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{{Short description|Irish actor (1938–2016)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Frank Kelly
| image = Frank Kelly greyscale studio photo.jpg
| caption =
| birth_name = Francis Kelly
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1938|12|28}}
| birth_place = [[Blackrock, Dublin|Blackrock]], [[Dublin]], Ireland
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2016|02|28|1938|12|28}}
| death_place = Dublin, Ireland
| parents = [[Charles E. Kelly (cartoonist)|Charles E. Kelly]] (father) | spouse = {{marriage|Bairbre Meldon|1964}}
| children = 7
| occupation = Actor
| years_active
| notable_works = ''[[Father Ted]]'' (1995–1998)
''[[Evelyn (2002 film)|Evelyn]]'' (2002)
}}
'''Francis Kelly''' (28 December 1938 – 28 February 2016) was an
==Early life and career==
Kelly was born, in 1938, in [[Blackrock, Dublin|Blackrock]],
Kelly's first film role, which was
He starred in the popular [[
In the early 1980s, he was featured in the RTÉ
==''Father Ted''==
Kelly was best known outside Ireland for playing [[Father Jack Hackett]] in the comedy series ''[[Father Ted]]'', which aired in the United Kingdom from April 1995 to May 1998. Father Jack is an old, alcoholic and offensively rambunctious priest who usually shouts only "[[feck]]!", "arse!", "drink!" and "girls!" and the occasional scream of "what!" and "women's knickers".
For his role in ''Father Ted'', he wore [[contact lens]]es (to show Father Jack's
Interviewing Kelly in 1997 for ''[[The Irish Times]]'', Deirdre Falvey said of him: "In person he could not be further from Father Jack. Urbane, articulate, thoughtful, fit (he swims and hikes), charming company, full of stories, and quite serious, though his conversation is punctuated by the occasional burst of laughter—he is reputably a great slagger with colleagues, and is very well liked." Kelly himself said:
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From 1999 to 2001, Kelly starred in ''[[Glenroe]]'' as Maurice and played Henry Doyle (father of [[Pierce Brosnan]]'s Desmond Doyle) in ''[[Evelyn (2002 film)|Evelyn]]'' (2002). He appeared in the film ''Rat'' in 2000, as a priest called Father Pickle in the TV series ''[[Lexx]]'' (2001), and also in a short film, ''[[Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom]]'', in 2003. That same year, he had a major role as [[John Smith (Labour Party leader)|John Smith]], leader of the Labour Party, in the UK Television drama ''[[The Deal (2003 film)|The Deal]]''.
In 2007, he acted in the [[TG4]] political drama ''Running Mate'', about an election campaign.<ref>{{
On 29 September 2010, it was announced that Kelly had joined [[ITV (TV channel)|ITV1]] soap ''[[Emmerdale]]'', playing the role of Dermot, [[Declan Macey]]'s father.<ref>{{
A regular stage actor, Kelly toured extensively in the United States and Canada. He provided [[voice-overs]] and in his television advertising work, appeared with "Mr Tayto" in an advertising campaign for [[Tayto (Republic of Ireland)|Tayto]] crisps.
In 2014, he appeared as judge Justice Cannon in ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie]]''.<ref>{{
In September 2015, Kelly published an autobiography called ''The Next Gig''. His reminiscences include those of acting colleagues including [[Pierce Brosnan]] and [[Michael Caine]].<ref>{{
==Radio comedy==
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Many of his radio sketches originated from his weekday [[RTÉ Radio 1|RTÉ]] radio show ''The Glen Abbey Show'' in the 1970s until the 1990s. Kelly played the part of a [[culchie]]
==Music career==
In 1982, Kelly released a single, "Christmas Countdown", a [[Novelty song|comedy monologue]] based on the Christmas song "[[The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)|The Twelve Days of Christmas]]" and credited to the pseudonymic Gobnait O’Lúnasa. The monologue is presented as a series of comedic thank-you letters that become more and more deranged as Gobnait slowly goes insane as he receives each of the twelve items from the original song. It reached number eight in the [[Irish Singles Chart]] in 1982, and peaked at
He performed the single live on ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' on 5 January of that year.<ref>{{
In 2000 he released ''Comedy Countdown'', an album featuring some of his sketches taken from ''The Glen Abbey Show''. Tracks included the "Ayatollah Ceili Band" (a pun on [[The Tulla Céilí Band]]), "Magnum Farce", "Incoming Call", "Festive Spirit", "Hymn of Praise", "Call of the Wild", "Festive Note" and "Siege Mentality".
==Death==
Kelly died on 28 February 2016, after suffering a heart attack. He revealed he had [[Parkinson's disease]] in October 2015, and was recovering from [[Colorectal cancer|bowel cancer]].<ref>{{
His death came exactly 18 years after the death of his ''Father Ted'' co-star [[Dermot Morgan]].<ref>{{
Kelly and Bairbre, his wife of 51 years who was a drama teacher, had five daughters and two sons.<ref name="irishtimes" />
==Filmography==
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! style="width:220px;" scope="row"| ''[[The Italian Job]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Taffin]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Rock-a-Doodle]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Hear My Song]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[War of the Buttons (1994 film)|War of the Buttons]]''
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! scope="row" | ''Soft Sand, Blue Sea''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Rat (film)|Rat]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Evelyn (2002 film)|Evelyn]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[The Boys from County Clare]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Cowboys & Angels]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Turning Green]]''
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! scope="row" | ''Waiting For Dublin''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie]]''
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! style="width:220px;" scope="row"| ''[[Wanderly Wagon]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Hall's Pictorial Weekly]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Second City Firsts]]''
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| style="width:300px;"| Season 4, Episode 2 - "Swallows"
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! scope="row" | ''Teems of Times''
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| Season 1 - 4 episodes
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! scope="row" | ''[[The Irish R.M.]]''
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| Season 2, Episode 2 - "The Dispensary Doctor"
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! scope="row" | ''[[Remington Steele]]''
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| Season 3, Episode 6 - "Steele Your Heart Away"
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! scope="row" | ''[[Screen Two]]''
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| Season 10, Episode 5 - "O Mary This London"
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! scope="row" | ''[[Father Ted]]''
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| 3 seasons - [[List of Father Ted episodes|25 episodes]]
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! scope="row" | ''[[Miracle at Midnight]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Aristocrats (TV series)|Aristocrats]]''
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| Miniseries - 2 episodes
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! scope="row" | ''[[Glenroe]]''
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| Season 14 & Season 17 - 5 episodes
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! scope="row" | ''Revolver''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Lexx]]''
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| Season 4, Episode 6 - "The Rock"
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! scope="row" | ''[[The Deal (2003 film)|The Deal]]''
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! scope="row" | ''[[Malice Aforethought (film)|Malice Aforethought]]''
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! scope="row" | ''The Running Mate''
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| Miniseries - 4 episodes
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| Season 1 - 6 episodes
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! scope="row" | ''Val Falvey TD''
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| Season 1, Episode 6 - "Dis Dat Dese Dose"
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! scope="row" | ''[[Emmerdale]]''
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| 43 episodes
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===Short film===
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* ''Fishing the Sloe-Black River'' ... The priest (1996)▼
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▲* ''[[Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom]]'' ... Paddy (2003)
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* ''The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish'' ... Mr. Thomas Palmerston (2005)▼
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* ''A Day Out with Gwyn'' ... Gwyn Senior (2005)▼
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* ''Music Memories'' (2012)▼
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* ''Tea with the Dead'' ... Frank Finnegan (voice) (2014)▼
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! style="width:220px;" scope="row"| ''35 Aside''
| style="width:60px;"| 1996
| style="width:180px;"| Nasty teacher
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| 1996
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! scope="row" | ''[[Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom]]''
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| 2005
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| 2012
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! scope="row" | ''Tea with the Dead''
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! scope="row" | ''[[69 and Dead]]''
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| Eamon
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==Books==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name
* [https://www.dib.ie/biography/kelly-francis-declan-frank-a10346 Frank Kelly] in the [[Dictionary of Irish Biography]]
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