Dermot Kelly (15 May 1918 – 18 February 1980) was an Irish actor often in comic roles, in films and on TV.

[1][2] He achieved popularity as a recurring tramp character, sidekick to Arthur Haynes's vagrant, in TV's The Arthur Haynes Show in the early 1960s.

[3][4] Previously on stage with Dublin's Abbey Theatre,[5] he was in the original stage and film versions of Brendan Behan's The Quare Fellow, in 1954 and 1962, respectively.

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