Paul Kelly

Paul Kelly

1899-08-08 Brooklyn, New York, USA 112 Credits

Biography

Paul Michael Kelly was an American child actor who later as an adult became a stage, film, and television actor.

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Bailout at 43,000

Bailout at 43,000

1957

as Colonel William Hughes

4.6
Acting

An Air Force major feels a volatile mixture of relief and anger when he is excused from performing a dangerous test in a new aircraft.

Curfew Breakers

Curfew Breakers

1957

as Police Lieutenant Lacey

5.0
Acting

Police Lieutenant Lacey, with aid from Coach Bettger, heads a crack-down on dope-peddling to high-school athletes. One kid dies from an overdose, two ...

Storm Center

Storm Center

1956

as Judge Robert Ellerbe

6.4
Acting

Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a Communist.

The Square Jungle

The Square Jungle

1955

as Jim McBride

5.9
Acting

Grocery clerk Eddie Quaid, in danger of losing his father to alcoholism and his girl Julie through lack of career prospects, goes into boxing.

Atomic Energy as a Force for Good

Atomic Energy as a Force for Good

1955

as John Vernon

Acting

Drama showing the reactions of citizens of a small town to the construction of a nuclear energy plant in their community, and their acceptance of the ...

The Steel Cage

The Steel Cage

1954

as Warden Clinton T. Duffy

Acting

Drama set in San Quentin prison.

The High and the Mighty

The High and the Mighty

1954

as Donald Flaherty

5.9
Acting

Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-t...

Johnny Dark

Johnny Dark

1954

as William Scott

5.0
Acting

A young auto racer competes in a Canada-to-Mexico race in a car he designed himself. Director George Sherman's 1954 film stars Tony Curtis, Piper Laur...

Duffy of San Quentin

Duffy of San Quentin

1954

as Warden Clinton T. Duffy

6.0
Acting

San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

1953

as Dan Saxon

6.4
Acting

Kittridge is hired by the villans but turns to defend the rancher Saxon after learning the true situation. Kittrige wins Saxon's ranch with a cut of t...

Split Second

Split Second

1953

as Bart Moore

6.2
Acting

Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.

Springfield Rifle

Springfield Rifle

1952

as Lt. Col John Hudson (Ft. Hedley CO)

6.1
Acting

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipmen...

The Painted Hills

The Painted Hills

1951

as Jonathan Harvey

4.0
Acting

After years of prospecting, Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left Tommy fatherle...

Frenchie

Frenchie

1950

as Pete Lambert

5.7
Acting

Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she onl...

Side Street

Side Street

1950

as Capt. Walter Anderson

6.6
Acting

A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a...

The Secret Fury

The Secret Fury

1950

as Eric Lowell

5.4
Acting

The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen d...

Guilty of Treason

Guilty of Treason

1950

as Tom Kelly

6.0
Acting

The story of Cardinal Josef Mindzhenty, a Roman Catholic cardinal from Hungary who spoke out against both the Nazi occupation of his country during Wo...

The File on Thelma Jordon

The File on Thelma Jordon

1949

as Miles Scott

6.6
Acting

Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her...

Crossfire

Crossfire

1947

as The Man

6.6
Acting

A man is murdered, apparently by one of a group of soldiers just out of the army. But which one? And why?

Adventure Island

Adventure Island

1947

as Donald Lochlin

4.7
Acting

Travelers find themselves marooned on an island with a maniacal self-made ruler.

Spoilers of the North

Spoilers of the North

1947

as Matt Garraway

5.0
Acting

When the Alaska fishing season ends, a crooked cannery owner, who owes a huge delivery of salmon to a Seattle company, manipulates local Natives, who ...

Fear in the Night

Fear in the Night

1947

as Cliff Herlihy

5.4
Acting

The dream is unusually vivid: Bank employee Vince Grayson finds himself murdering a man in a sinister octagonal-shaped room lined with mirrors while a...

Strange Journey

Strange Journey

1946

as Lucky Leeds

6.0
Acting

Reformed racketeer "Lucky" Leeds flees from the police when he thinks they are about to arrest him for a murder he didn't commit. He and his wife Patt...

Deadline for Murder

Deadline for Murder

1946

as Lt. Jerry E. McMullen

Acting

A favor for an old friend leads a Los Angeles gambler (Kent Taylor) into a dangerous search for a missing document.

The Cat Creeps

The Cat Creeps

1946

as Ken Grady

4.8
Acting

A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman.

The Glass Alibi

The Glass Alibi

1946

as Max Anderson

4.1
Acting

Eying a large inheritance, a reporter marries a rich woman with failing health. When she begins feeling healthy after the wedding, the reporter takes ...

San Antonio

San Antonio

1945

as Roy Stuart

5.7
Acting

Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is ...

Allotment Wives

Allotment Wives

1945

as Major Pete Martin

6.0
Acting

Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay.

China's Little Devils

China's Little Devils

1945

as Big Butch Dooley

4.0
Acting

In this propaganda film, a courageous group of Chinese children risk their lives to assist downed American pilots escape the ruthless Japanese oppress...

Grissly's Millions

Grissly's Millions

1945

as Joe Simmons

6.0
Acting

An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.

The Secret Code

The Secret Code

1944

Acting

Feature version of the 1942 American serial film of the same title, prepared for the export market, never seen in any media format in the United State...

Faces in the Fog

Faces in the Fog

1944

as Tom Elliott

3.0
Acting

Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the docto...

Dead Man's Eyes

Dead Man's Eyes

1944

as Dr. Alan Bittaker

6.5
Acting

Artist David Stuart is blinded by a jealous model whose portrait he is painting. His fiance's father generously offers his eyes for a sight restoring ...

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944

as Murdock

6.3
Acting

As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marb...

Man from Music Mountain

Man from Music Mountain

1943

as Victor Marsh

5.0
Acting

Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He lea...

Flying Tigers

Flying Tigers

1942

as Hap Smith

6.1
Acting

Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America's entry into Wor...

The Secret Code

The Secret Code

1942

as Lt. Dan Barton / The Black Commando

5.1
Acting

A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.

Tough as They Come

Tough as They Come

1942

as Dan Stevens

Acting

The 'Dead End Kids & Little Tough Guys' are working as collectors for a finance company, when they discover the company's illegal activities and t...

Not a Ladies' Man

Not a Ladies' Man

1942

as Robert Bruce

6.0
Acting

A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Tarzan's New York Adventure

1942

as Jimmie Shields

6.4
Acting

Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his animal trainer out of the jungle. Tarzan and Jane...

Call Out the Marines

Call Out the Marines

1942

as Jim Blake

4.0
Acting

Two Marine sergeants (Victor McLaglen, Edmund Lowe) flirt with a cafe girl (Binnie Barnes) in San Diego, then find out she's a spy.

Mr. and Mrs. North

Mr. and Mrs. North

1942

as Lieutenant Weigand

4.5
Acting

Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.

Parachute Battalion

Parachute Battalion

1941

as Tex McBride

5.5
Acting

Director Leslie Goodwins' 1941 military drama, about various men who become buddies when they join the paratroopers, stars Robert Preston, Edmond O'Br...

Mystery Ship

Mystery Ship

1941

as Allan Harper

Acting

FBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and saboteurs that the US government is deporting to foreign co...

I'll Wait for You

I'll Wait for You

1941

as Lieutenant McFarley

6.8
Acting

A gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

1941

as John Slayton

6.5
Acting

Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on ...

Flight Command

Flight Command

1940

as Lieut. Cmdr. 'Dusty' Rhodes

5.6
Acting

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression ...

Girls Under 21

Girls Under 21

1940

as Johnny Cane

4.5
Acting

Francis Ryan, living high-and-free-wheeling life as the wife of gangster "Smiley" Ryan, spends some time behind bars as a result of her husband's acti...

The Howards of Virginia

The Howards of Virginia

1940

as Capt. Jabez Allen

6.5
Acting

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the ...

Wyoming

Wyoming

1940

as General Custer

5.9
Acting

With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.

Queen of the Mob

Queen of the Mob

1940

as Tom Webster

4.5
Acting

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy guns.

Invisible Stripes

Invisible Stripes

1939

as Ed Kruger

6.3
Acting

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties

1939

as Nick Brown

7.5
Acting

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartl...

6,000 Enemies

6,000 Enemies

1939

as Dr. Malcolm Scott

6.0
Acting

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

Forged Passport

Forged Passport

1939

as Dan Frazer

5.0
Acting

Dan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-fists keep him in trouble, both of which indirectly...

The Flying Irishman

The Flying Irishman

1939

as Butch Brannen

4.6
Acting

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight...

Within the Law

Within the Law

1939

as Joe Garson

6.0
Acting

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful wa...

Breakdowns of 1938

Breakdowns of 1938

1938

as Steve McBride (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

Adventure in Sahara

Adventure in Sahara

1938

as Jim Wilson

5.5
Acting

Agadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and oppressive Captain Savatt. To it comes, at his own reques...

Juvenile Court

Juvenile Court

1938

as Gary Franklin

5.0
Acting

Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the c...

The Missing Guest

The Missing Guest

1938

as 'Scoop' Hanlon

8.5
Acting

Newspaper man "Scoop" Hanlon is looking for a way out of his assigned women's interest column. The one chance he has is to spend the night in the "blu...

The Devil's Party

The Devil's Party

1938

as Jerry Donovan

4.9
Acting

Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.

Torchy Blane in Panama

Torchy Blane in Panama

1938

as Detective Lieutenant Steve 'Stevie' McBride

5.3
Acting

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.

The Nurse from Brooklyn

The Nurse from Brooklyn

1938

as Jim Barnes

6.0
Acting

A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of sho...

Island in the Sky

Island in the Sky

1938

as Johnny Doyle

7.0
Acting

A secretary (Gloria Stuart) solves a murder for her boyfriend (Michael Whalen) in the district attorney's office.

Navy Blue and Gold

Navy Blue and Gold

1937

as Tommy Milton

5.9
Acting

Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.

Fit for a King

Fit for a King

1937

as Briggs

5.0
Acting

Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio. Trying to get the story, he...

It Happened Out West

It Happened Out West

1937

as Richard P. 'Dick' Howe

Acting

Bank employee assigned to tell Arizona rancher her property is no good gets suspicious when her foreman agrees. Turns out his banker boss and the fore...

The Frame-Up

The Frame-Up

1937

as Mark MacArthur

6.0
Acting

A detective investigates a racing scam.

Parole Racket

Parole Racket

1937

as Lt. Anthony Roberts

Acting

Following a long investigation, Police Detective-Lieutenant Anthony "Tony" Roberts becomes convinced that there is some powerful unknown-master-mind l...

Join the Marines

Join the Marines

1937

as Phil Donlon

3.0
Acting

New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Marine colonel's daughter he gets kicked off the tea...

The Accusing Finger

The Accusing Finger

1936

as Douglas Goodwin

4.7
Acting

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sente...

Murder with Pictures

Murder with Pictures

1936

as I.B. McGoogin

5.1
Acting

Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for t...

Women Are Trouble

Women Are Trouble

1936

as Bill Blaine

6.0
Acting

A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.

The Country Beyond

The Country Beyond

1936

as Sgt. Cassidy

Acting

A Canadian Northwest Mounted Policeman suspects his girlfriend's father of theft and murder.

Song and Dance Man

Song and Dance Man

1936

as Hap Farrell

Acting

Julia and Hap are a dance team. He drinks and gambles, she succeeds for a while with the help of producer Alan.

Here Comes Trouble

Here Comes Trouble

1936

as Duke Donovan

Acting

Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette lighter containing some hot rocks.

My Marriage

My Marriage

1936

as Barney Dolan

5.0
Acting

When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masquerades as a respectable member of high society, his...

It's a Great Life

It's a Great Life

1935

as Rockie Johnson

Acting

Desperate for work, Johnny Barclay leaves Ma and Grandpop to join the newly formed Civilian Conversation Corps. On the way he meets cynical young hobo...

Silk Hat Kid

Silk Hat Kid

1935

as Tim Martin

6.0
Acting

Eddie Howard, a fast-thinking, two-fisted bodyguard, is hired by nightclub-owner Tim Martin to protect him from chiseling gangsters operating an extor...

Speed Devils

Speed Devils

1935

as Martin Gray

4.0
Acting

A race car driver, injured during an accident, opens up a repair shop only to become the target of crooked government agents.

Public Hero Number 1

Public Hero Number 1

1935

as Special Agent James Duff

6.2
Acting

G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailb...

Star of Midnight

Star of Midnight

1935

as Jim Kinland

6.0
Acting

When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.

When a Man's a Man

When a Man's a Man

1935

as Phil Acton, Foreman Cross Triangle

4.3
Acting

A landslide has diverted water from the Baldwin ranch to Cambert's. With their cattle dying, Cambert refuses to let them have any water. Easterner Lar...

The President Vanishes

The President Vanishes

1934

as Chick Moffat

5.8
Acting

The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman a...

Death on the Diamond

Death on the Diamond

1934

as Jimmy Downey

7.0
Acting

Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the v...

Side Streets

Side Streets

1934

as Tim O'Hara

5.3
Acting

A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne'er-do-well.

Blind Date

Blind Date

1934

as Bill Lowry

7.0
Acting

A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.

School for Girls

School for Girls

1934

as Garry Waltham

6.0
Acting

After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However,...

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

Broadway Thru a Keyhole

1933

as Frank Rocci

5.7
Acting

Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night spot. He uses his influence to help her get a star...

The Girl from Calgary

The Girl from Calgary

1932

as Larry Boyd

4.0
Acting

A French-Canadian girl is a champion bronc rider and is also a nightclub singer. An ambitious young man sees her act one night and is struck by her ta...

Slide, Kelly, Slide

Slide, Kelly, Slide

1927

as Dillon

Acting

A minor league pitcher lets pride get the better of him after he joins the New York Yankees.

The New Klondike

The New Klondike

1926

as Bing Allen

5.0
Acting

Tom Kelly, a small-town baseball pitcher, is sent to a minor-league team in Florida, and fails to make the team. He starts dabbling in real estate, in...

The Old Oaken Bucket

The Old Oaken Bucket

1921

as The Youth

Acting

A Wall Street financier fed up with the city drives to the old country homestead where he was born and takes a walk through the orchard. Full of memor...

The Great Adventure

The Great Adventure

1921

as Another Leek Son

Acting

An artist pretends to be a valet to escape a woman's advances. He marries another woman but must keep painting in secret to make enough money.

Anne of Green Gables

Anne of Green Gables

1919

as Gilbert Blythe

6.0
Acting

Anne Shirley, an orphan, is taken into the lives of a generous farmer and his sister. She grows from an adventuresome young lass into a charming and m...

Fit to Win

Fit to Win

1919

as Hank Simpson

Acting

A film on venereal disease made by the United States government.

A Family Picnic

1915

as Jimmie Jones

Acting

Mr. and Mrs. Jones and their six children start out for a picnic in the woods with youngest son Jimmie’s beloved Great Dane pup along. The animal prov...

The Esterbrook Case

1915

Acting
A Horseshoe for Luck

A Horseshoe for Luck

1914

as Edwards' son

Acting

Sidney Edwards finds a horseshoe, but his bad luck starts immediately. After several incidents, his son quietly borrows the horseshoe, perhaps to turn...

Polishing Up

Polishing Up

1914

as The Bellhop

Acting

When his wife goes away on vacation, a husband decides to use that time to do a little "playing around" and winds up at a resort hotel with two young ...

The Locked House

1914

Acting

Buddy's Downfall

1914

as Buddy Watson

Acting

Left behind by his brothers on their fishing trip, Buddy is disconsolate until he sees Lilly, a stylish young lady from the city, who is visiting Mrs....

Lillian's Dilemma

Lillian's Dilemma

1914

as Dick Denby

Acting

Lillian dresses as a man to gain access to a boy's school.

Buddy's First Call

1914

as Buddy Watson

Acting

Buddy Watson, the youngest of three brothers, and just getting accustomed to long pants, meets Elsie Forster at a church social and is smitten by the ...

A Good Little Devil

A Good Little Devil

1914

as Undetermined Role

Acting

A partially lost film, with only one surviving reel. A movie released in 1914 directed by Edwin S. Porter.

Heartsease

1913

as One of the Sons

Acting

Eric Temple is a composer whose rival, both in romance and work, is Sir Geoffrey Pomfret , a nobleman with few scruples. The woman they both love is M...

The Feudists

The Feudists

1913

as Young Boy

Acting

The Craigs and Smiths, next-door neighbors, are the best of friends until Smith builds a chicken house. Their two gardens are connected and their chil...

Cutey Tries Reporting

1913

as Tommy - Ethel's Little Brother

Acting

The Mouse and the Lion

1913

as The Mouse - Tim - Burling's Hallboy

5.0
Acting

John Burling, a detective, rounds up some members of the Night Hawk gang. Bill Hanks, the chief, swears to get even with him. Tim, a little street wai...

Captain Barnacle's Waif

1912

Acting

Tommy is bright and good-looking and he attracts the notice of a lady in a London slumming party. While she is talking to him, he steals her watch and...

A Juvenile Love Affair

1912

as Jaspar's Son

Acting

Two little children, who think themselves very much in love with each other, imbued with the ideas of their elders, plan a romantic marriage. Alvin St...