David Kelly, an Irish character actor who played Grandpa Joe in Tim Burton’s version of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and motorcycled naked in “Waking Ned Devine,” died Feb. 12 in ...

(CBS/AP) DUBLIN - Irish character actor David Kelly, whose 70-year career in stage, films and TV included some naked motorcycling in "Waking Ned Devine," has died in Dublin at age 82. No cause of ...

On February 12, 2012, Irish actor David Kelly passed away following a short illness. He was 82 years old. Born in Dublin on July 11, 1929, David Kelly started acting at the age of eight in the ...

To British television viewers, David Kelly was the stereotypical Irishman ... a dark version of Roald Dahl's book. Off screen, the actor was the antithesis of many of the characters he played ...

Irish character actor David Kelly, who played Grandpa Joe in "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and motorcycled naked in "Waking Ned Devine," has died. He was 82. His family said Kelly died ...

DUBLIN — Irish character actor David Kelly, who played Grandpa Joe in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and motorcycled naked in “Waking Ned Devine,” has died. He was 82. His family ...