Kelly Monteith

 ( 1942 Births ) 

Kelly Norton Monteith (October 17, 1942 – January 1, 2023) was an American comedian, actor, writer and producer. He was best known for writing and starring in the BBC comedy show Kelly Monteith.

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Early life Kelly Norton Monteith was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on October 17, 1942.

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Career During the early 1970s, Monteith performed as a guest comedian on various talk shows, including The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and The Late Show with David Letterman.

In 1976, Monteith had a short-lived variety show on CBS, The Kelly Monteith Show. After successful guest appearances on British talk shows, he was offered his own series by the BBC. In 1979, Kelly Monteith was broadcast, and ran for six seasons. It was noted for often breaking the fourth wall by showing Monteith in his dressing room before and after a scene. Kelly Monteith won the Silver Rose for the BBC at the Montreux Television Festival in Switzerland during the series' run. In the United States the BBC series was rerun on the fledgling Arts and Entertainment Network.

In 1983, Monteith performed at the Royal Variety Performance, before a nation-wide tour.

From 2014 to 2020, Monteith co-hosted Brit Flix with Kelly, Paul and Two-Buck Chuck.

In 2015, Monteith and Paul Bland were awarded the National Arts and Entertainment Journalism Award for Best Television Anchor/Host by the Los Angeles Press Club.

From 2019 to 2020, Monteith worked again with The Anglophile Channel in Kelly Monteith's BBC Memories. The series looked back at Monteith's groundbreaking BBC series, Kelly Monteith.

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Personal life Monteith resided in Los Angeles, California.

In February 2021, Monteith suffered two strokes that left him with aphasia. He was hospitalized for two months at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

On January 1, 2023, Monteith died at his home in Los Angeles, at the age of 80. His death was announced on January 2 in a social media statement by The Anglophile Channel, a LA-based production company he worked with in later years. He is survived by his two children with Caroline Alexander. Monteith's Kelly Monteith co-star Lisa Vanderpump led tributes on social media. Many comedians, including Bennett Arron, Al Murray and John Wing Jr. also paid tribute.

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Filmography

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Film and television

1976	The Kelly Monteith Show
1980	No Holds Barred	Host
1979–1982	The Love Boat	3 episodes
1979–1984	Kelly Monteith	36 episodes
1985	Kelly Monteith in One
1985	New Love, American Style	1 episode
1987	Isabel's Honeymoon Hotel	1 episode
1988	Screwball Hotel	Mr. Ebbel
1990	Hollywood Boulevard II	Zwing Zwiner
1991	Out of this World	1 episode
1991	The Joe Longthorne Show	4 episodes
2004	A Lousy 10 Grand	Ted
2009	Fuel	Scout
2015	Too Hip for the Room	Jake
2019	64th Man	Podcast series; Old Michael
2019	The Real Geezers of Beverly Hills, Adjacent	6 episodes

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As writer

1976	The Kelly Monteith Show	1 episode
1980	No Holds Barred	1 episode
1979–1984	Kelly Monteith	36 episodes
1985	Kelly Monteith in One	2 episodes
1990	Out of this World	1 episode
2004	A Lousy 10 Grand
2015	Too Hip for the Room	Co-writer
2019	The Real Geezers of Beverly Hills, Adjacent	6 episodes
2019–2020	Kelly Monteith's BBC Memories	20 episodes

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As producer

2015	Too Hip for the Room
2019	The Real Geezers of Beverly Hills, Adjacent	6 episodes
2014–2020	Brit Flix with Kelly, Paul and (Two Buck) Chuck	23 episodes
2019–2020	Kelly Monteith's BBC Memories	21 episodes

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Discography In 1984, Lettuce Be Cool, a non-music comedy album by Monteith was released in the United Kingdom by Chrysalis Records — CHR 1436. The album is available to purchase on Vinyl.

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