Ralph Kellard (June 16, 1883 - 1955) was an actor in the U.S. who appeared in theatrical productions and films. His film work included leading roles in several films such as ''

The Shielding Shadow ''The Shielding Shadow'' is a 1916 American action film serial directed by Louis J. Gasnier and Donald MacKenzie and starring Grace Darmond and Ralph Kellard. Plot The 15 chapter story involves the heroine being protected by a shadow with burn ...

'' (1916), ''

The Restless Sex ''The Restless Sex'' is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Marion Davies, and Ralph Kellard. It was directed by Leon D'Usseau and Robert Z. Leonard and written by Frances Marion. The film is based upon the 1918 novel of the same name ...

'' (1920) and ''

The Cost (film) ''The Cost'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Harley Knoles and written by Clara Beranger and David Graham Phillips. The film stars Violet Heming, Edwin Mordant, Jane Jennings, Ralph Kellard, Edward Arnold, and Clifford Grey ...

''. His son

Robert Kellard Robert Kellard, aka Robert Stevens (April 23, 1915 – January 13, 1981), was an American actor who appeared in over 60 films between 1937 and 1951. Early years Kellard was born Robert Dorsey Kellard April 23, 1915, in Los Angeles, California. H ...

also became an actor. He was born Thomas J. J. Kelly in New York City. Kellard 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 ''

'' in 1920. In 1915 Kellard was voted the second most handsome film star, and shown in a photograph of "this month's prominent film stars" in ''

Motion Picture Classic ''Motion Picture'' was an American monthly fan magazine about film, published from 1911 to 1977.Fuller, Kathryn H. “Motion Picture Story Magazine and the Gendered Construction of the Movie Fan.” ''At the Picture Show: Small-Town Audiences ...

''. Kellard appeared in the French language publication ''Mon Ciné'' on June 28, 1923. Images of Kellard are available at GettyImages, The Wisconsin Historical Society, and The Silent Film Still Archive. Kellard ate a mostly fruit diet and caused slip and fall problems leaving fruit peels and other bits of fruit waste around studio sets.

Theater

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The Warrens of Virginia (play) ''The Warrens of Virginia'' is a dramatic play set during the American Civil War by playwright William C. de Mille. It was produced on Broadway by David Belasco in 1907 and was the basis for two films in 1915 (directed by the playwright's brother ...

'' (1907), as Gen. Carr *''

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (play) ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' is a play written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson. It is an adaptation of Wiggin's novels about the character Rebecca Rowena Randall, including elements from the 1903 novel of the same name and the 1 ...

'' (1907) *''The Second Tanqueray'' starring

Tallulah Bankhead Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress. Primarily an actress of the stage, Bankhead also appeared in several prominent films including an award-winning performance in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Lif ...

at the Amerhurst Drama Festival in 1940. *''The Skin of Our Teeth'' (1942)

Filmography

*''Her Mother's Secret'' (1915) *''

The Precious Parcel ''The Precious Parcel'' is a 1916 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Oliver Hardy as Plump (as Babe Hardy) * Billy Ruge as Runt * Florence McLaughlin as Runt's Accomplice (as Florence McLoughlin) * Edna Reynolds as Tele ...

'' (1916) *''

'' (1916), a serial *''

Pearl of the Army ''Pearl of the Army'' is a 1916 American silent film serial directed by Edward José. The Pathé- Astra Film Corp movie was made when many early film studio and film producers in America's first motion picture industry were based in New Jersey ...

'' (1916), a serial, as Captain *''

The Hillcrest Mystery ''The Hillcrest Mystery'' is a 1918 silent film directed by George Fitzmaurice and starring Irene Castle. It was distributed by Pathé Exchange in March 1918. Cast *Irene Castle - Marion Sterling * J. H. Gilmour - Thomas Sterling * Ralph Kellard - ...

'' (1918), as Gordon Brett * ''

A Scream in the Night ''A Scream in the Night'' is a 1934 American film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer and starring Lon Chaney Jr. It is distinct from the 1919 silent film of the same name, co-directed by Leander de Cordova and Burton L. King, and starring Ruth Budd a ...

'' (1919) *''

'' (1920), as Jim Cleland *''

'' (1920), as John Dumont *''

The Master Mind (1920 film) ''The Master Mind'' (also known as Sinners Three) is a lost 1920 American silent crime drama film produced by Whitman Bennett and released by Associated First National Pictures, later just First National Pictures). Kenneth Webb directed and Li ...

'', as Wainwright *''Veiled Marriage'' (1920) *''Love, Hate and a Woman'' (1921) * ''

Who's Cheating? ''Who's Cheating?'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Joseph Levering and starring Ralph Kellard, Zena Keefe and Montagu Love.Nash p.551 Cast * Dorothy Chappell as June Waugh * Ralph Kellard as Larry Fields * Zena Keefe as Myrt ...

'' (1924), Larry Fields *''

Virtuous Liars ''Virtuous Liars'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring David Powell, Edith Allen, Maurice Costello, and Dagmar Godowsky.Munden p. 860 A man abandons his wife and child and goes to live in Havana H ...

'' (1924), as Jack Banton *''

Women Everywhere ''Women Everywhere'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical adventure film directed by Alexander Korda and starring J. Harold Murray, Fifi D'Orsay, and George Grossmith, Jr. It is set amongst the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. The film's ...

'' (1930), as Michael Kopulos

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kellard, Ralph 1883 births 1955 deaths Male actors from New York City American male film actors