--- name: "Paul Kelly" canonical: "https://film.one/person/paul-kelly-82348" roles: ["Actor"] born: "8 August 1899" died: "6 November 1956" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T01:44:01.474816+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." --- # Paul Kelly Actor. Born 8 August 1899 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. Died 6 November 1956. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 8 August 1899, Brooklyn, New York, USA - **Died:** 6 November 1956 - **Also known as:** Paul Kelley, Paul Michael Kelly - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kelly_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q929838, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446769/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/82348 ## Biography Paul Kelly was an American actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York, he began his career as a child performer on stage and in silent films around 1906, later appearing in numerous Broadway productions through the 1920s and 1930s. His film roles included supporting parts in *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), *Tarzan's New York Adventure* (1942), *Crossfire* (1947) and *The High and the Mighty* (1954). He also worked in television. In 1948 he won a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in *Command Decision*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, filmcomment.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Crossfire* (1947), Fi1m 77, as The Man — [page](https://film.one/film/crossfire.md) ## Complete filmography (116) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Born and Bred* (1978), series, as Luke - *Bailout at 43,000* (1957), as Colonel William Hughes - *Curfew Breakers* (1957), as Police Lieutenant Lacey - *Storm Center* (1956), as Judge Robert Ellerbe - *The Square Jungle* (1955), as Jim McBride - *Crossroads* (1955), series, as Father Bill Rigge - *Atomic Energy as a Force for Good* (1955), as John Vernon - *The Steel Cage* (1954), as Warden Clinton T. Duffy - *The High and the Mighty* (1954), as Donald Flaherty - *Johnny Dark* (1954), as William Scott - *Duffy of San Quentin* (1954), as Warden Clinton T. Duffy - *Gunsmoke* (1953), as Dan Saxon - *Split Second* (1953), as Bart Moore - *Springfield Rifle* (1952), as Lt. Col John Hudson - *The Painted Hills* (1951), as Jonathan Harvey - *Frenchie* (1950), as Pete Lambert - *Pulitzer Prize Playhouse* (1950), series, as Melville Goodwin - *Side Street* (1950), as Capt. Walter Anderson - *The Secret Fury* (1950), as Eric Lowell - *Guilty of Treason* (1950), as Tom Kelly - *The File on Thelma Jordon* (1949), as Miles Scott - *Crossfire* (1947), as The Man — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/crossfire.md) - *Adventure Island* (1947), as Donald Lochlin - *Spoilers of the North* (1947), as Matt Garraway - *Fear in the Night* (1947), as Cliff Herlihy - *Strange Journey* (1946), as Lucky Leeds - *Deadline for Murder* (1946), as Lt. Jerry E. McMullen - *The Cat Creeps* (1946), as Ken Grady - *The Glass Alibi* (1946), as Max Anderson - *San Antonio* (1945), as Roy Stuart - *Allotment Wives* (1945), as Major Pete Martin - *China's Little Devils* (1945), as Big Butch Dooley - *Grissly's Millions* (1945), as Joe Simmons - *The Secret Code* (1944), Actor - *Faces in the Fog* (1944), as Tom Elliott - *Dead Man's Eyes* (1944), as Dr. Alan Bittaker - *The Story of Dr. Wassell* (1944), as Murdock - *Man from Music Mountain* (1943), as Victor Marsh - *Flying Tigers* (1942), as Hap Smith - *The Secret Code* (1942), as Lt. Dan Barton / The Black Commando - *Tough as They Come* (1942), as Dan Stevens - *Not a Ladies' Man* (1942), as Robert Bruce - *Tarzan's New York Adventure* (1942), as Jimmie Shields - *Call Out the Marines* (1942), as Jim Blake - *Mr. and Mrs. North* (1942), as Lieutenant Weigand - *Parachute Battalion* (1941), as Tex McBride - *Mystery Ship* (1941), as Allan Harper - *I'll Wait for You* (1941), as Lieutenant McFarley - *Ziegfeld Girl* (1941), as John Slayton - *Flight Command* (1940), as Lieut. Cmdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes - *Girls Under 21* (1940), as Johnny Cane - *The Howards of Virginia* (1940), as Capt. Jabez Allen - *Wyoming* (1940), as General Custer - *Queen of the Mob* (1940), as Tom Webster - *Invisible Stripes* (1939), as Ed Kruger - *The Roaring Twenties* (1939), as Nick Brown - *6,000 Enemies* (1939), as Dr. Malcolm Scott - *Forged Passport* (1939), as Dan Frazer - *The Flying Irishman* (1939), as Butch Brannen - *Within the Law* (1939), as Joe Garson - *Breakdowns of 1938* (1938), as Steve McBride (archive footage) (uncredited) - *Adventure in Sahara* (1938), as Jim Wilson - *Juvenile Court* (1938), as Gary Franklin - *The Missing Guest* (1938), as 'Scoop' Hanlon - *The Devil's Party* (1938), as Jerry Donovan - *Torchy Blane in Panama* (1938), as Detective Lieutenant Steve 'Stevie' McBride - *The Nurse from Brooklyn* (1938), as Jim Barnes - *Island in the Sky* (1938), as Johnny Doyle - *Navy Blue and Gold* (1937), as Tommy Milton - *Fit for a King* (1937), as Briggs - *The Frame-Up* (1937), as Mark MacArthur - *It Happened Out West* (1937), as Richard P. 'Dick' Howe - *Parole Racket* (1937), as Lt. Anthony Roberts - *Join the Marines* (1937), as Phil Donlon - *The Accusing Finger* (1936), as Douglas Goodwin - *Murder with Pictures* (1936), as I.B. McGoogin - *Women Are Trouble* (1936), as Bill Blaine - *The Country Beyond* (1936), as Sgt. Cassidy - *Song and Dance Man* (1936), as Hap Farrell - *Here Comes Trouble* (1936), as Duke Donovan - *My Marriage* (1936), as Barney Dolan - *It's a Great Life* (1935), as Rockie Johnson - *Silk Hat Kid* (1935), as Tim Martin - *Speed Devils* (1935), as Martin Gray - *Public Hero Number 1* (1935), as Special Agent James Duff - *Star of Midnight* (1935), as Jim Kinland - *When a Man's a Man* (1935), as Phil Acton, Foreman Cross Triangle - *The President Vanishes* (1934), as Chick Moffat - *Death on the Diamond* (1934), as Jimmy Downey - *Side Streets* (1934), as Tim O'Hara - *Blind Date* (1934), as Bill Lowry - *The Love Captive* (1934), as Dr. Norman Ware - *School for Girls* (1934), as Garry Waltham - *Broadway Thru a Keyhole* (1933), as Frank Rocci - *The Girl from Calgary* (1932), as Larry Boyd - *Slide, Kelly, Slide* (1927), as Dillon - *The New Klondike* (1926), as Bing Allen - *The Old Oaken Bucket* (1921), as The Youth - *The Great Adventure* (1921), as Another Leek Son - *Anne of Green Gables* (1919), as Gilbert Blythe - *Fit to Win* (1919), as Hank Simpson - *A Family Picnic* (1915), as Jimmie Jones - *The Esterbrook Case* (1915), Actor - *A Horseshoe for Luck* (1914), as Edwards' son - *Polishing Up* (1914), as The Bellhop - *The Locked House* (1914), Actor - *Buddy's Downfall* (1914), as Buddy Watson - *Lillian's Dilemma* (1914), as Dick Denby - *Buddy's First Call* (1914), as Buddy Watson - *A Good Little Devil* (1914), as Undetermined Role - *Heartsease* (1913), as One of the Sons - *The Feudists* (1913), as Young Boy - *Cutey Tries Reporting* (1913), as Tommy - Ethel's Little Brother - *The Mouse and the Lion* (1913), as The Mouse - Tim - Burling's Hallboy - *Captain Barnacle's Waif* (1912), Actor - *A Juvenile Love Affair* (1912), as Jaspar's Son ## Gallery - ![Paul Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/1235719/gallery-e5b3cc5b2810.jpg) Paul Kelly — trailer screenshot (MGM), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Paul_Kelly_in_Tarzan%27s_New_York_Adventure_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Paul Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/1235719/gallery-9226ad8e92f3.jpg) Paul Kelly — Image via TMDB - ![Paul Kelly](https://film.one/media/person/1235719/gallery-be8751806d96.jpg) Paul Kelly — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 1 won - Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play 1948: Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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