Gene Kelly
Acting
🎂 1912-08-23
Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American actor, dancer, singer, filmmaker, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen. He starred in, choreographed, or co-directed some of the most well-regarded musical films of the 1940s and 1950s, until they fell out of fashion in the late 1950s. Kelly is best known today for his performances in films such as Cover Girl (1944), Anchors Aweigh (1945), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor, On the Town (1949), which was his directorial debut, An American in Paris (1951), Singin' in the Rain (1952), Brigadoon (1954), and It's Always Fair Weather (1955). Kelly made his film debut with Judy Garland in For Me and My Gal (1942), and followed by Du Barry Was a Lady (1943), Thousands Cheer (1943), The Pirate (1948), Summer Stock (1950), and Les Girls (1957) among others. After musicals he starred in two films outside the musical genre: Inherit the Wind (1960) and What a Way to Go! (1964). In 1967, he appeared in French director Jacques Demy's musical comedy The Young Girls of Rochefort opposite Catherine Deneuve. Kelly solo directed the comedy A Guide for the Married Man (1967) starring Walter Matthau, and later the extravagant musical Hello, Dolly! (1969) starring Barbra Streisand, recognized with an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Kelly co-hosted and appeared in Ziegfeld Follies (1946), That's Entertainment! (1974), That's Entertainment, Part II (1976), That's Dancing! (1985), and That's Entertainment, Part III (1994). His many innovations transformed the Hollywood musical, and he is credited with almost single-handedly making the ballet form commercially acceptable to film audiences. Kelly received an Academy Honorary Award in 1952 for his career achievements; the same year, An American in Paris won six Academy Awards, including Best Picture. He later received lifetime achievement awards in the Kennedy Center Honors (1982) and from the Screen Actors Guild and American Film Institute. In 1999, the American Film Institute also ranked him as the 15th greatest male screen legend of Classic Hollywood Cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gene Kelly, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Cast credits(130)
Self
1962
Self
1962
Self
1982
Self
1948
Self
1971
Self - Co-Host
1961
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
Self
1967
Self
1975
Self (segment)
1952
Self
1963
Self
1978
Self
1953
Sen. Charles Edwards
1985
Self
1973
Father Chuck O'Malley
1962
Self (archive footage)
1963
Eric Hovland
1986
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
1973
Performer in 'Ziegfeld Follies' (archive footage)
1955
Self - Actor
1955
Self - Special Guest Star
1976
Self - Host
1971
Self (archive footage)
2022
Self
1961
Don Lockwood
1952
Tom T. Triplett
1951
Self
1975
Self
1954
E.K. Hornbeck
1960
Andy Miller
1967
Gabey
1949
Jerry Mulligan
1951
Danny McGuire
1980
Joseph Brady
1945
Serafin
1948
Tommy Albright
1954
Self (archive footage)
2014
D'Artagnan
1948
Barry Nichols
1957
Pinky Benson
1964
Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
1945
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1976
Danny McGuire
1944
Self
1988
Self - Host / Narrator
1974
Self - Co-Host / Narrator
1994
Gene Kelly (uncredited)
1960
Billy Boylan
1973
Icarus Xenophon
1951
Alec Howe / Black Arrow
1943
Harry Palmer
1942
Performer in Dancing Around
1954
Self
1982
Joe D. Ross
1950
Gene Kelly
1948
Ted Riley
1955
Self (archive footage)
2019
Self
1995
Leo Gogarty
1947
Noel Airman
1958
Eddie O'Brien
1949
Self (archive footage)
1988
Self - Actor (archive sound)
2004
Self (archive footage)
2016
Self (archive footage)
1986
Self - Host
1985
Self
1981
Don Lockwood
2004
Vito S. Alessandro
1943
Robert Manette
1944
Self
1975
Will Atkins
1977
Various Roles (archive footage)
2018
(archive footage)
1982
Giovanni E. 'Johnny' Columbo
1950
Self
1990
Self - Portrait Subject & Interviewee (archive footage)
2025
Self (archive footage)
1972
Self
1980
Self
1978
(archive footage)
1944
Private Eddie Marsh
1943
Host / Pierrot / The Marine / Sinbad
1956
Self (archive footage)
1976
Self / Narrator (archive footage)
1998
Self
1980
(archive footage)
2009
Jeremy Keen, the Peddler
1967
Self (archive footage)
2002
Narrator (voice)
1945
Self
1983
Self - Narrator (voice)
1982
Victor
1943
Self (archive footage)
1993
Gene Kelly (uncredited)
1952
Self
1988
Self (archive)
2009
Self (Archive Footage)
2005
Self
1987
Lieutenant Bradville
1954
Self (archive footage)
1973
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self (archive footage)
2000
Self
1990
(Archive Footage)
2025
Self (archive footage)
1950
Self
1979
Self - Host
1977
Self - Host
1961
Self - Guest Performer
1973
Jeff Eliot
1952
Don Lockwood (archive footage)
2006
Self - Guest
2011
Joe D. Ross (archive footage) (uncredited)
2006
Don Lockwood (voice) (archive sound)
1978
Tom T. Triplett
1957
Himself
1966
Self (archive footage)
2005
Self
1978
Self
1982
Michael J. Andrews
1957
Self
1965
Self
1977
Self (archive footage)
2013
Self
1974
Self (archive footage)
2003
Self
1958
Seaman Bob Lucas
1945
