Henry Kelly

Henry Kelly

Personal Info

  • Known for

    Acting

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    1946-04-17

  • Day of Death

    2025-02-25 (78 years old)

  • Place of Birth

    Dublin, Ireland

Biography

Patrick Henry Kelly known professionally as Henry Kelly, was a television presenter and radio DJ.

Kelly was born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Ireland, and educated at Belvedere College SJ, and at University College Dublin, where he was Auditor of the Literary and Historical Society. After university he worked as a journalist and was the Belfast-based Northern Editor of The Irish Times in the 1970s. He wrote How Stormont Fell in 1972, a work still highly regarded. In 1976, he moved to London to work on Radio 4's The World Tonight and then, in a complete career change from serious journalism, in 1980 moved into television. Kelly became a household name in the UK as part of the team presenting LWT's practical-joke show Game for a Laugh in the 1980s.

Known For

Acting