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Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Kellaway, South African actor (died 1973)

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Born
August 22, 1890
Died
February 28, 1973
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1890

About Cecil Kellaway

Cecil Lauriston Kellaway was a South African-British character actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for The Luck of the Irish (1948) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967). Kellaway was first given a sizeable role, billed third for Blond Cheat (1938), with Joan Fontaine. However the lure of acting was too strong and he became a full-time actor, making his debut in Potash and Perlmutter. In 1963 he guest starred as museum curator Wilbur Canfield in Episode 19 on the first season of the television show My Favorite Martian. He was a good friend of mining tycoon and nation-builder Cecil Rhodes, who became young Cecil's namesake and godfather.

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Cecil Kellaway timeline

  1. Kellaway was first given a sizeable role, billed third for Blond Cheat (1938), with Joan Fontaine.
  2. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor twice, for The Luck of the Irish (1948) and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967).
  3. In 1963 he guest starred as museum curator Wilbur Canfield in Episode 19 on the first season of the television show My Favorite Martian.

The world when Cecil Kellaway was born

Cecil Kellaway was born in 1890. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineWounded Knee Massacre — last major conflict with Native Americans
  • Technology milestoneElectric chair used for first execution
  • Notable inventionElectric chair
  • World population~1.5B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderBenjamin Harrison
  • U.S. population63.0M

1890 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Cecil Kellaway's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18902026
Postage stamp$0.02$0.73
Population63.0M341 million

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