Talk:Orry-Kelly

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Wrong Name: Orry-Kelly's first name was George, not John. Although he was known to all his friends as Jack. ref is the Cary Grant bio by Highham and Mosely p25 in the hardcover edition. Sheela162.83.219.250 (talk) 00:17, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

In an interview-article on him in Australian Women's Weekly of 25th September 1948 he/it says at p17: "Orry (christened, he explains deprecatingly, "Horace") was born at Kiama NSW….."—Preceding unsigned comment added by Alipius (talk) • contribs) 00:40, 2 June 2015 (UTC)

Personal info

Nothing about his claiming to have had gay relationships with stars, mostly falsely? )I think David Niven once referred to one such slander as ‘ an orry-kelly job’.) More info on this could improve the article. 213.205.240.16 (talk) 17:59, 23 February 2021 (UTC)

Not Australia's most prolific Oscar winner

So, as he was a naturalised US citizen (1943) and thus able to serve for the US in World War Two as the article notes, in what way could he be regarded as "Australia's most prolific Oscar winner" - for academy awards won in the 1950s? It's a misleading and trivial comment for the lede. Catherine Martin is Australian and has won more academy awards than any other Australian. Simple as that. Nickm57 (talk) 09:56, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Where does it say he was naturalised in 1943?

But even if that was the case, he could still have remained a British subject (as Australian citizenship did not exist till 1949), and thus remained an Australian. Yes, Catherine Martin has overtaken his record now, but it took her well over 50 years to do so. He held the record for a very long time, and it is certainly ledeworthy. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 10:31, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

The newspaper article cited here, dated 20 Dec 1942, states that he had recently filed his citizenship papers. (Although I believe the citation should be Tampa Bay Times (St. Petersburg, Florida) 20 Dec 1942, Page 17 - that's the newspaper I currently have open on Newspapers.com). And a quick glance at the "California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976" at familysearch shows Orry Kelly naturalised by April 1943.[[1]] Dual citizenship did not exist at the time. Like Errol Flynn, Leon Errol and other expat Aussies in Hollywood, he was a US citizen. Nickm57 (talk) 11:14, 28 April 2022 (UTC)