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'''Rickey William Kelman''', known as '''Ricky Kelman''' and later as '''Rick Kelman''' (born July 6, 1950), is a former actor who apperared in film and on [[television]] from 1954 to 1974. As a child actor, Kelman had a supporting role in two one-season situation comedies, [[CBS]]'s ''The Dennis O'Keefe Show'' (1959-1960) and [[ABC]]'s ''Our Man Higgins'' (1962-1963).
 
'''Rickey William Kelman''', known as '''Ricky Kelman''' and later as '''Rick Kelman''' (born July 6, 1950), is a former actor who apperared in film and on [[television]] from 1954 to 1974. As a child actor, Kelman had a supporting role in two one-season situation comedies, [[CBS]]'s ''The Dennis O'Keefe Show'' (1959-1960) and [[ABC]]'s ''Our Man Higgins'' (1962-1963).
 
   
 
   
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==Early career==
    
Kelman's first appearances ere as a choirboy in 1954 and 1955 on ''The Red Skelton Hour''. He had an uncredited role in the 1955 film ''A Man Called Peter'', based on the life of the [[U.S. Senate]] chaplain Peter Marshall. In 1957, he portrayed Jimmy Logan in the episode "Bentley and the Baby Sitter]]" on CBS's ''Bachelor Father'' series, with John Forsythe and Noreen Corcoran.<ref name=imdb/> In 1957, Kelman played the role of Elmer in the last of the ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' films, ''The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm''. This was the last screen appearance by Marjorie Main.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/movieDetails/62952#readMore|title=Synopsis of ''The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm''|publisher=blockbuster.com|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref>  
 
Kelman's first appearances ere as a choirboy in 1954 and 1955 on ''The Red Skelton Hour''. He had an uncredited role in the 1955 film ''A Man Called Peter'', based on the life of the [[U.S. Senate]] chaplain Peter Marshall. In 1957, he portrayed Jimmy Logan in the episode "Bentley and the Baby Sitter]]" on CBS's ''Bachelor Father'' series, with John Forsythe and Noreen Corcoran.<ref name=imdb/> In 1957, Kelman played the role of Elmer in the last of the ''Ma and Pa Kettle'' films, ''The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm''. This was the last screen appearance by Marjorie Main.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.blockbuster.com/catalog/movieDetails/62952#readMore|title=Synopsis of ''The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm''|publisher=blockbuster.com|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref>  
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On December 31, 1969, Kelman played Quincy Rust in the episode "The Adversaries" of CBS's ''Medical Center''. Audrey Totter, Kelman's co-star in ''Our Man Higgins'' later joined the ''Medical Center'' cast but did not appear in this episode. In 1970, Kelman appeared twice on ABC's high school comedy-drama, ''Room 222'', and in the episode "The Boy Next Door"  on CBS's ''To Rome with Love'', another John Forsythe situation comedy. In 1972 and 1973, Kelman was cast in episodes of CBS's ''Hawaii Five-O'' and ''Here's Lucy''. In the latter he played a 23-year-old "teenager" in the episode "Lucy and Andy Griffith."<ref name=imdb/> A decade earlier, Kelman had portrayed John Ballantine in the acclaimed [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Bob Hope]] film, ''Critics Choice''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16685/Critic-s-Choice/|title=''Critic's Choice'': Overview|publisher=tcm.com|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref>
 
On December 31, 1969, Kelman played Quincy Rust in the episode "The Adversaries" of CBS's ''Medical Center''. Audrey Totter, Kelman's co-star in ''Our Man Higgins'' later joined the ''Medical Center'' cast but did not appear in this episode. In 1970, Kelman appeared twice on ABC's high school comedy-drama, ''Room 222'', and in the episode "The Boy Next Door"  on CBS's ''To Rome with Love'', another John Forsythe situation comedy. In 1972 and 1973, Kelman was cast in episodes of CBS's ''Hawaii Five-O'' and ''Here's Lucy''. In the latter he played a 23-year-old "teenager" in the episode "Lucy and Andy Griffith."<ref name=imdb/> A decade earlier, Kelman had portrayed John Ballantine in the acclaimed [[Lucille Ball]] and [[Bob Hope]] film, ''Critics Choice''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/16685/Critic-s-Choice/|title=''Critic's Choice'': Overview|publisher=tcm.com|accessdate=August 20, 2012}}</ref>
 
   
 
   
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Kelman's last acting appearances were in 1973 and 1974 in two episodes of the syndicated] anthology series ''Insight''.<ref name=imdb/>
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Kelman's last acting appearances were in 1973 and 1974 in two episodes of the syndicated anthology series ''Insight''.<ref name=imdb/>
 
    
 
    
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His older brother, Terry Ross Kelman (born 1947), is a former child actor whose screen appearances occurred between 1954 and 1959, with his last work on two episodes of NBC's ''Wagon Train''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446993/title=Terry Kelman|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 18, 2012}}</ref>
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His older brother, Terry Ross Kelman (born 1947), is a former child actor whose screen appearances occurred between 1954 and 1959, with his last work on two episodes of NBC's ''Wagon Train''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0446993/|title=Terry Kelman|publisher=Internet Movie Data Base|accessdate=August 18, 2012}}</ref>
 
    
 
    
 
Kelman's whereabouts since 1974 is unknown.
 
Kelman's whereabouts since 1974 is unknown.
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