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Portrait of Lew Kelly

Acting

Lew Kelly

Career

Active from 1928 to 1955, with a break from 1945 to 1954, busiest in 1936 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
7
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score56/100
Highest rated
Poster for Spook Louder
Spook Louder
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 39 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.2 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.6 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lew Kelly Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.0, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.8, average 5.5
  • Melancholy
    3.4, average 4.7
  • Scare
    1.4, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 2
  • Lighthearted 2
  • Classic Comedy 2
  • Historical Setting 2
  • Classic Era 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

132
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title
Western von gestern
Western von gestern (1978)

TV show · as Zugführer

1950s

1 title
One Spooky Night
One Spooky Night (1955)

as Caretaker

1940s

34 titles · average score 60
To Heir Is Human
To Heir Is Human (1944)

as A. Raven Sparrow

Spook Louder
Spook Louder (1943)
GoodWatch score 73

as Prof. J. O. Dunkfeather

Lady of Burlesque
Lady of Burlesque (1943)
GoodWatch score 66

as The Hermit

Action in the North Atlantic
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
GoodWatch score 71

as Tony Gonzales (uncredited)

The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
GoodWatch score 84

as Citizen (uncredited)

The Mummy's Tomb
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
GoodWatch score 36

as Bartender (uncredited)

Sweet Spirits of the Nighter
Sweet Spirits of the Nighter (1941)

as Grave Robber

The Little Foxes
The Little Foxes (1941)
GoodWatch score 90

as Train Companion (uncredited)

The Gay Falcon
The Gay Falcon (1941)
GoodWatch score 58

as Elmer, Jailer (uncredited)

Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk (1941)
GoodWatch score 48

as Miner (uncredited)

The Westerner
The Westerner (1940)
GoodWatch score 71

as Ticket Man (uncredited)

Young People
Young People (1940)
GoodWatch score 59

as Farmer (uncredited)

1930s

94 titles · average score 63
Saga of Death Valley
Saga of Death Valley (1939)

as Meredith

Tough Kid
Tough Kid (1938)

as Regan - Policeman

Man from Music Mountain
Man from Music Mountain (1938)

as Bowdie Bill

Winds of the Wasteland
Winds of the Wasteland (1936)
GoodWatch score 50

as Rocky O'Brien

Three of a Kind
Three of a Kind (1936)

as Police Sgt. Cogarty

Wild Brian Kent
Wild Brian Kent (1936)

as Bill - ranchhand

Hit and Rum
Hit and Rum (1935)

as Impostor

Death from a Distance
Death from a Distance (1935)
GoodWatch score 52

as Det. Regan

Anybody's Goat
Anybody's Goat (1932)

as Pappy

Queenie of Hollywood
Queenie of Hollywood (1931)

as Hotel Manager

Under the Cock-eyed Moon
Under the Cock-eyed Moon (1930)

as Alkali Ike

The Woman Racket
The Woman Racket (1930)
GoodWatch score 59

as Tish

1920s

2 titles
Barnum Was Right
Barnum Was Right (1929)

as Harrison

The Branded Sombrero
The Branded Sombrero (1928)

as Lane Hallett