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Percy William Kilbride (July 16, 1888 – December 11, 1964) was an American character actor. He made a career of playing country "hicks," most memorably as Pa Kettle in the Ma and Pa Kettle series of feature films.
Percy Kilbride. Actor: Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm. He had a long career in theater before making movies, playing hundreds of roles, mostly rustic bumpkins, in stage and stock. His film career included two isolated early films: White Woman (1933) and Soak the Rich (1936).
Percy Kilbride. Actor: Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm. He had a long career in theater before making movies, playing hundreds of roles, mostly rustic bumpkins, in stage and stock. His film career included two isolated early films: White Woman (1933) and Soak the Rich (1936).
Kilbride, who was born in San Francisco, played more than 800 roles after his Broadway debut in 1928 in “Those We Love”. He became one of Hollywood's busiest character actors after...
Percy Kilbride Biography (1888-1964) Born July 16, 1888, in San Francisco, CA; died of arteriosclerosis and pneumonia, December 11, 1964, in Hollywood, California. Career: Actor.
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Feb 8, 2024 · Biography. Percy William Kilbride (July 16, 1888 – December 11, 1964) was an American character actor. The son of Irish immigrants, he made a career of playing country "hicks," most memorably as Pa Kettle in the Ma and Pa Kettle series of feature films.
Percy William Kilbride. Birth Place. San Francisco, California, USA. Born. July 16, 1888. Died. December 11, 1964. Cause of Death. Pneumonia After Brain Surgery For Injuries Sustained After Being Struck By A Car.
Kilbride began working in the theater at the age of 12 and eventually left to become an actor on Broadway. He first played an 18th-century French dandy in A Tale of Two Cities. His film debut was as Jakey in White Woman (1933), a Pre-Code film starring Carole Lombard.
Familiar to million as the twangy, bucolic Pa Kettle, Percy Kilbride first stepped on the stage in the role of an 18th-century French fop in a San Francisco production of Tale of Two Cities. Interrupting his career to serve in World War I, Kilbride spent the postwar years in regional stock companies.
