Percy Kilbride (July 16, 1888 - December 11, 1964), born in San Francisco, California, was a popular character actor. Despite being raised in a big city, he made a career of playing country hicks, most memorably as lazy Pa Kettle in the "Ma and Pa Kettle" movie series. Kilbride began working in theater at the age of 12 and eventually became an actor on Broadway. Ironically in light of his most familiar roles, … Wikipedia
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He had a long career in theatre before making movies, playing hundreds of roles, mostly rustic bumpkins, in stage and stock. His film career included two isolated early films: "White Woman" (1933) and "Soak the Rich" (1936). It began in earnest with the p www.imdb.com/name/nm0452939/
