[1][2] He was born 21 November 1881 in Hampstead, London, the son of John and Catherine Kellaway (née Oliver).
He married actress Estelle Winwood in 1907[6] but their marriage was dissolved and she remarried in 1928.
[7] He later married artist Kathleen (Kitty) Ridge (1901–1988), and they had daughter Ann Dummett in 1930.
[8] Chesney made his first stage appearance in 1903, in a play at County Theatre in Bedford.
He died in a hospital on 27 August 1949 following a massive stroke in Hampstead, aged 67.