Trivia

Percy Kilbride and actor Ralph Belmont were walking through Kilbride's neighborhood at night when they were struck by a car. Belmont died instantly, while Kilbride died over two months later from head injuries.

Buried in the beautiful Golden Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, California. Section 2B near chain linking fencing bordering the freeway. Located in Northern California just a few miles from San Francisco, CA.

Starred in "Ma and Pa Kettle" movies as Pa Kettle.

Unmarried.

Had originally wanted Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) to be his swan song, but was lured by Universal-International to do Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) on the condition that it would be the last Ma and Pa Kettle movie.

George Washington Slept Here (1942) was the movie that established his Hollywood career as a character actor.

As a result of their successful collaboration in The Egg and I (1947), he and Marjorie Main were reunited in Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin' (1948), their first and only non-Ma and Pa Kettle movie.

After several years of playing supporting roles in Hollywood, he finally became a full-fledged star in Ma and Pa Kettle (1949) and shared top billing with Marjorie Main in six more Ma and Pa Kettle movies.

Although Universal-International had promised him Ma and Pa Kettle at Home (1954) would be the last Ma and Pa Kettle movie, the studio made two more movies without him. The starring role he left vacant was filled by Arthur Hunnicutt as Pa's brother in The Kettles in the Ozarks (1956), and Parker Fennelly as Pa himself in The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm (1957). Neither movie was as profitable as the seven in which Kilbride played Pa.

He was billed third behind Robert Cummings and Ann Blyth in Free for All (1949).