Kelly Connell
{{short description|American film, stage and television actor}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Kelly Connell
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|06|09}}
|birth_place = Seneca Falls, New York, U.S.
|occupation = Film, stage and television actor
|years_active = 1982–present
}}
Kelly Connell (born June 9, 1956){{Cite web|url=https://trakt.tv/people/kelly-connell?sort=released,asc|title=Kelly Connell|work=Trakt|access-date=August 2, 2024}} is an American film, stage and television actor. He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. Carter Pike in the American family drama television series Picket Fences.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RXQNIs12SzQC|title=Encyclopedia of Television Law Shows: Factual and Fictional Series About Judges, Lawyers and the Courtroom, 1948-2008|page=228|first=Hal|last=Erickson|publisher=McFarland|date=October 21, 2009|isbn=9780786454525|via=Google Books}}
Life and career
Connell was born in Seneca Falls, New York. He attended Cayuga Community College.
Connell began his career in 1982, appearing in the stage play The Butter and Egg Man.{{Citation|title=John Willis' Theatre World: Volume 45|date=1990|publisher=Crown Publishers}} He appeared in such other plays as The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940,{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HeUCAAAAMBAJ|title=Theater|magazine=New York Magazine|page=62|date=January 5, 1987|publisher=New York Media, LLC|issn=0028-7369|via=Google Books}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/704509701/|title=Clues and Lyrics in 'Musical Comedy Murders'|work=Newsday|location=New York, New York|date=January 8, 1987|access-date=August 2, 2024|page=166|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} Love Labour's Lost, Neon Psalms and Caligula.{{Cite web|url=http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/12333|title=Kelly Connell|work=Internet Off-Broadway Database|access-date=August 2, 2024}}
Later in his career, Connell appeared in numerous television programs including The Practice,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4xj5Dsmtl2wC|title=David E. Kelley: The Man Behind Ally McBeal|page=167|date=1999|publisher=ECW Press|first=Josh|last=Levine|isbn=9781550223729|via=Google Books}} Wings, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Murphy Brown, Chicago Hope, Night Court and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. He also appeared in numerous films such as Cocktail (as a guy in a bar),{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/137585303/|title=Namedropping|work=Democrat and Chronicle|location=Rochester, New York|date=September 25, 1988|access-date=August 2, 2024|page=47|via=Newspapers.com}} {{Closed access}} Thirteen Days, Hot Shots!, Hot Shots! Part Deux, Longtime Companion and Jack the Bear.
In 1992, Connell starred in the new ABC family drama television series Picket Fences, playing Dr. Carter Pike. After the series ended in 1996, he made a voice appearance in the Nickelodeon series Aaahh!!! Real Monsters.{{Cite episode|title=Who'll Stop the Brain?/Cement Heads|series=Aaahh!!! Real Monsters|airdate=September 14, 1996|season=3|number=2}}
In 1998, Connell played the role of Ulysses S. Grant in the UPN miniseries The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zio49y0tiE0C|title=Abraham Lincoln on Screen: Fictional and Documentary Portrayals on Film and Television|page=190|date=May 14, 2014|publisher=McFarland|first=Mark S.|last=Reinhart|isbn=9780786452613|via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_3lIEAAAQBAJ|title=Encyclopedia of Television Miniseries, 1936-2020|page=175|first=Vincent|last=Terrace|publisher=McFarland|date=October 11, 2021|isbn=9781476645421|via=Google Books}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0175005}}
- {{TCMDb name|37860%7C202930}}
- [https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kelly_connell Rotten Tomatoes profile]
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Category:People from Seneca Falls, New York
Category:Male actors from New York (state)
Category:American male film actors
Category:American male stage actors
Category:American male television actors