KELLY, GREGORY

(1891?-1927)

The actor was born in New York City and loved theatre from boyhood. He was appearing in Broadway productions by 1908. In 1911, he performed inKismetwithOtis Skinner, who then hired him as assistant stage manager.

he enjoyed many years of playingjuvenilesfor companies that includedStuartWalker's Portmanteau Theatre and the Walker Stock Company in Indianapolis, with which he toured in a dramatization ofBoothTarkington'sSeventeen. His last role was the naïve title character inThe Butter and Egg Man, which he was performing in Pittsburgh when he had a fatal heart attack. He was married to actress Ruth Gordon.*