Where Are They Now - Friday, February 20, 2015

Hello fans,

This week we are catching up with actor David Patrick Kelly, who has made a name for himself on film, television and stage. He is known for such films as The Warriors and The Crow, the television series Twin Peaks, and several big name Broadway shows. What is he up to now? Read on to find out...

Take care,
Melissa

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--DEAD OR ALIVE?--
See if you know if the following celebrities have had a visit from the "Grim Reaper":

Lauren Chapin: Played Kathy Anderson, known as Kitten, in the TV series "Father Knows Best"

Barry Livingston: Played Ernie in the TV series "My Three Sons"

Eva Marie Saint: Co-starred in the classic Alfred Hitchcock movie "North by Northwest", also appeared in the movies "On the Waterfront", "Exodus", "Raintree County" and "The Russians are Coming! The Russians are Coming!"

(Answer at the bottom)
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David Patrick Kelly
Learn More About David Patrick Kelly on Celebrity Nooz

BIRTH DATE: January 23, 1951, Detroit, Michigan

CLAIM TO FAME: He is best known for his role as Luther in the cult 1979 film The Warriors and T-Bird in the 1994 film The Crow.

FAMILY LIFE: Kelly married theater actress and writer Juliana Francis on August 14, 2005.

INFO: Kelly has had an extensive career in film, television and stage. Other than playing characters named Luther in both The Warriors and the 1982 film 48 Hrs., Kelly has appeared in Commando, Crooklyn, Hammett, Wild At Heart, Dreamscape, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Last Man Standing, Songcatcher, K-PAX, the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard, and Flags Of Our Fathers.

On television he is noted for having the character of Jerry Horne on Twin Peaks created specifically for Kelly by David Lynch.

He has made appearances on other hit shows such as Miami Vice, Third Watch, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Gossip Girl and Louie. Kelly also participated in the PBS production of the musical version of Working, which Studs Terkel, author of the source book, hosted.

On Broadway, he has frequently appeared at the Hartford Stage Company in Hartford, Connecticut starring in the title roles in Woyzeck and Tartuffe, playing Iago in Othello and Hoss in Sam Shepard's Tooth Of Crime.

He has also played the title role in Pirandello's Enrico IV and starred in an adaption of the Yuan Dynasty Chinese classic Snow In June at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

TRIVIA: Is of Irish descent.

His father was a Bronze Star recipient for service during the Battle Of The Bulge in World War II.

Kelly graduated cum laude from the University of Detroit and was also a student of Marcel Marceau and Mira Rostova.

is a skilled mandolin and guitar player and appears accompanying himself in Spike Lee's Crooklyn (1994) singing a song he improvised for the film and on the CDs for two Broadway shows, "Twelfth Night" and "Working".

Is a vegetarian.

Sang and played mandolin on the Grammy Award winning soundtrack for the Broadway musical "'"Once'"".

WHERE IS HE NOW: On Broadway, Kelly originated the role of Da in "'Once'" which was awarded the 2012 Tony Award for Best Musical. He appears in the 2014 action movie John Wick.

Kelly is also a composer and musician who has participated in New York's rock and cabaret scene. He has played at such venues as Max's Kansas City, Reno Sweeney's, CBGB, and The Lower Manhattan Ocean Club.

In May 2008, he released a CD of his original music titled David Patrick Kelly: Rip Van Boy Man, which contained new songs and live recordings from his club days in 1975.

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WRITE TO DAVID PATRICK KELLY:
PARADIGM AGENCY
Richard Schmenner
360 Park Avenue South, 16th floor
New York, New York 10010

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OFFICIAL WEBSITE: davidpatrickkelly.com

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CREDITS:

2014 John Wick...Charlie (as David Patrick Kelley)

2011 Bored to Death (TV Series)...Jerry
- Nothing I Can't Handle by Running Away (2011)

2008-2011 Gossip Girl (TV Series)...Noah Shapiro
- The Jewel of Denial (2011) ... Noah Shapiro
- Bonfire of the Vanity (2008) ... Noah Shapiro
- The Serena Also Rises (2008) ... Noah Shapiro

2011 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series)...Orville Underwood
- Possessed (2011) ... Orville Underwood

2010 Madso's War (TV Movie)...Danny Driscoll

2010 Louie (TV Series)...Therapist
- Double Date/Mom (2010)
- So Old/Playdate (2010)

2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series)...Bo Levy
- Reunion (2008) ... Bo Levy

2008 Law & Order (TV Series)...Josh Perlberg
- Political Animal (2008)

2007 Babylon Fields (TV Movie)...Lester Viskupic

2007 Gardener of Eden...Pa Harris

2007 Kidnapped (TV Series)...Kurso
- Acknowledgement (2007)

2006 Flags of Our Fathers...President Truman

2005 The Longest Yard...Unger

2005 Third Watch (TV Series)...Danny McGowan
- Forever Blue (2005)

2003 Justice...Marty

2002 Hack (TV Series)...Eddie O'Daniel
- Favors (2002)

2002 Personal Velocity: Three Portraits...Peter

2001 K-PAX...Howie

2000 Songcatcher...Earl Giddens

1999 In Too Deep...Rick Scott

1998 Mad About You (TV Series)
- Season Opener (1998)

1998 Twelfth Night, or What You Will (TV Movie)...Feste

1997 Trojan War...Bagman

1996 Ripper (Video Game)...Joey Falconetti

1996 Last Man Standing...Doyle

1996 The Funeral...Michael Stein

1996 Flirting with Disaster...Fritz Boudreau

1995 Cafe Society...J. Roland Sala

1995 Heavy...Grey Man in Hospital

1994 Crooklyn...Tony Eyes / Jim

1994 The Crow...T-Bird

1993 Ghostwriter (TV Series)...Double-T / Double T

1993 Exterior Night (Short)...Biff

1992 Malcolm X...Mr. Ostrowski

1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me...Jerry Horne (scenes deleted)

1991 A Marriage: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz (TV Movie)...Ansel Adams

1990-1991 Twin Peaks (TV Series)...Jerry Horne

1990 The Adventures of Ford Fairlane...Sam

1990 Wild at Heart...Dropshadow

1989 Penn & Teller Get Killed...The Fan

1989 CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series)...Langley
- B Men (1989)

1988 Cheap Shots...Arnold Posner

1988 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series)
- Date Rape (1988)

1987 Spenser: For Hire (TV Series)...Kevin Harley / Ned Lloyd
- Homecoming (1987) ... Kevin Harley
- Trial and Error (1987) ... Ned Lloyd

1987 The Misfit Brigade...The Legionnaire

1985 Our Family Honor (TV Series)...Terry Jurow
- The Casino (1985)

1985 Moonlighting (TV Series)...McBride
- Somewhere Under the Rainbow (1985)

1985 Commando...Sully

1985 Miami Vice (TV Series)...Jerry
- The Home Invaders (1985)

1984 Tales from the Darkside (TV Series)...Richard Hall
- Slippage (1984)

1984 Dreamscape...Tommy Ray Glatman

1982 48 Hrs...Luther

1982 Hammett...The Punk

1982 American Playhouse (TV Series)...Copyboy
- Working (1982) ... Copyboy

1979 Sanctuary of Fear (TV Movie)...Audience Member (uncredited)

1979 The Warriors...Luther

To see Then & Now pictures of David Patrick Kelly, visit: Celebrity Nooz

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--Answers to DEAD OR ALIVE--
Lauren Chapin - ALIVE
Born: 05/23/1945

Barry Livingston - ALIVE
Born: 12/17/1953

Eva Marie Saint - ALIVE
Born: 07/04/1924

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WHO PASSED ON THIS WEEK...
2/18
Cass Ballenger, 88, American politician, member of United States House of Representatives from North Carolina (1986-2005).
Mele Carroll, 50, American politician, member of Hawaii House of Representatives.
Claude Criquielion, 58, Belgian cyclist, UCI World Road Race champion (1984), complications from a stroke.
Ashraf-ul-Haque, 44, Indian actor, illness.
D. Ramanaidu, 78, Indian film producer, cancer.
Buck Rinehart, 68, American politician, Mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1984-1992), cancer.

2/17
Georgia Ayers, 86, American civil rights activist.
Joseph Devellerez Thaung Shwe, 79, Myanmar Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Pyay (1975-2010).
Richard Alan Enslen, 83, American federal judge.
Andrzej Koszewski, 92, Polish Composer.
Antonio Lanfranchi, 68, Italian Roman Catholic prelate, Archbishop-Abbot of Modena-Nonantola (since 2010).
George Mackie, Baron Mackie of Benshie, 95, British politician, Liberal Democrat life peer.

2/16
Lasse Braun, 78, Italian porn film director and producer.
Carlos de Castro, 35, Uruguayan footballer, complications from surgery.
John Davies, 76, Welsh historian.
Robin Duff, 67, New Zealand education leader and gay rights activist, complications from surgery.
Brett Ewins, 59, British comic book artist (Judge Dredd, 2000 AD), emphysema.
Lesley Gore, 68, American singer ("It's My Party", "Judy's Turn to Cry", "You Don't Own Me"), lung cancer.
Celia Lashlie, 61, New Zealand prison officer, social justice advocate and author, pancreatic cancer.
Aleksandr Melentyev, 60, Soviet Russian sport shooter, Olympic champion (1980).
Uri Orbach, 54, Israeli writer, journalist and politician.
R. R. Patil, 57, Indian politician, cancer.
Lorena Rojas, 44, Mexican actress (Como En El Cine, El Cuerpo del Deseo), singer and songwriter, breast cancer.
Olga Toros, 100, Hungarian gymnast, Olympic bronze medalist (1936).
Terry Truax, 70, American college basketball coach (Towson Tigers).
Evan Walker, 79, Australian politician, member of the Victorian Legislative Council for Melbourne (1979-1992), Parkinson's disease.
Noah G. Willis, 75, American politician, member of the Alabama House of Representatives.
Heinrich Windelen, 93, German politician, Member of the Bundestag (1957-1990).

2/15
Haron Amin, 46, Afghan diplomat, Ambassador to Japan (2004-2009), cancer.
George Attla, 81, American sprint dog musher.
Sergio Blanco, 66, Spanish singer (Sergio y Estíbaliz).
Barbara Darling, 67, Australian Anglican prelate, stroke.
Arnaud de Borchgrave, 88, American journalist (The Washington Times), cancer.
Leo Jordan, 85, Canadian politician, Ontario MPP (1990-1999).
Wendell Kim, 64, American baseball player and coach (Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox).
Mikhail Koulakov, 82, Russian abstract painter.
Steve Montador, 35, Canadian ice hockey player (Calgary Flames, Florida Panthers).
Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, 83, Norwegian businessman (Stolt-Nielsen).

2/14
Pamela Cundell, 95, English actress (Dad's Army, EastEnders, A Fantastic Fear of Everything).
Michele Ferrero, 89, Italian businessman (Ferrero SpA).
Jose María Hernandez, 55, Spanish politician, President of the Provincial Deputation of Palencia (since 2011).
Hulon Crayton, 58, American jazz saxophonist and physician.
Louis Jourdan, 93, French actor (Letter from an Unknown Woman, Gigi, Octopussy).
Mahir Kaynak (tr), 81, Turkish intelligence official.
Davud Kazymov (az), 88, Azerbaijani painter, People's Artist.
Asbjørn Kjonstad, 72, Norwegian legal scholar.
Philip Levine, 87, American Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, pancreatic cancer.
Philippe Massoni, 79, French prefect, Representative Co-Prince of Andorra (2002-2007).
Ammouri Mbarek, 63, Moroccan musician, cancer.
Franjo Mihalic, 94, Croatian Yugoslav long distance runner, Olympic silver medalist (1956).
Finn Norgaard, 55, Danish film director, shot.
Wim Ruska, 74, Dutch judoka, Olympic champion (1972).
Gerson Veii, Namibian politician.

2/13
Faith Bandler, 96, Australian civil rights activist.
Bob Bettisworth, 88, American politician, member of the Alaska House of Representatives (1979-1985).
Thomas Bhalerao, 82, Indian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Nashik (1987-2007).
Stan Chambers, 91, American television reporter (KTLA).
Geneviève Dormann, 81, French journalist and writer.
Kete Ioane, 64, Cook Islands politician, MP for Vaipae-Tautu (1999-2010), Cabinet Minister (2008-2009).
Paul "Bomber" Jackson, British tour manager (Judas Priest).
John McCabe, 75, British composer and pianist.
Magnus Mwalunyungu, 84, Tanzanian Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Tunduru-Masasi (1992-2005).
Nguyen Ba Thanh, 61, Vietnamese politician, member of Central Committee of the Communist Party.
Kesava Reddy, 68, Indian novelist.

2/12
Sam Andrew, 73, American musician (Big Brother and the Holding Company), complication after open heart surgery.
David Carr, 58, American columnist (The New York Times) and author, lung cancer.
Movita Castaneda, 98, American actress (Mutiny on the Bounty), neck injury.
Désiré Dondeyne, 93, French composer.
Rhonda Glenn, 68, American sportscaster (ESPN, ABC) and golf historian, cancer.
Harvey Goldschmid, 74, American legal scholar and SEC commissioner.
Alison Gordon, 72, Canadian sports journalist, lung ailment.
Cornelis Pieter van den Hoek, 93, Dutch resistance fighter, recipient of the Military William Order.
Jean Lechantre, 92, Belgian-born French international footballer.
Mosie Lister, 93, American gospel music singer-songwriter (The Statesmen Quartet).
Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, 84, Malaysian politician, Menteri Besar of Kelantan (1990-2013).
Tomie Ohtake, 101, Japanese-born Brazilian artist, heart failure.
Gary Owens, 80, American television announcer (Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In) and voice actor (Space Ghost, Garfield and Friends), diabetes.
Richie Pratt, 71, American jazz drummer.
Oliver Rackham, 75, British landscape ecologist.
Ernest J. Sternglass, 91, American physicist and professor, heart failure.
Steve Strange, 55, British musician (Visage), heart attack.