Ralph Kellard

Ralph Kellard (June 16, 1884 - 1955) was an actor in the U.S. who appeared in theatrical productions[1] and films. His film work included leading roles in several films such as The Shielding Shadow (1916), The Restless Sex (1920) and The Cost (film). His son Robert Kellard also became an actor.

He was born Thomas J. J. Kelly in New York City.[2][3]

He was referred to as a popular local matinee idol of the Auditorium Stock Company in Kansas when he returned on screen in a showing of The Cost (film) in 1920.[4] He was voted the second most handsome film star and shown in a photograph of "this month's prominent film stars" in a 1915 edition of Motion Picture Classic.[5]

He appeared in the French language publication Mon Ciné June 28, 1923.posted here[6] GettyImages has a photograph of him.[7] The Wisconsin Historical.Society has a movie still with him in it from the Pearl of the Army (1916) serial.[8] The Silent Film Still Archive has a still of him from Veiled Marriage (1920)[9]

Kellard ate a mostly fruit diet and caused slip and fall problems leaving fruit peels and other bits of fruit waste around studio sets.[10]

Theater

Filmography

References
  1. "Ralph Kellard". Playbill.
  2. Vazzana, Eugene Michael (February 22, 2001). "Silent Film Necrology". McFarland – via Google Books.
  3. Browne, Walter; Koch, E. De Roy (February 22, 1908). "Who's who on the stage, 1908 : the dramatic reference book and biographical dictionary of the theatre : containing careers of actors, actresses, managers and playwrights of the American stage". New York, B.W. Dodge – via Internet Archive.
  4. "The Independent". The Independent. February 22, 1920 – via Google Books.
  5. "Motion Picture Classic". February 22, 1915 – via Google Books.
  6. Mon Ciné Number 71, 28 June 1923 page 24
  7. "Ralph Kellard, the Hollywood film actor". Getty Images.
  8. "Pearl White, Ralph Kellard, and Marie Wayne in "Pearl of the Army" | Photograph". Wisconsin Historical Society. December 1, 2003.
  9. "The Veiled Marriage (1920)". www.silentfilmstillarchive.com.
  10. "Ralph Kellard Fruit Diet 1917". February 23, 1917. p. 8 – via newspapers.com.
  11. Playbill, Amerhurst Drama Festival, 1940
  12. Fischer, Heinz-D. (February 14, 2012). "Drama / Comedy Awards 1917-1996". Walter de Gruyter – via Google Books.
  13. "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com.
  14. "Ralph Kellard". silenthollywood.com.
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