Personal Info
Birth date
1950-05-09 (75 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Lancashire, England
Also known as
-Matthew Kelly
Biography
Matthew Kelly (born David Allan Kelly) is an English actor and television presenter. Having been trained as a theater actor, he first came to public prominence as a TV sitcom actor, game-show panelist and TV presenter of ITV light entertainment shows such as Game for a Laugh, You Bet! and Stars in Their Eyes. In the 2000s he returned to acting, appearing in several West End productions and playing television roles.
Filmography
Pebble Mill
3.1
Overview:
Pebble Mill was a re-launched version of the 1970s daily chat show Pebble Mill (also known as Pebble Mill At One for a while) which aired on BBC1 in the United Kingdom. The series premiered on October 14, 1991. The show was a mixture of celebrity guests and music. Alan Titchmarsh was a presenter on the show throughout it's complete run. Other presenters included Judi Spiers, Gloria Hunniford and Ross King.Inside No. 9
8.008
Overview:
An anthology of darkly comic twisted tales, each one taking place behind a door marked 'number 9'.An Audience with...
5.3
Overview:
An Audience with... is a British entertainment television show produced by London Weekend Television, in which a host, usually a singer or comedian, performs for an invited audience of celebrity guests, interspersed with questions from the audience, in a light hearted revue/tribute style.The Alan Titchmarsh Show
3.7
Overview:
The Alan Titchmarsh Show is a British daytime chat show presented by Alan Titchmarsh. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2007 and currently airs on weekday afternoons. The show's main focus is the "Best of British" theme with many of the shows' segments focusing on fashion, health, nature, cookery and animals.The Frank Skinner Show
7.5
Overview:
The Frank Skinner Show was a television chat show hosted by comedian Frank Skinner, which lasted nine series on British television between 1995 and 2005. As well as celebrity interviews, the shows included an initial stand-up routine, various sketches throughout the episode and usually concluded with a comedic song featuring Frank and the guest stars. The Frank Skinner Show became notorious over the years for the unconventional nature of the interviews, including some shocking revelations from the guests. The programme ended in 2005 after nine series. It was screened on BBC One from its first episode on 10 September 1995 until 3 June 1999. In 2000, the show moved to ITV. The programme was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award in 2001.Agatha Christie's Marple
7.733
Overview:
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious murders which she helps solve. Although the police are sometimes reluctant to accept Miss Marple's help, her reputation and unparalleled powers of observation eventually win them over.So Graham Norton
6.3
Overview:
So Graham Norton was a British television programme, hosted by Irish personality Graham Norton. It ran from 3 July 1998 to 1 March 2002.You Bet!
7.5
Overview:
You Bet! is a British game show based around the format of the German show Wetten, dass..? developed by Frank Elstner. You Bet! ran on ITV, mostly on Saturday nights but sometimes on Fridays, between 20 February 1988 and 12 April 1997, initially hosted by Bruce Forsyth from 1988 to 1990, then by Matthew Kelly from 1991 to 1995 and finally by Darren Day from 1996 to 1997. It was replaced the following year by Don't Try This At Home!, which emulated the challenges of You Bet!, but were considerably more risky and dangerous.Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway
6.138
Overview:
A gameshow hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches, and special guest appearances.Loose Women
3.2
Overview:
A panel of four women discuss topical issues, ranging from daily politics and current affairs to celebrity gossip.The One Show
4.741
Overview:
A topical magazine-style daily television programme broadcast live on BBC One.Sooty & Co.
7.2
Overview:
Second incarnation of the childrens puppet show, picking up almost directly where "The Sooty show" left off Sooty, Sweep, Soo and little cousin Scampi continue their adventures with Matthew.Wogan
4.5
Overview:
Chat show hosted by Terry Wogan, featuring live studio interviews with famous and notable personalities.Casualty
6.139
Overview:
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.Moving On
7.1
Overview:
Moving On is a British television series set in contemporary Britain consisting of standalone dramas all sharing the theme of someone going through some kind of change in their life and moving on.City Hospital
NYR
Overview:
City Hospital was a medical documentary television series that aired on BBC1, the United Kingdom's National Network from 1998 till 2007. It ran over nine series with over 360 hours of film broadcast every weekday from 10 am.The British Soap Awards
NYR
Overview:
The British Soap Awards are an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom which honours the best moments in British soap operas. The ceremony is televised on ITV.FBI Music Magazine
NYR
Overview:
Saturday morning magazine show with music, celebrities and competitions.Bleak House
8.204
Overview:
The generous John Jarndyce, struggling with his own past, and his two young wards Richard and Ada, are all caught up, like Lady Dedlock, in the infamous case of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, which will make one of them rich beyond imagination if it can ever be brought to a conclusion. As Tulkinghorn digs deeper into Lady Dedlock's past, he unearths a secret that will change their lives forever, and which is almost as astounding as the final outcome of the Jarndyce case.Sooty Heights
2
Overview:
Third incarnation of the Sooty show formula which follows almost directly on from the previous show 'Sooty and Co'. The puppets with Richard Cadell and Liana Bridges decide to leave the 'Sooty and Co.' shop and open a grand seaside hotel.Cluedo
6.4
Overview:
Cluedo was a UK television game show based on the board game of the same name. Each week, a reenactment of the murder at the stately home Arlington Grange of a visiting guest was played and, through a combination of interrogating the suspects and deduction, celebrity guests had to discover who committed the murder, which of six weapons and in which room it was committed, whilst viewers were invited to play along at home.Benidorm
7.5
Overview:
Set in the Solana all-inclusive Resort, Benidorm follows the antics of regulars and first-time holiday makers on their journeys abroad.Cold Blood
7.5
Overview:
Despised serial killer Brian Wicklow is the only one who can locate the body of a young woman. But he's spent most of his incarceration playing mind-games with the authorities and talking in riddles. But there may finally be a man who can get to him: a former convict with a tormented past of his own.Holding the Fort
5
Overview:
Holding the Fort is an ITV situation comedy starring Peter Davison, Patricia Hodge and Matthew Kelly. It was an early product of the writing team of Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran. Three series were recorded, a total of twenty episodes, first aired between 1980 and 1982, concurrent with Davison also starring in Doctor Who. It was made for the ITV network by LWT The situation was a role-reversal comedy, in which the premise was that Russell Milburn becomes a "house-husband" to raise his baby daughter while his wife, Penny a captain in the Women's Royal Army Corps, goes out to work. Russell's friend Fitzroy, or "Fitz", adds to the comic tension by encouraging Russell's enthusiasm for football, pacifism and beer.Acting
2024Inside No. 9: The Party's Over as Self
2024Apocalypse Slough: A Murder, They Hope Mystery as Gregor
2020Lasagne as Hector
2018Mumatar as Frederick
2016Burn Burn Burn as Doug
2014The Fight for Saturday Night as Self
2014The Light of Day as Charlie Duke
2014Inside No. 9 (1 Episode) as Harold
2010Drama Trails (1 Episode) as Unknown
2009Moving On (1 Episode) as John
2008My Family at War (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007The Alan Titchmarsh Show (1 Episode) as Self
2007That's What I Call Television (1 Episode) as Unknown
2007Benidorm (4 Episodes) as Cyril Babcock
2006The One Show (1 Episode) as Self
2005Egypt (6 Episodes) as Giovanni Belzoni
2005Bleak House (5 Episodes) as Mr. Turveydrop
2005Cold Blood (5 Episodes) as Brian Wicklow
2004Agatha Christie's Marple (1 Episode) as Donald Garfield
2002The Dead Zone (1 Episode) as Cowboy
2002Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (1 Episode) as Self
2002After They Were Famous (16 Episodes) as Narrator (voice)
2000Coronation Street Family Album (19 Episodes) as Unknown
2000FBI Music Magazine (1 Episode) as Unknown
1999Sooty Heights (1 Episode) as Mr. Kerr
1999Loose Women (1 Episode) as Self
1999The British Soap Awards (0, 1 Episode) as Unknown, Self - Presenter
1998City Hospital (293 Episodes) as Unknown
1998So Graham Norton (1 Episode) as Self
1995The Frank Skinner Show (1 Episode) as Self
1995The Ant & Dec Show (3 Episodes) as Unknown
1993Sooty & Co. (1 Episode) as Unknown
1992The Children's Royal Variety Performance as Narrator
1992The Grand Opening of Euro Disneyland as Self - Host (UK)
1991Pebble Mill (1 Episode) as Self
1990Cluedo (1 Episode) as Himself
1988This Morning (3 Episodes) as Self
1988You Bet! (99 Episodes) as Unknown
1987Daytime Live (1 Episode) as Unknown
1986Casualty (1 Episode) as Andrew Brookfield
1985Kelly's Eye (6 Episodes) as Unknown
1985Relative Strangers (19 Episodes) as Unknown
1984Gabrielle and the Doodleman as Doodleman
1983An Audience with Kenneth Williams as Unknown
1982Wogan (1 Episode) as Self
1981Game for a Laugh (52 Episodes) as Himself
1980Holding the Fort (20 Episodes) as Unknown
1979Room Service (7 Episodes) as Dick Sedgewick
1978One Bummer News Day as Bill
1978An Audience with... (5 Episodes) as Self
1976Occupy! as Player in Everyman Theatre Company, Liverpool
Creator
1981Game for a Laugh ... Creator