| LC control no. | nb 90039919 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Kelly, Frank, 1938-2016 |
| Variant(s) | Kelly, Frank, 1938- O'Kelly, Francis, 1938-2016 |
| Associated country | Ireland |
| Birth date | 1938-12-28 |
| Death date | 2016-02-28 |
| Place of birth | Blackrock (Ireland) |
| Field of activity | Acting Singing Satire Television authorship |
| Profession or occupation | Actors Singers Authors |
| Found in | The annals of Ballykilferret, 1979: t.p. (Frank Kelly) Letter from author, 28 July 1999 (Frank Declan John Kelly, born 28 Dec. 1938) IMDb, July 28, 2008 (Frank Kelly; actor) Guardian WWW site, viewed Feb, 29. 2016 (Frank Kelly, comedy actor, was born Francis O'Kelly in the south County Dublin village of Blackrock, 28 December 1938, and stayed in and around the area all his life; died 28 February 2016; had been a versatile television and radio star, stage actor, writer, satirist and singer in Ireland for more than 20 years before his breakthrough role in the classic Channel 4 series Father Ted (1995-98)); his character Gobnait O'Lunacy went on to release the novelty record Christmas Countdown, which reached No 26 in the UK singles chart in 1984, leading to an appearance on Top of the Pops; starred in the popular children's programme Wanderly Wagon, playing several parts and writing many of the scripts) |
| Associated language | eng |
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