Gerard Kelly, British actor (City Lights), died from a brain aneurysm he was , 51

 Gerard Kelly  was a Scottish actor, who appeared in many comedies, most notably in City Lights, Rab C Nesbitt and Scotch and Wry.^[2] He also had more serious roles, including the villainous Callum Finnegan in the soap opera Brookside. He remains best known, however, for his starring role in City Lights as the hapless would-be author Willie Melvin. He had a small part in the 1987 critically-acclaimed film Comic Strip Presents... Mr Jolly Lives Next Door.

(27 May 1959 – 28 October 2010)

In 1983, he featured in "Killer", the pilot episode of crime drama series Taggart.^[3]
In 1994 he played Felix Ungar in a Scottish touring production of The Odd Couple, relocated to modern-day Glasgow, alongside Craig Ferguson and his best friend Kate Anthony as Oscar Madison. He reprised the role at the 2002 Edinburgh Fringe, opposite his former City Lights co-star Andy Gray.

In between 2005 and 2007 he appeared in three episodes of Ricky Gervais' comedy Extras as Ian "Bunny" Bunton.
In 2006 and 2007 he starred in, and directed, a Scottish play called Rikki and Me celebrating the life of Rikki Fulton, in which he played the role of Jack Milroy.
From 2007 he appeared regularly as Father Henderson, a camp priest in the BBC Radio 4 comedy Fags, Mags and Bags.
Gerard played The Narrator in The Rocky Horror Show in Edinburgh and Aberdeen from June 21, 2010 to July 3, 2010. He was due to revive this performance for one week at the King's Theatre, Glasgow from November 8 till November 13, 2010.^[4]
Kelly was well known for his appearances in pantomime at the King's Theatre. In 2008, he appeared in Cinderella^[5] and, in 2009, featured in Aladdin.^[6] He had been due to appear in the 2010 production of Snow White.
Kelly died on 28 October 2010 after collapsing with a brain aneurysm.^[7]

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