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name: "John Kelly"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-kelly"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 June 1901"
died: "9 December 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:18:19.742007+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."
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# John Kelly

Actor. Born 29 June 1901 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Died 9 December 1947.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 June 1901, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
- **Died:** 9 December 1947
- **Also known as:** John F. Kelly

## Biography

John F. Kelly was an American actor whose career ran from the late silent era through the 1940s. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on 29 June 1901 and began working in films in 1928, appearing in early supporting roles for Fox and Warner Bros.

Most of his parts were small or uncredited, though he occasionally received more substantial billing. He is known for playing Elmer, the simple-minded policeman, in the 1938 screwball comedy *Bringing Up Baby*, as well as roles in *After the Thin Man* (1936), *Moontide* (1942) and *My Gal Sal* (1942). Kelly died in Los Angeles on 9 December 1947.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bringing Up Baby* (1938), Fi1m 88, as Elmer — [page](https://film.one/film/bringing-up-baby.md)

## Also known for

- *Scarface* (1932), One of Costillo's Hoods (uncredited)
- *After the Thin Man* (1936), Harold (uncredited)
- *Wendy* (2020), The Olds
- *The Docks of New York* (1928), Sailor Barfly (uncredited)
- *The Dark Corner* (1946), Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
- *Black Friday* (1940), Taxi Driver
- *Morning Glory* (1933), Prop Man (uncredited)
- *Moontide* (1942), Mac

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