Arthur Chesney


Arthur William Kellaway, known as Arthur Chesney, was an English character actor who worked on stage and screen.

Biography

He was born 21 November 1881 in Hampstead, London, the son of John and Catherine Kellaway. He was the brother of the actor Edmund Gwenn and the cousin of the actor Cecil Kellaway. He married actress Estelle Winwood, by no later than 1915, but their marriage was dissolved and she remarried in 1928. He later married Kitty Ridge, and they had daughter Ann Dummett in 1930. Ann went on to become a racial justice activist.
Chesney made his first stage appearance in 1903, in a play at County Theatre in Bedford. For many years he took part in many plays in London and New York. He died in a hospital on 27 August 1949 following a massive stroke in Hampstead, aged 66.

Filmography