Ralph Kellard

Ralph Kellard (June 16, 1883 - 1955) was an actor in the U.S. who appeared in theatrical productions ^[1] and films. His film work included leading roles in several films such as The Shielding Shadow (1916), The Restless Sex (1920) and The Cost (film) . His son Robert Kellard also became an actor. His other son, Thomas Kellard was also an actor and then became a Vice President at Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction in Seattle, Washington. Ralph's grandson's from Thomas, Phil and Rick Kellard, are both television writers and producers. His great grandson, Matthew Kellard is a screenwriter.

He was born Thomas J. J. Kelly in New York City. ^{[2] [3]}

Kellard was referred to as a popular local matinee idol of the Auditorium Stock Company in Kansas when he returned on screen in a showing of The Cost (film) in 1920. ^[4] In 1915 Kellard was voted the second most handsome film star, and shown in a photograph of "this month's prominent film stars" in Motion Picture Classic . ^[5]

Kellard appeared in the French language publication Mon Ciné on June 28, 1923. ^[6] Images of Kellard are available at GettyImages, ^[7] The Wisconsin Historical Society, ^[8] and The Silent Film Still Archive. ^[9]

Kellard ate a mostly fruit diet and caused slip and fall problems leaving fruit peels and other bits of fruit waste around studio sets. ^[10]

Theater

• The Warrens of Virginia (play) (1907), as Gen. Carr
• Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (play) (1907)
• The Second Tanqueray starring Tallulah Bankhead at the Amerhurst Drama Festival in 1940. ^[11]
• The Skin of Our Teeth (1942) ^[12]

Filmography

• Her Mother's Secret (1915)
• The Precious Parcel (1916)
• The Shielding Shadow (1916), a serial
• Pearl of the Army (1916), a serial, as Captain
• The Hillcrest Mystery (1918), as Gordon Brett
• A Scream in the Night (1919) ^[13]
• The Restless Sex (1920), as Jim Cleland
• The Cost (film) (1920), as John Dumont
• The Master Mind (1920 film) , as Wainwright
• Veiled Marriage (1920) ^[9]
• Love, Hate and a Woman (1921) ^[14]
• Who's Cheating? (1924), Larry Fields
• Virtuous Liars (1924), as Jack Banton
• Women Everywhere (1930), as Michael Kopulos

References

1. "Ralph Kellard". Playbill.
2. Vazzana, Eugene Michael (February 22, 2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. ISBN   9780786410590 – via Google Books.
3. Browne, Walter; Koch, E. De Roy (February 22, 1908). "Who's who on the stage, 1908 : the dramatic reference book and biographical dictionary of the theatre : containing careers of actors, actresses, managers and playwrights of the American stage". New York, B.W. Dodge – via Internet Archive.
4. "The Independent". February 22, 1920 – via Google Books.
5. "Motion Picture Classic". February 22, 1915 – via Google Books.
6. "Mon Cine". Virtual History. Retrieved 2020-10-02.
7. "Ralph Kellard, the Hollywood film actor". Getty Images.
8. "Pearl White, Ralph Kellard, and Marie Wayne in "Pearl of the Army" | Photograph". Wisconsin Historical Society. December 1, 2003.
9. "The Veiled Marriage (1920)". www.silentfilmstillarchive.com.
10. "Ralph Kellard Fruit Diet 1917". Pine Bluff Daily Graphic. February 23, 1917. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
11. Playbill, Amerhurst Drama Festival, 1940
12. Fischer, Heinz-D. (February 14, 2012). Drama / Comedy Awards 1917-1996. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN   9783110955781 – via Google Books.
13. "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
14. "Ralph Kellard". silenthollywood.com.

External links

• Ralph Kellard at Find a Grave