From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Cecil Lauriston Kellaway 22 August 1890 28 February 1973 was a South Africanborn character actor Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor author and director in the Australian film industry until he tried his luck in Hollywood in the 1930s Finding he could get only gangster bit parts he got discouraged and returned to Australia Then William Wyler called and offered him a part in Wuthering Heights 1939 Kellaway died 28 February 1973 in Hollywood California and his ashes were entombed in the Sanctuary of Remembrance at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery He received two Best Supporting Actor nominations for The Luck of the Irish and Guess Whos Coming to Dinner Academy Award winning actor Edmund Gwenn whose real surname was Kellaway also was his cousin Description above from the Wikipedia article Cecil Kellaway licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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