John F. Kelly (June 6, 1901 – December 9, 1947) was an American actor whose career spanned the very end of the silent film era through the 1940s.

[8] He would follow this up the same year as one of Eddie Cantor's stepbrothers in Kid Millions,[9] and then appear in the featured role of Chuck in Lambert Hillyer's 1934 police drama, Men of the Night.

[14] Later that year he would appear in the role of Harold in the 1936 detective comedy After the Thin Man, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy.

[22] He would start off the 1940s by playing Pete Hawks in the 1940 Universal movie serial The Green Hornet, which starred Gordon Jones in the title role.

[23] The following year, Kelly played the feature role of Buffalo Bill Oxenstern in the Warner Bros. comedy, Three Sons o' Guns.

[27] Kelly would reprise the role of John L. Sullivan, which he had earlier played in 1936, in the 20th Century Fox musical, My Gal Sal, starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature.

[28] Over the next few years Kelly would only play smaller roles in such films as No Time for Love (1943), Coney Island (1943), Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943), Up in Arms (1944), Wing and a Prayer (1944), and Nob Hill.