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John Kelland,(born 21st February 1931 as John Kitcat) is an English actor, who appeared in a range of stage, television and film roles.

Born in the UK,his family emigrated to South Africa when he was 14 years old, returning in his late teens to begin work as an actor.

Kelland, was born to a family printing company.

He first came to public prominence in the original production of Chips with Everything by Arnold Wesker. A Royal Court production directed by John Dexter and featuring an extraordinarily strong cast including Frank Finlay, Ronald Lacey, Corin Redgrave and in the later transfer John Hurt. Amongst these artists, Kelland was considered to have given the prime performance and the reviews reflected this, including him featuring as the principal character in the cartoon, carried with the review in Punch Magazine.