Jack Kelly

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Nationality: American
Birthdate: 09/16/1927
Birthplace: Astoria, New York, United States
Death Date: 11/07/1992

biography

Veteran TV and film actor who began his career as a child performer. Kelly was best known as the co-star of the popular Western series "Maverick", which ran on ABC-TV from 1957-62. As Bart Maverick he played the brother of James Garner's Bret Maverick; both were dapper gamblers and card-sharks who wandered throughout the West and got involved in all kinds of tongue-in-cheek mischief. Kelly's official film debut was "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" (1939) starring Don Ameche, though he also appeared in the previous year's "Swing Your Lady", a minor Humphrey Bogart entry. Kelly's feature Continued

Credits

Lieutenant Farman
1956
Curly Mather
Kerrigan
John Behan
Carl Turner
Harold Baker
Dan Callahan
Jeff Pringle
Gene Courtier

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Discovered as a child by producer Lee Schubert
 
Began Hollywood career as a child actor
1939 
Feature film debut in "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell"
1955 
Starred in the TV version of "Kings Row", broadcast as continuing rotating segments of the "Warner Brothers Presents" series
 
Joined the cast of "Maverick" as Bart Maverick, the brother of James Garner's Bret Maverick, in November of the show's first season
Continued

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