Howard Kelly was an American vaudeville and film actor. He was part of the Pekin Theatre’s stock company. He started in some of William D. Foster’s Foster Photoplay Company films including The Railroad Porter and The Barber.
He had a starring role in The Railroad Porter. He also starred in The Barber with Anna Holt and Edgar Lillison.
He starred with Bessie Brown in Billy King's musical Now I'm a Mason at the Grand Theatre in Chicago in 1914. He also starred with Brown in King's The Night Raid at the Grand Theatre in Chicago in 1918.
Theater
- In the Jungle (1915), a musical comedy by Billy King staged at the Grand Theatre
- In Society (1915), a Billy King production at the Grand Theatre
Filmography
- The Railroad Porter (1912)
- The Barber (1916)
References
- Boyd, Todd (October 30, 2008). African Americans and Popular Culture [3 volumes]. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313064081 – via Google Books.
- ^ "William Foster, A.K.A. "Juli Jones" (1884-1940)". Normanstudios.org.
- Idols of Modernity: Movie Stars of the 1920s. Rutgers University Press. 4 March 2010. ISBN 9780813549293.
- Lupack, Barbara (May 26, 2016). Early Race Filmmaking in America. Routledge. ISBN 9781317434252 – via Google Books.
- Peterson, Bernard L. (1993). A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works by, About, or Involving African Americans. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780313266577.
- Sampson, Henry T. (30 October 2013). Blacks in Blackface: A Sourcebook on Early Black Musical Shows. Scarecrow Press. p. 374. ISBN 978-0-8108-8351-2.
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