
Jack Kelly
Department: Acting
Biography
Jack Kelly (September 16, 1927 – November 7, 1992) was an American actor. He started acting at age two, modeling in soap ads and garnering a lifetime supply of soap for his pay. Kelly continued to model until the age of nine, when he appeared in his first play with Hope Emerson called "Swing Your Lady". Broadway shows and radio followed until his family moved to California in 1938. He started in numerous films, including “A Holiday Affair,” “Forbidden Planet,” and “Black Tuesday.”
Known For

Forbidden Planet
1956

Where Danger Lives
1950

The Human Tornado
1976

Black Tuesday
1954

Taming Sutton’s Gal
1957

Drive a Crooked Road
1954

Spawn of the Slithis
1978

Cult of the Cobra
1955

Double Jeopardy
1955

The Night Holds Terror
1955

To Hell and Back
1955

Julie
1956

Young Billy Young
1969

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939

When the West Was Fun: A Western Reunion
1979

Commandos
1968

FBI Code 98
1963

Sally and Saint Anne
1952

The New Maverick
1978

No Room for the Groom
1952

She Devil
1957

A Fever in the Blood
1961

The Red Ball Express
1952

The Wild Blue Yonder
1951

The Bamboo Prison
1954

Love and Kisses
1965

Holiday Affair
1949

Deadlock
1967

Basket of Mexican Tales
1956

Law and Order
1953

The Violent Men
1955

Young Mr. Lincoln
1939

People Will Talk
1951

Gunsmoke
1953

Inherent Vice
2014

Red Nightmare
1962

The Stand at Apache River
1953

Submarine Command
1951

Column South
1953

The Redhead from Wyoming
1953

They Rode West
1954

Peggy
1950

The Master Ninja 5
1985

A Double Life
1978

Hong Kong Affair
1958

The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw
1991

The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958

B. J. and the Bear
1979

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

The Bionic Woman
1976

Batman
1966

Hawaii Five-O
1968

The Lucy Show
1962

Alias Smith and Jones
1971

Sale of the Century
1969

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

Gunsmoke
1955

Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951

The Fall Guy
1981

Laredo
1965

Run for Your Life
1965

The High Chaparral
1967

The Millionaire
1955

McCloud
1970

Lux Video Theatre
1950

This Is Your Life
1952

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951

Toma
1973

Cavalcade of America
1952

Get Christie Love!
1974

Flying High
1978

City Detective
1953

Ghost Story
1972

Maverick
1957

Banacek
1972

State Trooper
1956

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963

The Name of the Game
1968

The Name of the Game
1968

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

The Rockford Files
1974

The Rockford Files
1974

Ironside
1967

Ironside
1967

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

The Incredible Hulk
1977

B. J. and the Bear
1979

Ellery Queen
1975

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

Quincy, M.E.
1976

Lux Video Theatre
1950

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
1977

Wagon Train
1957

Faraday and Company
1973

Frontier
1955

Sugarfoot
1957

Bret Maverick
1981