James T. Kelley

Acting

James T. Kelley

Born — Died

1854-07-10 — 1933-11-12

Place of birth

Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland

Known for

Acting

Credits

46 titles

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 22 titles

Safety Last! poster
7.7

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.

Safety Last!

1923

Cyclone Bliss poster
NR

Quiet and fairminded Jack Bliss traces his missing father to Hell's Hole, where he meets Helen Turner and Jack Hall, the leader of an outlaw gang rendezvousing at Hell's Hole. Hall kills Helen's father but fails in his attempts to get rid of Bliss and Helen, and Bliss, singlehanded, takes on the gang while the neighboring ranchers, settlers, and herders unite to clean out the outlaws.

Cyclone Bliss

1921

No artwork available
5.2

An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the various slip-and-falling going on, two frisky escaped monkeys from a show put on skates to join in and create pandemonium.

High Rollers

1921

Man Rustlin' poster
8.0

At the urging of Mary Wilson, his schoolteacher sweetheart, Buck Hayden becomes a reporter for the local newspaper.

Man Rustlin'

1926

Thundering Hoofs poster
8.0

A young woman returns to Kentucky after several years in boarding school, and discovers that a very valuable horse that is to be entered in the Derby is about to be forfeited due to the machinations of a rival. She determines to ride the horse in the Derby and win the race.

Thundering Hoofs

1922

Grandma's Boy poster
6.4

A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.

Grandma's Boy

1922

Dr. Jack poster
6.8

Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment.

Dr. Jack

1922

Among Those Present poster
6.0

An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.

Among Those Present

1921

The Kid Reporter poster
7.0

The 'secretary' of a busy newspaperman is revealed to be a cherubic small child, Baby Peggy. When a rich woman's pearl necklace is stolen, Baby Peggy's employer promises to make the reporter who cracks the case Editor-in-Chief. The little girl seizes the opportunity, and - several disguises and chases later, with the grudging aid of the office-boy - duly returns with the jewels to achieve promotion, with all the adults scurrying to serve her.

The Kid Reporter

1923

Andy's Stump Speech poster
8.0

Andy Gump is a clueless yokel that decides that he can run for President.

Andy's Stump Speech

1924

No artwork available
7.0

Monty Banks finds love and mischief at the amusement park, in this two-reel comedy

Hot Sands

1924

The Wages of Tin poster
8.0

aka Billy, the Ford Buster

The Wages of Tin

1925

Broken Bubbles poster
10.0

A poor chap, with only fifty cents, hesitates whether to buy a meal with it or visit a fortune teller. He chooses the latter, and gazing into a crystal globe, he is told to follow the horses. He is then shown working around a racing stable, and, of course, rides the heroine's horse to victory. That night they decide to celebrate in a cabaret, where several amusing complications ensue.

Broken Bubbles

1920

No artwork available
NR

Hank Mann heads Way Out West in this silent comedy.

Way Out West

1920

An Eastern Westerner poster
6.8

A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's ranch in the west. The young man arrives in the town of Piute Pass, which is being terrorized by Tiger Lip Tompkins and his gang, the Masked Angels. The Easterner befriends a young woman whose father is being held captive by Tompkins, and he decides to help her.

An Eastern Westerner

1920

When Spirits Move poster
NR

Silent Hank Mann comedy set in a haunted house.

When Spirits Move

1920

Hansel and Gretel poster
7.0

This is the story of the heartless mother whose burdens are such that she would be rid of her two children. The henpecked father is compelled to take them to the woods and there lose them. Gretel drops bread-crumbs to find her way home, but wild-fowl eat the crumbs and they are truly lost. The babes wander to the home of a witch, who would fatten them up to make ginger-bread of them. As they are about to be thrown into the blazing furnace Peggy outwits the witch, and, in turn, the witch is thrust into the roaring flames, as the mother, repentant, heads the neighbors in the work of rescue.

Hansel and Gretel

1923

No artwork available
7.0

Lloyd, manager of a lunch wagon at the beach, must contend with his morning commute, difficult customers, and other problems on a day when absolutely everything goes wrong.

Nobody's Business

1926

Men of Daring poster
8.0

The story is set in the Black Hills of South Dakota circa 1876. While making their way through the Badlands, a religious cult is terrorized by a bandit known only as Black Roger.

Men of Daring

1927

The Nickel Snatcher poster
NR

Hank Mann is the conductor of a horse-drawn trolley that carries a motley assortment of passengers to the beach at Venice in California, where the plot becomes involved with a bank robbery.

The Nickel Snatcher

1920

No artwork available
NR

Mystic Mush silent comedy

Mystic Mush

1920

No artwork available
NR

Young college graduate Edward Burgess, who prefers mechanics to the law, helps James Scarborough, an old inventor, market a revolutionary new invention. Edward, who is in love with Scarborough's niece, Barbara Richmond, further helps by keeping various lawyers away. Edward's Uncle Noah thinks his nephew has wasted his education, but Edward tallies up the cost of college and soon pays back the entire amount to Uncle Noah from the money he made with the invention.

The Business of Love

1925

1910s · 19 titles

A Dog's Life poster
7.3

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.

A Dog's Life

1918

The Rink poster
6.6

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

The Rink

1916

A Night in the Show poster
6.2

Two disruptive theater patrons, the wealthy drunk Mr. Pest (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the rowdy working-class Mr. Rowdy (also played by Chaplin), attend a live vaudeville theater production. Their constant antics, seat-hopping, and physical altercations quickly overshadow the acts on stage and plunge the entire theater into absolutely hilarious chaos.

A Night in the Show

1915

The Immigrant poster
7.3

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

The Immigrant

1917

The Vagabond poster
6.8

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

The Vagabond

1916

The Count poster
6.2

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

The Count

1916

The Pawnshop poster
6.7

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

The Pawnshop

1916

The Adventurer poster
6.9

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…

The Adventurer

1917

The Floorwalker poster
6.4

An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.

The Floorwalker

1916

Police poster
6.3

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

Police

1916

The Fireman poster
6.3

Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.

The Fireman

1916

Triple Trouble poster
5.0

As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff.

Triple Trouble

1918

A Foozle at the Tee Party poster
NR

Luke lifts a wallet from a golfer and thereby gains entry to a golf course. Mayhem ensues.

A Foozle at the Tee Party

1915

Behind the Screen poster
6.5

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.

Behind the Screen

1916

The Cure poster
6.8

An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.

The Cure

1917

No artwork available
8.0

Pete is a discontented hostler. Hostlers are always discontented but Pete is a little more so. In fact, he is so sick and tired of his job as the mule's chambermaid that he is fast becoming desperate. He gives Maud her morning "Massage" and is interrupted by his "steady," a queen of the avenue, and a movie fan. She "coaches" and "wheedles" him in the naturally gentle, persuasive way of her class, in this wise: "Aw, loosen up. Separate. Give yourself another frisk," etc. As Pete finds himself unable to supply his "best" with the wherewithal to attend a movie, his discouragement becomes despair.

Pete, the Pedal Polisher

1915

Cold Hearts and Hot Flames poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Cold Hearts and Hot Flames

1916

A Mixup for Mazie poster
NR

Maisie Orpe is a dispenser of victuals in a second rate "beanery," and is the light of the lives of several of the town "swells". But Luke de Fluke, an all-round gay lad, and Shorty Magee, the local tough nut, seem to lead the field in Maisie's blue orbs.

A Mixup for Mazie

1915

Close-Cropped Clippings poster
8.0

Punctual Pete prepares the "Shaved in Silence" shop for the day's business. He is as handy as a man with five thumbs. Gertie, almost a soubrette, looking for a job, decides that she is willing to try anything once. Seeing a sign in the barber shop window advertising for a lady barber she beats it home and brushes up on the tonsorial art.

Close-Cropped Clippings

1915