Alec Kellaway (18941973) was a South Africanborn actor best known for
his work in Australian theatre and film, notably playing a number of
character roles for director Ken G. Hall. He was the brother of Cecil
Kellaway. He also worked as a producer in vaudeville and helped run
the Talent School at Cinesound Productions.Kellaway played a wide
variety of roles for Ken Hall, ranging from a gay floorwalker in Dad
and Dave Come to Town (1938) to a magician in Let George Do It (1938).
Hall wrote in his memoirs that the actor "was never Alec Kellaway in
any of them a contrast to many actors, who play themselves in
whatever part you give them. Alec always studied the part, got to
really understand the person he was to play, then worried about how he
would walk, talk, think."
his work in Australian theatre and film, notably playing a number of
character roles for director Ken G. Hall. He was the brother of Cecil
Kellaway. He also worked as a producer in vaudeville and helped run
the Talent School at Cinesound Productions.Kellaway played a wide
variety of roles for Ken Hall, ranging from a gay floorwalker in Dad
and Dave Come to Town (1938) to a magician in Let George Do It (1938).
Hall wrote in his memoirs that the actor "was never Alec Kellaway in
any of them a contrast to many actors, who play themselves in
whatever part you give them. Alec always studied the part, got to
really understand the person he was to play, then worried about how he
would walk, talk, think."
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