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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.
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 appearing ...
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).
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Percy Kilbride was a character actor who played hundreds of roles, mostly rustic bumpkins, in theater and film. He is best known for his role as Pa Kettle in the "Ma and Pa Kettle" movies, which he starred in from 1947 to 1955.
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- December 11, 1964
- July 16, 1888
After the success of The Egg and I, Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride starred in their own series of Ma and Pa Kettle movies, which became box-office bonanzas for Universal Pictures, having earned an estimated $35 million for the entire series.
Aug 21, 2018 · theatrical trailer for the 1953 comedy hit, MA AND PA KETTLE ON VACATION starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride.This was the sixth of eight films in which...
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Percy Kilbride was an American actor who starred in many movies and TV shows, especially as Ma and Pa Kettle. See his full list of credits, including White Woman, Riffraff, The Egg and I, and more.
