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==Work== <gallery mode="packed" heights="160px"> On the Town (1949 poster) crop.jpg|''[[On the Town (film)|On the Town]]'' (1949) An American in Paris (1951 film poster).jpg|''[[An American in Paris (film)|An American in Paris]]'' (1951) Singin' in the Rain (1952 poster).jpg|''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' (1952) </gallery> ===Musical films=== {{main|Gene Kelly filmography}} Kelly appeared as actor, singer and dancer in musical films. He always choreographed his own dance routines and often the dance routines of others and used assistants. As was the practice at the time, he was rarely formally credited in the film titles.<ref name="Billman" /> ===Theatre=== {| class="wikitable unsortable" |- ! Date ! Production ! Role ! Venue |- |1938β1939 |''[[Leave It to Me!]]'' |Secretary to Mr. Goodhue <br /> Chorus |[[Imperial Theatre]], Broadway |- |1939 |''One for the Money'' |Ensemble |rowspan=2|[[Booth Theatre]], Broadway |- |1939β1940 |''The Time of Your Life'' |Performer β Harry <br /> Choreographer |- |1940β1941 |''[[Pal Joey (musical)|Pal Joey]]'' |Performer β Joey Evans |[[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], Broadway <br /> [[St. James Theatre]], Broadway |- |1941β1942 |''[[Best Foot Forward (musical)|Best Foot Forward]]'' |Choreography |[[Ethel Barrymore Theatre]], Broadway |- |1958β1960 |''[[Flower Drum Song]]'' |Director |[[St. James Theatre]], Broadway |- |1974 |''[[Take Me Along]]'' |Performer β Sid Davis |[[The Muny]], Regional<ref>Warga, Wayne. "Gene Kelly ready once more to put on his dancing shoes," ''The Boston Globes'' May 23, 1974.</ref> |- |1979 |''Coquelico'' | Producer | [[Latin Quarter (nightclub)|22 Steps]], New York |- |1985β1986 |''[[Singin' in the Rain]]'' |Original film choreography | [[Gershwin Theatre]], Broadway |} ===Television=== {| class="wikitable unsortable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1957 |''[[Schlitz Playhouse of Stars]]'' |Tom T. Triplet |Episode: "[[A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories#Adaptations|The Life You Save]]"<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97589847/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph/ "Here Comes Kelly! Back to Our City, Natch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314053705/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97589847/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph/ |date=March 14, 2022 }}. ''Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph''. February 24, 1957. p. 37. Retrieved March 14, 2022.</ref> |- |1958 |''[[Omnibus (American TV program)|Omnibus]]'' |Himself |Episode: "Dancing: A Man's Game" |- |1962β1963 |''[[Going My Way (TV series)|Going My Way]]'' |Father Chuck O'Malley |30 episodes |- |1965 |''Gene Kelly: New York, New York'' |Himself |Directed by [[Woody Allen]] |- |1965 |''[[The Julie Andrews Show]]'' |Himself |Television special |- |1967 |''[[Jack and the Beanstalk (1967 film)|Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' |Jeremy Keen, Proprietor (Peddler) |Television movie |- |1971 |''[[The Funny Side]]'' |Himself (host) |6 episodes |- |1973 |''[[Magnavox Presents Frank Sinatra]]'' |Himself |Television special |- |1973-1978 |''[[The Dean Martin Celebrity Roast]]'' |Himself |8 episodes |- |1977 |''[[Yabba Dabba Doo! The Happy World of Hanna-Barbera]]'' |Himself (host) |Television special |- |1978 |''Gene Kelly: An American in Pasadena'' |Himself |Television special |- |1979 |''[[The Mary Tyler Moore Hour]]'' |Himself (guest) |Episode: #1.5 |- |1981 |''[[The Muppet Show]]'' |Himself |Episode: "Gene Kelly" |- |1984 |''[[The Love Boat]]'' |Charles Dane |Episode: "Hong Kong Cruise: Polly's Poker Palace/Shop Ahoy/Double Date/The Hong Kong Affair/Two Tails of a City" |- |1985 |''[[North and South (miniseries)|North and South]]'' |Senator Charles Edwards |Miniseries |- |1986 |''[[Sins (miniseries)|Sins]]'' |Eric Hovland |Miniseries |} ===Documentaries=== * 1999 β ''Anatomy of a Dancer'', directed by Robert Trachtenberg, PBS, 2002 * 2013 β ''Gene Kelly, to Live and Dance'', by Bertrand Tessier, France 5, 2017 ===Radio=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year !! Program !! Episode !! Ref |- | 1943|| ''Suspense Mystery Radio Play''|| ''Thieves Fall Out'' ||<ref>Blackstone Audio "Suspense" vol. 2 issued 2015</ref> |- | 1946|| ''Hollywood Players'' || ''[[The Glass Key (1942 film)|The Glass Key]]'' || <ref>{{cite news|title=Gene Kelly Joins Hollywood Players in "Glass Key"|newspaper=Harrisburg Telegraph|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3213136/harrisburg_telegraph/|agency=Harrisburg Telegraph|date=November 23, 1946|page=19|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=September 12, 2015|archive-date=August 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818085804/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3213136/harrisburg_telegraph/|url-status=live}} {{Open access}}</ref> |- | 1949|| ''Suspense Mystery Radio Play''||''To Find Help'' || <ref>[http://www.escape-suspense.com/2007/05/suspense_to_fin.html "Suspense β To Find Help"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202035130/http://www.escape-suspense.com/2007/05/suspense_to_fin.html |date=February 2, 2017 }} ''Escape and Suspense''. ''To Find Help'' starring Gene Kelly, [[Ethel Barrymore]] and [[William Conrad]], aired on January 6, 1949. It was adapted from [[Mel Dinelli]]'s stage play ''The Man'' and from the film ''[[Beware, My Lovely]]'' (1952) starring [[Ida Lupino]] and [[Robert Ryan]].</ref> |}
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