- Daniel Hugh Kelly
-
Daniel Hugh Kelly Born August 10, 1952
Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.Occupation Actor Spouse Kathryn Ruscio Kelly (m. 1980–present) Daniel Hugh Kelly (born August 10, 1952) is an American stage, film and television actor. He may be best known for his role on the 1980s ABC TV series Hardcastle and McCormick from 1983-1986 (as ex-con Mark "Skid" McCormick) for which he also wrote and directed. Brian Keith was his costar.
Contents
Life and career
The middle of five children, he was born and raised in Elizabeth, New Jersey, where his grandfather and father were career police officers/detectives and his mother a social worker. He attended and graduated from Roselle Catholic High School in 1970.[1] A graduate of St. Vincent College (Latrobe, PA) in 1974, Kelly also pursued an MFA at Catholic University (DC) on a full scholarship.[2]
A versatile actor, Kelly starred on Broadway as Brick opposite Kathleen Turner's Maggie in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and opposite Madeline Kahn's Billie in Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin. He has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway productions, primarily at The Public Theatre and The Second Stage. A product of regional repertory theater, Kelly has been a company member of the Williamstown Theater Festival (MA), The Folger Theater (DC), Arena Stage (DC), and the Actors Theatre of Louisville among others. He toured with the National Players, the nation's oldest classical touring company. In 2003, he appeared at the Mark Taper Theatre Forum (LA), originating the role of Richard in Living Out by Lisa Loomer.
Kelly's film roles include the 1983 horror film Cujo, The Good Son, In Crowd, Chill Factor, Nowhere to Hide, Bad Company, Someone to Watch Over Me, The Guardian, and Star Trek: Insurrection as Sojef, leader of an alien race called the Ba'ku.
In addition to Hardcastle and McCormick, Kelly has been a series regular in such varied television productions as the 1987-1988 ABC sitcom I Married Dora playing architect Peter Farrell, the 1982-1983 NBC series Chicago Story as Det. Frank Wajorski, the 1990s ABC series Second Noah as Noah Beckett, the 2001-02 PAX series Ponderosa as Ben Cartwright, and in NBC's Walt Disney Presents The 100 Lives of Blackjack Savage which he also co-produced.
Kelly has made many notable appearances in miniseries and television movies including TNT's Passing Glory, HBO's The Tuskegee Airmen, Citizen Cohn and From the Earth to the Moon as Gene Cernan, the last man to walk on the moon; as JFK in NBC's Jackie, Joan and Ethel; Women of Camelot and The Nutcracker among others. He has also guest starred on many episodic TV shows including several appearances on Law & Order, its spin-off SVU and Law & Order: Los Angeles, as well as Memphis Beat, The West Wing, NCIS: Los Angeles, Supernatural, Boston Legal, Las Vegas and Walker, Texas Ranger.
Kelly starred on daytime TV in Ryan's Hope as Senator Frank Ryan from 1978–1981. An intensely private actor who has rarely given interviews during his career, preferring his farm in upstate New York to a celebrity lifestyle. He has twin daughters and a son.
Filmography
- Memphis Beat (2010) (TV)
- As the World Turns (2007–2008, 2009- ) (TV)
- One Life to Live (2006) (TV)
- Once Not Far from Home (2005)
- Supernatural (1x3 2005) (TV series)
- Joe and Max (2002) (TV)
- Ponderosa (2001–2002) (TV; Kelly starred as Ben Cartwright in 20 episodes)
- Jackie, Ethel, Joan: The Woman of Camelot (2001) (mini)
- Guardian (2000)
- Growing Up Brady (2000)
- Chill Factor (1999)
- Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
- From the Earth to the Moon (1998) (mini)
- [[Atomic Dog]] (1998) (TV)
- No Greater Love (1996) (TV)
- The Tuskegee Airmen (1995) (TV)
- Bad Company (1995)
- The Good Son (1993)
- Citizen Cohn (1992) (TV)
- The 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (TV series) (1991)
- Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
- Nowhere to Hide (1987)
- Hardcastle and McCormick (TV series) (1983–1986)
- Cujo (1983)
- Chicago Story (TV series) (1982)
References
- ^ Roselle Catholic High School Alumni Directory 1993. Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc. White Plains, NY. 1993. p. 26.
- ^ Reed, Jon-Michael (1978-02-15). "A New Frank Ryan Joins Cast". Ocala Star-Banner. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=fesTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xAUEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6093,4168471&dq=new-frank-ryan-joins-cast&hl=en. Retrieved 2009-10-17.
External links
- Daniel Hugh Kelly at the Internet Movie Database
- Daniel Hugh Kelly at AllRovi
- Daniel Hugh Kelly at Memory Alpha (a Star Trek wiki)
Categories:- 1952 births
- American film actors
- American soap opera actors
- American stage actors
- American television actors
- Living people
- People from Elizabeth, New Jersey
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.
