ACTOR

Frank Kelly

1938 - 2016

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Francis Kelly (28 December 1938 – 28 February 2016) was an Irish actor, singer and writer, whose career covered television, radio, theatre, music, screenwriting and film. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Kelly has received more than 1,271,490 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Frank Kelly is the 11,105th most popular actor (down from 10,203rd in 2019), the 442nd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 410th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular Irish Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 34.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.50

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Frank Kelly ranks 11,105 out of 13,578. Before him are Aleksey Chadov, Vincent Macaigne, Gilles Marini, Ehren McGhehey, Camille Razat, and Heather Burns. After him are Matilda Lutz, Aaron Jeffery, Jonathan LaPaglia, John Dye, Regina Taylor, and Mary Mouser.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Frank Kelly ranks 620. Before him are Bruce Babbitt, Patrick John, Derek Dougan, Shashi Deshpande, Sai Paranjpye, and Richard Meade. After him are Paul G. Kirk, Suniti Solomon, Bill Christian, Jim Wedderburn, and Tom Lester. Among people deceased in 2016, Frank Kelly ranks 615. Before him are Ralph Stanley, Henry Worsley, Bruno Rangel, René Marsiglia, Deborah S. Jin, and David Hahn. After him are Rémy Vogel, Rose Mofford, Carlos Loyzaga, Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, Rob Ford, and Shahram Amiri.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Frank Kelly ranks 442 out of 549. Before him are Amybeth McNulty (2001), Tommy Byrne (1958), Markus Feehily (1980), Pierce Butler (1744), Brían F. O'Byrne (1967), and Eoin Macken (1983). After him are Steve Staunton (1969), Eve Hewson (1991), Eimear Quinn (1972), Francis Magee (1959), Nicola Coughlan (1987), and Michelle Smith (1969).

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Among ACTORS In Ireland

Among actors born in Ireland, Frank Kelly ranks 72. Before him are Sarah Bolger (1991), Charlie Murphy (1988), Dylan Moran (1971), Amybeth McNulty (2001), Brían F. O'Byrne (1967), and Eoin Macken (1983). After him are Eve Hewson (1991), Francis Magee (1959), Nicola Coughlan (1987), Victoria Smurfit (1974), Samantha Mumba (1983), and Aisling Franciosi (1993).

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Television and Movie Roles

Father Ted
Father Jack Hackett
A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
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Uncle Matt
After a night of drinking Guiness at the local watering hole, an ordinary, working-class, family man in Dublin's life is turned upside-down when he wakes up as a rat.
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Evelyn
Henry Doyle
Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the children—Evelyn, Dermot and Maurice—make it clear to the authorities this is an untenable situation. The Catholic Church and the Irish courts decide to put the Doyle children into Church-run orphanages.
Sep 30o 20026.4 / 10