---
name: "Frank Kelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-kelly"
fi1m_id: "frank-kelly"
imdb_id: "nm0446392"
tmdb_id: 175368
wikidata_id: "Q3082687"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "28 December 1938"
died: "28 February 2016"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T13:48:53.031091+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Frank Kelly

## Identity

Frank Kelly

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frank-kelly
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frank-kelly
- **IMDb ID:** nm0446392
- **TMDB ID:** 175368
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3082687
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446392/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/175368

Actor. Born 28 December 1938 in Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland. Died 28 February 2016.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 28 December 1938, Blackrock, County Dublin, Ireland
- **Died:** 28 February 2016
- **Active:** 1991–2003
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (2), 2000s 73 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Kelly, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3082687, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446392/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/175368

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Father Ted*](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md) (89)

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## Biography

Frank Kelly was an Irish actor. Born Francis Declan Kelly on 28 December 1938 in Blackrock, County Dublin, he died on 28 February 2016 in Dublin. He is best known for playing Father Jack Hackett in the Channel 4 sitcom *Father Ted* (1995–1998).

Kelly began his career in Irish television, appearing in series such as *Hall's Pictorial Weekly* (1970s) and *Wanderly Wagon* (1968–1982). His film roles include *Taffin* (1988), *Evelyn* (2002) and *Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie* (2014). He also appeared in *Remington Steele* (1984) and *Lexx* (2001). He was married to Bairbre Meldon from 1964.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Deal* (2003), Fi1m 73, as John Smith — [page](https://film.one/film/the-deal.md)
- *Father Ted* (1995), Fi1m 89, as Father Jack Hackett — [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *Hear My Song* (1991), Fi1m 78, as Taxi Driver 2 — [page](https://film.one/film/hear-my-song.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Tea with the Dead* (2014), as Frank Finnegan
- *Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie* (2014), as Justice Cannon
- *Paddywhackery* (2007), series, as Eddie Grant
- *The Running Mate* (2007), series, as Paul 'Polly' O'Sullivan
- *Turning Green* (2005), as Father O'Hara
- *The Unusual Inventions of Henry Cavendish* (2005), as Mr. Thomas Palmerston
- *Cowboys & Angels* (2004), as Jerry
- *Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom* (2003), as Paddy
- *The Deal* (2003), as John Smith — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-deal.md)
- *The Boys & Girl from County Clare* (2003), as The Chairman
- *Evelyn* (2002), as Henry Doyle
- *Rat* (2000), as Uncle Matt
- *Soft Sand, Blue Sea* (1998), as Insp. Fitzgerald
- *Lexx* (1997), series, as Father Pickle
- *Father Ted* (1995), series, as Father Jack Hackett — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/father-ted.md)
- *War of the Buttons* (1994), as Gorilla's Dad
- *O Mary This London* (1994), as Hotel priest
- *Hear My Song* (1991), as Taxi Driver 2 — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/hear-my-song.md)
- *Troubles* (1988), series, as DI Murdoch
- *Taffin* (1988), as Liam
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Willard Skeggs
- *Second City Firsts* (1973), series, as Surveyor

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