List of the best Cecil Kellaway movies: Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill(1947), Harvey(1950), The Postman Always Rings Twice(1946), The Luck of the Irish(1948), The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms(1953), Francis Goes to the Races(1951), Half Angel(1951), Portrait of Jennie(1948), Female on the Beach(1955), The Reformer and the Redhead(1950), The Mummy's Hand(1940), Toy Tiger(1956) ... ...
Drama
1947
54 Minutes
Jonathan Huntoon Smith
daughter tycoon lawyer cop boyfriend eccentric cheeky hilarious outlandish pilgrim hill, mass. police station law office father/daughter relationship family feud hurricane missing persons murder investigation overprotective parent sacrifice mystery
Dedicated dad Sam "Bigmouth" Smedley (Clem Bevans) uses a Native American rain dance to invoke a vengeful hurricane when a local tycoon objects to Sam's daughter marrying into his family.
Comedy
USA
1950
104 Minutes
Dr. Chumley
James Stewart Josephine Hull Cecil Kellaway Peggy Dow Charles Drake Victoria Horne Jesse White William Lynn Wallace Ford Nana Bryant Grace Mills
alcoholic sister doctor manager daughter judge winsome cheery charming lighthearted small town bar family home mental institution mental illness family small-town life nonconformity imagination discovery
Due to his insistence that he has an invisible six foot-tall rabbit for a best friend, a whimsical middle-aged man is thought by his family to be insane - but he may be wiser than anyone knows.
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
113 Minutes
Nick Smith
Lana Turner John Garfield Cecil Kellaway Hume Cronyn Audrey Totter Leon Ames Alan Reed
drifter femme fatale district attorney lawyer restaurant owner tense suspenseful passionate diner courtroom california beach car justice ambition murder affair temptation forbidden love fall
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
Comedy
USA
1948
99 Minutes
Horace
Tyrone Power Anne Baxter Cecil Kellaway Lee J. Cobb James Todd Jayne Meadows J.M. Kerrigan Phil Brown Charles Irwin
reporter leprechaun love interest fiancée publisher editor lighthearted emotional ireland hotel new york city office apartment love triangle ambition political campaign ethics myth magic quest
Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.
Sci-Fi
USA
1953
80 Minutes
Prof. Thurgood Elson
Paul Hubschmid Paula Raymond Cecil Kellaway Kenneth Tobey Donald Woods Jack Pennick Lee Van Cleef Steve Brodie Ross Elliot Ray Hyke Mary Hill
professor researcher doctor scientist corporal colonel campy outlandish spectacular thrilling arctic canada maine massachusetts new york city coney island nuclear weapons testing dinosaurs uncontrollable experiment radiation
A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City.
Comedy
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Colonel Travers
Donald O'Connor Piper Laurie Cecil Kellaway Jesse White Barry Kelley Hayden Rorke Vaughn Taylor Larry Keating Peter Brocco Edwin Max Don Beddoe
The owner of a talking mule, now a horse-breeder, gets involved with gangsters.
Comedy
USA
1951
77 Minutes
Harry Gilpin
Loretta Young Joseph Cotten Cecil Kellaway Basil Ruysdael Jim Backus Irene Ryan John Ridgely
nurse attorney contractor doctor father spirited endearing quirky lighthearted hospital mansion church united states sleepwalking amnesia love triangle subconscious discovery temptation 1950s
Nurse Nora Gilpin is attracted to lawyer John Raymond whom she dislikes during the day and seduces during the night, when she sleepwalks.
Romance
USA
1948
86 Minutes
Matthews
Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Ethel Barrymore Cecil Kellaway David Wayne Albert Sharpe Florence Bates Lillian Gish Henry Hull Maude Simmons Felix Bressart
painter girl gallery owner cab driver mother superior dreamy brooding creative fascinating new york city cape cod central park convent apartment pub time poverty art storm love
A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
97 Minutes
Osbert Sorenson
Joan Crawford Jeff Chandler Jan Sterling Cecil Kellaway Natalie Schafer Marjorie Bennett
Moving into a beach house involves Lynn Markham in mystery, danger, and romance with a beach boy of dubious motives.
Comedy
USA
1950
90 Minutes
Dr. Kevin G. Maguire
Melvin Frank June Allyson Dick Powell David Wayne Cecil Kellaway Ray Collins Robert Keith Marvin Kaplan Kathleen Freeman Wally Maher Alex Gerry
attorney zookeeper daughter commodore niece reporter amusing heartwarming california small town zoo ranch sacramento, calif. office politics corruption investigation blackmail romance misunderstanding
Hot-tempered Kathleen Maguire enlists the services of a young attorney to help her zookeeper father get his job back after he is fired for political reasons. In the midst of uncovering ... See full summary »
Horror
USA
1940
67 Minutes
The Great Solvani
Dick Foran Peggy Moran Wallace Ford Cecil Kellaway George Zucco Charles Trowbridge Tom Tyler Sig Arno Edward Ciannelli Leon Belasco Harry Stubbs
archaeologist professor best friend magician daughter high priest creepy frightening suspenseful egypt university graveyard tomb curse expedition mummy drugs father/daughter relationship pursuit mystery
Archaeologists defile the tomb of mummified Kharis, who was buried alive for falling in love with an Egyptian princess.
Comedy
1956
88 Minutes
James Fusenot
Jeff Chandler Laraine Day Tim Hovey Cecil Kellaway Richard Haydn David Janssen
art designer vice president artist son director boy charming lighthearted amusing new york city advertising office boarding school small town artist's studio lake advertising ambition parenthood father figure impersonation
A New York adman (Jeff Chandler) is conned into posing as the father of a co-worker's (Laraine Day) son (Tim Hovey) at boarding school.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1967
108 Minutes
Monsignor Mike Ryan
Spencer Tracy Katharine Hepburn Sidney Poitier Katharine Houghton Cecil Kellaway Beah Richards Roy E. Glenn Sr. Virginia Christine Isabel Sanford
fiancée doctor father mother priest maid powerful amusing emotional san francisco family home hawaii racism culture clash parenthood marriage forbidden love 1960s
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her African-American fiancé.
Horror
USA
1965
133 Minutes
Harry
Bette Davis Olivia de Havilland Joseph Cotten Agnes Moorehead Cecil Kellaway Victor Buono Mary Astor Bruce Dern
spinster murderer housekeeper suspenseful dark creepy campy louisiana household plantation murder death dreams drugs mystery fall 1920s
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Fantasy
USA
1942
76 Minutes
Daniel
Fredric March Veronica Lake Robert Benchley Susan Hayward Cecil Kellaway Elizabeth Patterson Robert Warwick Eily Malyon Nora Cecil Emory Parnell Aldrich Bowker
witch puritan fiancée politician doctor socialite melodramatic amusing charming lighthearted salem, massachusetts jail inn witchcraft love triangle magic revenge curse love transformation
A beautiful 17th-century witch returns to life to plague politician Wallace Wooley, descendant of her persecutor.
Drama
USA
1945
101 Minutes
Mac
Jennifer Jones Joseph Cotten Ann Richards Anita Louise Cecil Kellaway Gladys Cooper Byron Barr Robert Sully Reginald Denny Ernest Cossart James Millican
soldier woman mother fiancée melodramatic tense italy party london world war ii love letters long-distance relationship murder amnesia domestic violence mystery love 1940s
Allen Quinton writes a fellow soldier's love letters; tragedy results. Later, Allen meets a beautiful amnesiac who fears postmen...
Adventure
USA
1947
146 Minutes
Jeremy Love
Gary Cooper Paulette Goddard Howard da Silva Boris Karloff Cecil Kellaway Ward Bond Katherine DeMille Henry Wilcoxon C. Aubrey Smith Victor Varconi Virginia Grey
captain slave trader heroine slave native american friend tense spirited confident rousing colony north america pittsburgh fort river conspiracy slave trade colonialism land wars raids
Intrepid frontiersman Chris Holden foils the political and personal ambitions of renegade Martin Garth in the Ohio Valley following the French and Indian War.
Western
USA
1958
103 Minutes
Dr. Enos Davis
Alan Ladd Olivia de Havilland Dean Jagger David Ladd Cecil Kellaway Henry Hull
father son doctor dog farmer sheriff suspenseful melodramatic heartwarming illinois doctor's office farm wild west general store forest father/son relationship grief disability new town wrongful conviction
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hate of the Northerners.
Drama, History
USA
1953
112 Minutes
Mr. Parry
Jean Simmons Stewart Granger Charles Laughton Deborah Kerr Cecil Kellaway Leo G. Carroll Kay Walsh Elaine Stewart
admiral queen courtesan king princess bleak somber fascinating royal palace royal court london manor aspirations love royal life transformation forbidden love growing up 16th century
The early life of Elizabeth I, from her childhood until her accession to the throne of England in 1558.
Romance
USA
1939
70 Minutes
Charles
Leslie Howard Ingrid Bergman Edna Best John Halliday Cecil Kellaway Enid Bennett Ann E. Todd Douglas Scott Eleanor Wesselhoeft Marie Flynn
pianist daughter wife son violinist engaging melodramatic stockholm new york city affair music family love triangle forbidden love temptation 1930s
A violinist's piano accompanist retires. He hears his daughter's piano teacher/Ingrid Bergman play and asks her to play on his next int'l tour. They fall in love.
Comedy
USA
1943
81 Minutes
Pop Tibbets
Paulette Goddard Ray Milland Virginia Field Gladys George Cecil Kellaway William Bendix
Girl loses beauty contest, becomes a fortune teller.
Biography
USA
1961
106 Minutes
Cardinal Hugolino
Bradford Dillman Dolores Hart Stuart Whitman Pedro Armendáriz Cecil Kellaway Eduard Franz Athene Seyler Finlay Currie Mervyn Johns Russell Napier John Welsh
god saint nun priest merchant inspiring powerful italy assisi religion catholic church canonization charity sacrifice rise metamorphosis 13th century
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his own religious order, sanctioned by the Pope.
Action
USA
1953
98 Minutes
Dr. Willoughby
Alan Ladd Deborah Kerr Charles Boyer Corinne Calvet Cecil Kellaway Mark Cavell John Abbott Philip Bourneuf John Williams Charles Lung Leonard Carey
arms dealer warlord adventurer maharajah brash confident gripping thrilling india palace revolution weapons adventure escape 20th century
In 1947, in an independent India, Europeans are scrambling to evacuate Ghandahar which is besieged by a local warlord but sought-after by an American arms dealer.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1966
90 Minutes
Bernard Ranley
Elvis Presley Shelley Fabares Diane McBain Deborah Walley Cecil Kellaway Una Merkel Jack Mullaney Will Hutchins
journalist heiress rock star millionaire race car driver drummer lighthearted amusing santa barbara, calif. racetrack concert stage car rock 'n' roll love triangle racing marriage commitment romance rivalry love
Band singer/race driver Mike McCoy must choose between marrying a beautiful rich girl and driving her father's car in a prestigious race.
Comedy
1940
76 Minutes
Mr. Chumley
Lupe Velez Leon Errol Donald Woods Elisabeth Risdon Cecil Kellaway Linda Hayes Lydia Bilbrook
Carmelita (Lupe Velez) heads for Reno, followed by her husband (Donald Woods) and Uncle Matt/Lord Epping (Leon Errol).
Comedy
1962
87 Minutes
Dean Joshua Updike
Tom Poston Julia Meade Jim Backus Fred Clark Cecil Kellaway Zeme North Margaret Dumont James Millhollin Mike Mazurki Jimmy Hawkins Bart Patton
professor niece dean rival love interest spy amusing outlandish spirited lighthearted california university superhuman abilities moral dilemma cold war academia kidnapping discovery rescue 1960s
An ancient coin gives a professor (Tom Poston) rare powers; he offers himself to the Pentagon as a secret weapon.
Comedy
USA
1943
80 Minutes
King O'Hara
Bud Abbott Lou Costello Grace McDonald Patsy O'Connor Leighton Noble Cecil Kellaway Eugene Pallette Eddie Quillan
Adaptation of the Damon Runyon story 'Princess O'Hara', in which the horse of a street vendor is replaced by a racehorse.
Drama
USA
1944
86 Minutes
Doctor Weeks
Loretta Young Alan Ladd Susan Hayward Barry Sullivan Beulah Bondi Cecil Kellaway Helen Mack Anthony Caruso Grant Mitchell Jonathan Hale George Carleton
A wealthy woman who lost her hearing to meningitis meets a doctor who is concocting a serum that will cure deafness.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1970
124 Minutes
Dr. Kasper
Elliott Gould Candice Bergen Jeff Corey Robert F. Lyons Max Julien Cecil Kellaway Jon Lormer Leonard Stone William Bramley Jeannie Berlin John Rubinstein
graduate student student activist teacher administrator unrestrained offbeat california university lecture hall campus life activism values literature education transformation underdog discovery 1970s
A Vietnam vet and former social radical is conflicted by his desire to become a teacher and his sympathy with anti-establishment student protests.
Romance
USA
1942
93 Minutes
Uncle George
Rosalind Russell Fred MacMurray Macdonald Carey Constance Moore Robert Benchley Charles Arnt Cecil Kellaway Kathleen Howard Margaret Seddon Dooley Wilson George H. Reed
painter ad executive secretary brother sister escort charming lighthearted playful office party restaurant apartment shop love-hate relationship advertising social standing unusual occupations romance work
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
Comedy, Kids & Family
1959
104 Minutes
Professor Plumcutt
Fred MacMurray Jean Hagen Tommy Kirk Annette Funicello Tim Considine Kevin Corcoran Cecil Kellaway Alexander Scourby Roberta Shore James Westerfield Jacques Aubuchon
son father brother mother dog foreign exchange student amusing lighthearted united states household curse childhood dogs espionage magic unlikely hero metamorphosis adventure discovery 1950s
An old ring turns a couple's (Fred MacMurray, Jean Hagen) son (Tommy Kirk) into a sheep dog; he must perform an act of heroism to turn back.
Crime, Drama
USA
1940
88 Minutes
Brother Goodwin
Edward G. Robinson Humphrey Bogart Ann Sothern Donald Crisp Ralph Bellamy Allen Jenkins Charles D. Brown Cecil Kellaway Morgan Conway Richard Lane Paul Guilfoyle
mobster criminal monk girlfriend police officer endearing positive city europe hideout monastery shop police station crime faith meaning of life transformation 1940s
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Comedy
USA
1967
102 Minutes
Buckmaster
Dick Van Dyke Barbara Feldon Edith Evans John McGiver Harry Townes John Fiedler Norman Fell Cecil Kellaway Stephen Strimpell Anne Seymour Helen Kleeb
butler secretary philanthropist spinster con artist love interest amusing endearing new york city loyalty con game rescue love luck bankruptcy adventure underdog 1960s
A butler and the staff of an eccentric aged philanthropist whose family wealth is exhausted engage in larceny and crimes to maintain her lifestyle and provide funds for her charitable activities.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
86 Minutes
Henry Putnam
George Brent Brenda Marshall George Tobias James Stephenson Lee Patrick Eric Blore Miles Mander Cecil Kellaway Mary Forbes Gilbert Emery Stanley Logan
Greedy diamond mine owner Eli Snedeker, resentful that his ex-foreman John Gamble stopped him from taking over kindly, but drunken, mine owner Roger Smythe's mine just as he was about to ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1963
175 Minutes
Monsignor Monaghan
Tom Tryon Romy Schneider Carol Lynley John Huston Dorothy Gish Maggie McNamara Bill Hayes Cameron Prud'Homme Cecil Kellaway Loring Smith
priest cardinal student sister inspiring profound passionate austria boston rome vienna church racism catholic church nazism spiritual crisis abortion forbidden love rise temptation
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.