John Daly "Jackie" Kelk (August , â€" September , ) was an American
stage, radio, film, and television actor and stand-up comedian. He is
best known for portraying the role of Homer Brown on the radio series
The Aldrich Family and as the original voice of Jimmy Olsen on The
Adventures of Superman.Kelk was born John Daly Kelk in Brooklyn, New
York, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willy Kelk. He attended St. Gregory's
Academy before changing to Professional Children's School in New
York.Kelk began his career as a child actor in the s. He made his film
debut Sam in the short, Play Ball, made by Warner Bros. In , he was
cast as a snobby bow-tied boy named "Georgie Bassett" in the Penrod
Vitaphone comedy shorts. The shorts were similar to the popular and
long running Our Gang shorts, and were based on books by Booth
Tarkington.At age , Kelk appeared in the drama Born to Be Bad. He
also had roles in Broadway productions included Young Jim Bailey in No
More Frontier (), Peter Burroughs in Bridal Wise (), Henri, the Son in
The Perfect Marriage (), Mr. Clayton in Goodbye Again (-), Prince
Rudolph in Jubilee (-), "Chub" Tolliver in The County Chairman (),
Percy in Flare Path (-), Elliot Smollens in Tenting Tonight (), and
Herbie in Me and Juliet (â€").
stage, radio, film, and television actor and stand-up comedian. He is
best known for portraying the role of Homer Brown on the radio series
The Aldrich Family and as the original voice of Jimmy Olsen on The
Adventures of Superman.Kelk was born John Daly Kelk in Brooklyn, New
York, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Willy Kelk. He attended St. Gregory's
Academy before changing to Professional Children's School in New
York.Kelk began his career as a child actor in the s. He made his film
debut Sam in the short, Play Ball, made by Warner Bros. In , he was
cast as a snobby bow-tied boy named "Georgie Bassett" in the Penrod
Vitaphone comedy shorts. The shorts were similar to the popular and
long running Our Gang shorts, and were based on books by Booth
Tarkington.At age , Kelk appeared in the drama Born to Be Bad. He
also had roles in Broadway productions included Young Jim Bailey in No
More Frontier (), Peter Burroughs in Bridal Wise (), Henri, the Son in
The Perfect Marriage (), Mr. Clayton in Goodbye Again (-), Prince
Rudolph in Jubilee (-), "Chub" Tolliver in The County Chairman (),
Percy in Flare Path (-), Elliot Smollens in Tenting Tonight (), and
Herbie in Me and Juliet (â€").
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