Film School: Paul Kelly

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As we continue into character actor month at Film School, we remember Paul Kelly, who bounced back from a manslaughter conviction.

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Mackaye tried to hide Kelly’s part in Raymond’s fatal hemorrhage from the authorities, but the two were rumbled, and Kelly sentenced to one to 10 years for manslaughter; she for one to three for her attempt to cover it up. They were both out within 25 months, and married in 1931. Kelly remained with Mackaye until a car accident claimed her life in 1940, when she was only 40 years old.

Still, as is all so often the case for actors, Kelly’s most interesting roles were his villainous and morally gray ones. Though he’s only in a handful of scenes in, his nasty bootlegging gang leader sure makes an impact—no mean feat when acting against both James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. On the less prestigious end of the scale, his appearance inas the untrustworthy best friend of newly-blinded painter Lon Chaney Jr, is atypically, but enjoyably, goofy..

 

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