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | Pilot House Guest | 1944 |
| Main Street Today | Art Hoover - Electrician at Town Meeting | 1944 |
| Week-End Pass | Farmer | 1944 |
| Beautiful But Broke | Huckster | 1944 |
| To Heir Is Human | A. Raven Sparrow | 1944 |
| The Mad Ghoul | Stagehand | 1943 |
| Crazy House | Policeman | 1943 |
| Footlight Glamour | 1943 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Two Knights from Brooklyn | Man with Invisible Dog Act | 1957 |
| Barbary Coast Gent | Stage Passenger | 1944 |
| The Adventures of Mark Twain | Pilot House Guest | 1944 |
| Main Street Today | Art Hoover - Electrician at Town Meeting | 1944 |
| Week-End Pass | Farmer | 1944 |
| Beautiful But Broke | Huckster | 1944 |
| To Heir Is Human | A. Raven Sparrow | 1944 |
| The Mad Ghoul | Stagehand | 1943 |
| Crazy House | Policeman | 1943 |
| Footlight Glamour | 1943 | |
| So's Your Uncle | Doorman | 1943 |
| Danger! Women at Work | Passenger | 1943 |
| The Falcon in Danger | Gus - Guard | 1943 |
| Action in the North Atlantic | Tony Gonzales | 1943 |
| Lady of Burlesque | The Hermit | 1943 |
| Taxi, Mister | Professor Dope / Burlesque Comic | 1943 |
| Spook Louder | Prof. J. Ogden Dunkfeather | 1943 |
| Keep 'Em Slugging | Jailer | 1943 |
| Behind the Eight Ball | Hank - the Stagehand | 1942 |
| Bowery at Midnight | Doc Brooks | 1942 |
| The Mummy's Tomb | Bartender | 1942 |
| The Magnificent Ambersons | Citizen | 1942 |
| Top Sergeant | Jerry MacDougall | 1942 |
| In Old California | Forty-Niner | 1942 |
| The Falcon Takes Over | Coroner / Coroner (Uncredited) | 1942 |
| Jesse James, Jr. | Stagecoach Driver | 1942 |
| Sleepytime Gal | Janitor | 1942 |
| Shut My Big Mouth | Settler | 1942 |
| Sweet Spirits of Nighter | Grave Robber | 1941 |
| Road Agent | Luke | 1941 |
| The Gay Falcon | Elmer - the Jailer / Elmer, Jailer | 1941 |
| Honky Tonk | Miner | 1941 |
| Last of the Duanes | Old Timer | 1941 |
| It Started with Eve | Old Man Mose - Apartment Tenant | 1941 |
| Unexpected Uncle | Johnny's Band Member | 1941 |
| The Little Foxes | Train Companion | 1941 |
| Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day | Rural Taxi Driver | 1941 |
| Cyclone on Horseback | Thad Madison | 1941 |
| Sunny | Stage Door Keeper | 1941 |
| Men of Boys Town | Gas Station Manager | 1941 |
| Footlight Fever | Jarvis - Hattie's Chauffeur | 1941 |
| The Great Train Robbery | Dad Halliday | 1941 |
| Ridin' on a Rainbow | Old Timer | 1941 |
| Robin Hood of the Pecos | Jury Foreman | 1941 |
| Lucky Devils | Process Server | 1941 |
| Trail of the Vigilantes | Bartender | 1940 |
| The Border Legion | Miner | 1940 |
| The Villain Still Pursued Her | Townsman Sam | 1940 |
| The Westerner | Ticket Man | 1940 |
| From Nurse to Worse | Crematorium Orderly | 1940 |
| Young People | Farmer | 1940 |
| Anne of Windy Poplars | Mr. Slocum | 1940 |
| Lucky Cisco Kid | Station Agent | 1940 |
| Babies for Sale | The Kingsley's Gardener | 1940 |
| Alias the Deacon | Bus Station Manager | 1940 |
| 20 Mule Team | 1st Man | 1940 |
| Saga of Death Valley | Meredith | 1939 |
| Thunder Afloat | Sailor | 1939 |
| They All Come Out | Mr. Rogers | 1939 |
| Colorado Sunset | Man in Window | 1939 |
| The Spellbinder | Turnkey / Turnkey (Uncredited) | 1939 |
| The Girl and the Gambler | Lew - Fill-In Craps Croupier | 1939 |
| Three Texas Steers | Postman | 1939 |
| The Rookie Cop | Jake, Shaw Mfg. Gateman | 1939 |
| Fixer Dugan | The First Sheriff / Sheriff #1 | 1939 |
| Panama Patrol | Captain Lacey / Capt. Lacey | 1939 |
| Blondie Meets the Boss | Mr. Crane | 1939 |
| Star Reporter | Janitor | 1939 |
| The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | First Riverboat Pilot / 1st Riverboat Pilot | 1939 |
| Lawless Valley | Fresno | 1939 |
| Ambush | Farmer | 1939 |
| Tough Kid | Regan - Policeman | 1938 |
| Secrets of a Nurse | Telephone Company Repo Man | 1938 |
| Flirting with Fate | Herbie | 1938 |
| Western Jamboree | Taxicab Driver Mark | 1938 |
| Annabel Takes a Tour | Police Court Sergeant | 1938 |
| Service de Luxe | Small Towner | 1938 |
| Man from Music Mountain | Bowdie Bill | 1938 |
| Painted Desert | Bartender Pete | 1938 |
| Mother Carey's Chickens | Paperhanger | 1938 |
| Delinquent Parents | Joe - a Bootlegger | 1938 |
| Gold Mine in the Sky | Jailer & Judge & Lawyer | 1938 |
| The Overland Express | Fred Greeley | 1938 |
| Born to Be Wild | Reilly - Diner Counterman / Reilly, Diner Counterman | 1938 |
| True Confession | Court Captain | 1937 |
| Zorro Rides Again | Engineer | 1937 |
| Some Blondes Are Dangerous | Jeff | 1937 |
| Small Town Boy | The Judge | 1937 |
| All Over Town | Martin | 1937 |
| Western Gold | Storekeeper Ezra | 1937 |
| Make a Wish | Mailman | 1937 |
| High, Wide and Handsome | Carpenter | 1937 |
| West Bound Limited | Chief Dispatcher | 1937 |
| Dance Charlie Dance | Man Reading Newspaper | 1937 |
| Forlorn River | Sheriff Jim Henry Warner | 1937 |
| Mountain Music | Mailman John | 1937 |
| Border Cafe | Police Sergeant | 1937 |
| They Gave Him a Gun | Turnkey | 1937 |
| Shall We Dance | Policeman at Jail | 1937 |
| It Happened Out West | Diner Counterman | 1937 |
| The Man Who Found Himself | Los Angeles Judge | 1937 |
| Paradise Express | Tom Wilson | 1937 |
| They Wanted to Marry | Hobo in Jail | 1937 |
| Breezing Home | Politician Stooge | 1937 |
| Rainbow on the River | Cabman | 1936 |
| Laughing at Trouble | Ed Johnson | 1936 |
| The Plot Thickens | Cassidy - Policeman | 1936 |
| Wanted! Jane Turner | Mike - Plainclothesman | 1936 |
| Pennies from Heaven | Sheriff | 1936 |
| Wild Brian Kent | Bill Harris / Bill - ranchhand | 1936 |
| Ellis Island | Farmer | 1936 |
| The Man I Marry | Counterman | 1936 |
| Lady Luck | Detective James Riley | 1936 |
| Missing Girls | Riley | 1936 |
| Crash Donovan | Janitor | 1936 |
| Winds of the Wasteland | Rocky O'Brien | 1936 |
| The Crime of Dr. Forbes | Joe | 1936 |
| Three of a Kind | Police Sgt. Cogarty | 1936 |
| Devil's Squadron | Night Watchman | 1936 |
| Feud of the West | Doctor | 1936 |
| The Criminal Within | Police Sgt. Olsen | 1936 |
| The Voice of Bugle Ann | Sheriff | 1936 |
| Timothy's Quest | Sheriff | 1936 |
| Upper Cutlets | 1936 | |
| Rose of the Rancho | Coach Driver | 1936 |
| The Lone Wolf Returns | Customs Official | 1935 |
| In Person | Mountain Man | 1935 |
| Fighting Youth | Policeman | 1935 |
| Tailspin Tommy in the Great Air Mystery | Victor Martin | 1935 |
| The Lady in Scarlet | Police Inspector Lewis Trainey | 1935 |
| Two Fisted | Attendant | 1935 |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland | Guide | 1935 |
| Diamond Jim | Bartender | 1935 |
| The Affair of Susan | Swami | 1935 |
| Annapolis Farewell | Officer on Congress | 1935 |
| Man on the Flying Trapeze | Adolph Berg | 1935 |
| Spring Tonic | Bum | 1935 |
| Society Fever | Hanly | 1935 |
| The Nitwits | J. Gabriel Hazel | 1935 |
| Vagabond Lady | Tony's Old Crony | 1935 |
| Death from a Distance | Det. Regan | 1935 |
| Hit and Rum | Impostor / Bogus Judge Kelly | 1935 |
| Goin' to Town | Michael, Colton's Gardener | 1935 |
| Circumstantial Evidence | Detective Taylor | 1935 |
| Mississippi | Man at Bar | 1935 |
| One in a Million | Store Detective Rourke | 1935 |
| His Bridal Sweet | Sick Guest | 1935 |
| Public Opinion | Postman | 1935 |
| Transient Lady | Townsman | 1935 |
| Helldorado | Printer | 1935 |
| Sing Sing Nights | Police Detective | 1934 |
| Tailspin Tommy | Victor Martin - Three Point Airport Dispatcher | 1934 |
| Port of Lost Dreams | First Hospital Detective | 1934 |
| Something Simple | The 'Nut' Doctor / Nut Doctor | 1934 |
| Take the Stand | Medical Examiner | 1934 |
| Fifteen Wives | Connelly - Hotel Detective | 1934 |
| We're Rich Again | Dr. Duncan | 1934 |
| The Old Fashioned Way | Sheriff Walter Jones | 1934 |
| The Key | Dubin Townsman | 1934 |
| Honor of the Range | Man in Balcony | 1934 |
| Looking for Trouble | Crematorium Worker | 1934 |
| Six of a Kind | Joe - Bank Guard | 1934 |
| The Meanest Gal in Town | Man with Poster in Barbershop | 1934 |
| King for a Night | Milk Wagon Driver | 1934 |
| Girl Without a Room | Joe | 1933 |
| Tillie and Gus | Sourdough - Hotel Manager | 1933 |
| I'm No Angel | Joe - Animal Keeper | 1933 |
| Stage Mother | Jake - Stagehand / Jake, Stagehand | 1933 |
| Lady for a Day | Harry the Horse - Reception Guest | 1933 |
| Man of the Forest | Matt Hawkins - Foreman | 1933 |
| Strange People | Smith - the Insurance Agent | 1933 |
| The Nuisance | Bartender | 1933 |
| Gabriel Over the White House | White House Receptionist | 1933 |
| Parole Girl | Prison Warden | 1933 |
| State Trooper | Graber | 1933 |
| Hard to Handle | Hash-Slinger | 1933 |
| Laughter in Hell | Mileaway | 1933 |
| The Billion Dollar Scandal | Scratch, Forger Convict | 1933 |
| Afraid to Talk | Mailman | 1932 |
| If I Had a Million | Prison Barber | 1932 |
| I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | Diner Cook | 1932 |
| Air Mail | Drunken Passenger | 1932 |
| The Devil Horse | The Boy's Father [Chs. 1 & 12] (as Lou Kelley) / The Boy's Father [Chs. 1 & 12] | 1932 |
| Virtue | Magistrate | 1932 |
| Vanity Street | Justice of the Peace | 1932 |
| Once in a Lifetime | Sign Painter | 1932 |
| Pack Up Your Troubles | Saunders | 1932 |
| Dynamite Ranch | Train Conductor | 1932 |
| Lady and Gent | Coroner | 1932 |
| Million Dollar Legs | Train Conductor | 1932 |
| Tom Brown of Culver | Harry - Daffy Diner | 1932 |
| Night Court | Mr. Davis - Social Worker | 1932 |
| Sky Bride | Springdale Citizen | 1932 |
| Scandal for Sale | Compositor | 1932 |
| The Miracle Man | Parker | 1932 |
| Big Dame Hunting | Weedick | 1932 |
| The Devil Plays | Snyder / Sgt. Snyder | 1931 |
| Heaven on Earth | Andy | 1931 |
| Battling with Buffalo Bill | Narrator | 1931 |
| I Take This Woman | Justice of the Peace | 1931 |
| A Man from Wyoming | Doctor | 1930 |
| Anybody's War | Bit Role | 1930 |
| Love Among the Millionaires | Railroad Man at Lunch Counter | 1930 |
| The Woman Racket | Tish | 1930 |
| Barnum Was Right | Harrison | 1929 |
| The Branded Sombrero | Lane Hallett | 1928 |
