# Don O'Kelly > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Don_O'Kelly > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Don_O'Kelly.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_O'Kelly > Source revision: 1346454965 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American actor (1924-1966) This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Don O'Kelly" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2009) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Don O'Kelly Born (1924-03-17)March 17, 1924 Died October 2, 1966(1966-10-02) (aged 42) **Don O'Kelly** ([né](/source/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names) **Donald Patrick Kelly**; March 17, 1924 – October 2, 1966) was an American actor prominent in the 1950s and 1960s mostly on television. Though credited as "Don Kelly" in earlier performances, his billing was changed to "Don O'Kelly" in 1960.[1] ## Background This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (January 2022) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Donald Patrick Kelly was born in the [Sheepshead Bay neighborhood](/source/Sheepshead_Bay%2C_Brooklyn) of [Brooklyn, New York](/source/Brooklyn%2C_New_York) to Robert Kelly, an [Irish-American](/source/Irish-American) father (Robert J. Kelly) and [Norwegian-American](/source/Norwegian-American) mother (Rachel Marie Knudsen). Kelly enlisted in the [United States Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) on June 17, 1941 just prior to [World War II](/source/World_War_II) and saw active duty aboard the [USS *Stanton*](/source/USS_Stanton) and [USS *Palmer*](/source/USS_Palmer). He saw convoy duty at [San Juan, Puerto Rico](/source/San_Juan%2C_Puerto_Rico), Iceland, England, Scotland, North Africa, and Italy. He served four years, three months, and 17 days of active duty. Kelly received an honorable discharge after the war and upon separation joined his cousin's ice skating show. O'Kelly used his [GI Bill of Rights](/source/GI_Bill_of_Rights) to study acting with the [Strasberg company](/source/Lee_Strasberg) in [Hollywood, California](/source/Hollywood%2C_California). ## Career Don O'Kelly began his career starring in *[Tank Battalion](/source/Tank_Battalion_(film))* with [Marjorie Hellen](/source/Marjorie_Hellen) (later [Leslie Parrish](/source/Leslie_Parrish)). O'Kelly was a familiar face to series television fans during the 1950s and 1960s. His last starring role was in *[The Hostage](/source/The_Hostage_(1967_film))*, made in 1966 and released in 1967, for which he received very favorable reviews.[2][3] ## TV and film credits - *[The Hostage](/source/The_Hostage_(1967_film))* (1967) ... Bull - *[Shoot Out at Big Sag](/source/Shoot_Out_at_Big_Sag)* (1962) ... Fargo - *[Frontier Uprising](/source/Frontier_Uprising)* (1961) ... Kilpatrick - *[Tank Battalion](/source/Tank_Battalion_(film))* (1958) ... Sgt Brad Dunne aka *Korean Attack* - *The Notorious Mr. Monks* (1958) ... Dan Flynn - *[Bombers B-52](/source/Bombers_B-52)* (1957) ... Master Sergeant Darren McKind aka *No Sleep Till Dawn* (UK) - *[The Crooked Circle](/source/The_Crooked_Circle_(1957_film))* (1957) ... Joe Kelly - *[The Big Land](/source/The_Big_Land)* (1957)... Billy Tyler aka *Stampeded* (UK) - *[The Wild Wild West](/source/The_Wild_Wild_West)* (1965) episode *The Night of a Thousand Eyes* ... Peavey - *[Gunsmoke](/source/Gunsmoke)* (1965) episode *Eliab's Aim* ... Dealer - *[Ben Casey](/source/Ben_Casey)* (1964) episode *One Nation Indivisible* ... George Zybsko - *[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)* (1964) episode *The Lila Conrad Story* - *[The Virginian](/source/The_Virginian_(TV_series))* (1963) episode *The Evil That Men Do* ... Deke - *The Dakotas* (1963) episode *Fargo* ... Paul Young - *The Gallant Men* (1963)episode *The Leathernecks* ... Captain Barlow - *[77 Sunset Strip](/source/77_Sunset_Strip)* (1963) episode *Crashout* ... Arnie Martin - *The Gallant Men* (1962) episode *One Moderately Peaceful Sunday* - *[77 Sunset Strip](/source/77_Sunset_Strip)* (1962) episode *Terror in a Small Town* ... Sheriff Farger - *The Beachcomber* (1962) episode *The Fugitive* ... Womack - *Ripcord* (1961) episode *High Jeopardy* ... Johnny Grimes - *[77 Sunset Strip](/source/77_Sunset_Strip)* (1961) episode *The Turning Point* ... Nate Minton - *[Bat Masterson](/source/Bat_Masterson_(TV_series))* (1961) episode *Meeting at Mimbers* ... Green River Tom Smith - *Riverboat* (1960) episode *Zigzag* ... Clyde - *Bat Masterson* (1960) episode *The Elusive Baguette* as “Reed Morgan” - *The Deputy* (1960) episode *Lady for a Hanging* ... Hunter - *[Bat Masterson](/source/Bat_Masterson_(TV_series))* (1960) episode *The Last of the Night Raiders* ... Jack Doolin - *Tombstone Territory" (1960) episode*Girl From Philadelphia" ... as outlaw Ben Quade - *[The Twilight Zone](/source/The_Twilight_Zone_(1959_TV_series))* (1960) episode *The Mighty Casey* ... Monk - *Overland Trail* (1960) episode *Fire in the Hole* ... Red - *[77 Sunset Strip](/source/77_Sunset_Strip)* (1960) episode *Vacation with Pay* ... Adams - *[Bourbon Street Beat](/source/Bourbon_Street_Beat)* (1960) episode *Neon Nightmare* ... George Johnson - *Lawman* (1960) episode *The Truce* - *[M Squad](/source/M_Squad)* (1960) episode *Race to Death* ... Joe Calhoun - *Laramie* (1960) episode *Duel at Alta Mesa* - *The Alaskans* (1960) episode *The Trial of Reno McKee* ... Carl - *The Alaskans* (1960) episode *Black Sand* - *[Have Gun – Will Travel](/source/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel)* (1960) episode *The Day of the Bad Man* ... Amos Saint - *[Bonanza](/source/Bonanza)* (1960) episode *El Toro Grande* - *[The Restless Gun](/source/The_Restless_Gun)* (1959) episode *A Very Special Inspector* ... Blair Weeks - *[Tales of Wells Fargo](/source/Tales_of_Wells_Fargo)* (1959) episode *The Daltons* ...Bob Dalton - *Black Saddle* (1959) episode *Client: Reynolds* ... Harry Briggs - *Lawman* (1959) episode *The Souvenir* ... Virgil Carey - *Disneyland* (6 March 1959) episode *The Slaughter Trail* ... Jed - *[Texas John Slaughter](/source/Texas_John_Slaughter_(TV_series))* (1959) episode (#1.5) *The Slaughter Trail* ... Jed - *Disneyland* (20 March 1959) episode *Man from Bitter Creek* ... Jed - *Texas John Slaughter" (1959) (#1.6)*Man from Bitter Creek" ... Jed - *Sugarfoot* (1959) episode *The Giant Killer* ... Tracy - *The Texan* (1959) episode *A Quart of Law* - *[Maverick](/source/Maverick_(TV_series))* (1958) episode *Holiday at Hollow Rock* ... Ira Swain - *[77 Sunset Strip](/source/77_Sunset_Strip)* (1958) episode *The Court Martial of Johnny Murdo* ... Sergeant Bannock - *Lawman* (1958) episode *The Oath* ... Lou Menke - *Broken Arrow* (1958) episode *War Trail* ... Captain Baker - *[Have Gun – Will Travel](/source/Have_Gun_%E2%80%93_Will_Travel)* (1958) episode *The Teacher* ... Coley - *[Maverick](/source/Maverick_(TV_series))* (1958) episode *Trail West to Fury* ... Jett - *Wire Service* (1957) episode *Misfire* - *Frontier* (1956) episode *A Somewhere Voice* ... Jim - *[Death Valley Days](/source/Death_Valley_Days)* (1956) episode *The Sinbuster* - *Frontier* (1956) episode *The Well* ... Jim ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Donald Patrick Kelly"](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446343/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm). IMDb.com, Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Don Kelly"](http://www.amc.com/lm/person/en/don_okelly). amc.com. Retrieved January 5, 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Don O'Kelly"](http://www.tv.com/people/don-okelly/). CBS Interactive Inc. Retrieved January 5, 2016. ## External links - [Don O'Kelly](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446343/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF WorldCat National United States France BnF data Other Yale LUX --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Don O'Kelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_O'Kelly) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_O'Kelly?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.