Background
Don O'Kelly born Donald Patrick Kelly at Sheepshead Bay, New York, the son of an Irish-American father Robert J. Kelly and Norwegian-American mother Rachel Knudtsen was an American actor in the 1950s and 1960s. He did mostly television work. Don O'Kelly began his career starring in "Tank Battalion" with Marjorie Helen (later Leslie Parrish-Bach).
Don Kelly enlisted in the United States Navy on June 17, 1941 just prior to World War II and saw active duty aboard the USS Stanton and USS Palmer. He saw convoy duty at San Juan, Puerto Rico, Iceland, England, Scotland, Africa (Invasion), then a brief leave in the US and back on convoy to the European Theater, Africa, Italy (all phases of the European campaign), convoy duty then to Scotland, Africa, Iceland, Southern France (Invasion) through Channel into Pacific and then on to the Carolinas, Siapan, Tinian, Marshalls, Gilbert, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Sea of Japan. He saw active duty four years, three months, and 17 days. Don Kelly received an Honorable Discharge after the war and upon separation joined his cousin's ice skating show. O'Kelly née Kelly used his GI Bill of Rights to study acting with the Strasberg company in Hollywood, CA. He was a prolific painter. Some of his art work is at the U.S.S. Elizabeth C. Stanton, AP69 Museum (affectionally known as "The Lucky Lizzie.")
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