David Patrick Kelly

David Patrick Kelly is an American actor and musician who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is most widely known for roles such as Luther in the cult 1979 film The Warriors, Luther in the 1982 Eddie Murphy film 48 Hrs., Sully in the 1985 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Commando, Jerry Horne in Twin Peaks, and TBird in the 1994 film The Crow.

Kelly was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Margaret Elizabeth and Robert Corby Kelly, Sr., an accountant.His father was a Bronze Star recipient for service during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. He is of Irish descent. His grandfather Daniel Murphy was from Lisnashearshane near Cork. His greatgranduncle was Father William Corby, chaplain of the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg and, as detailed in his book Memoir of a Chaplain LifeYears With the Irish Brigade, he subsequently became president of the University of Notre Dame. Kelly was given a mandolin on St. Patricks Day 1964 by his mother and considers that the greatest influence on his artistic life. As an undergraduate Kelly wrote four musicals produced on Detroit stages. They were Lysistrata , The World from My Window , a project based on Gullivers Travels and Home for Silent Clowns, a mime show with songs. Kelly graduated cum laude from the University of Detroit and was also a student of Marcel Marceau and Mira Rostov

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