Brother of actress Nancy Kelly.
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During the 1980's served two terms as Mayor of Huntington Beach, California.
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Had one child, a daughter named Nicole.
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Reportedly faster on the draw with a gun than Maverick co-star James Garner.
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Grew up in a show biz family. Parents were stage actors.
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Was the original host of the game show Sale of the Century.
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For the first two seasons of Maverick, the ratings for Kelly's episodes were slightly higher than those of co-star James Garner.
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Was the brother-in-law of actor Edmond O'Brien.
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Reunited with Maverick co-star James Garner when he guest-starred on two episodes ofThe Rockford Files.
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Owned a yacht he named the Maverick after his most famous role.
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In an interview conducted a few months before his death in 1992, Kelly claimed that he never saw Maverick co-star Robert Colbert again after the series ended.
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Never appeared on-screen with his actress sister Nancy although she was reportedly slated to play a Maverick sister in the TV series. For some reason the episode was never filmed.
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Was slated to become a regular on the second season of Bret Maverick but the series got canceled by NBC.
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Began his show biz career as a child actor on the New York stage and in radio.
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First wife was actress May Wynn. They divorced in 1965. Second wife was named Jo Ann.
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For his role in the movie Young Billy Young, Kelly wore a suit identical to the one he had worn on Maverick but his character was a villain in the film instead of the hero he had played on the TV series.
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Besides his political duties in Huntington Beach, Kelly also owned and operated a small, bi-weekly newspaper there.
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Maverick creator/producer Roy Huggins reportedly didn't like Kelly and wanted him replaced on the series but the honchos at Warner Brothers studio liked him and nixed the idea.
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A graduate of UCLA.
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Served three years in the Air Force. Got discharged from active duty shortly before the Korean War commenced.
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