Fred Kelsey
Biography Frederick Alvin Kelsey (August 20, 1884 – September 2, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Kelsey directed one- and two-reel films for Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1911 and 1958, often playing policemen or detectives. He also directed 37 films between 1914 and 1920. Kelsey was caricatured as the detective in the 1943 MGM cartoon Who Killed Who? directed by Tex Avery. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio and died at the Motion Picture Country Hom
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Known For Acting
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Gender Male
Birthday 1884-08-20
Place of Birth Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Also Known As Fred Kelsy F. A. Kelsey F.A. Kelsey Fred A. Kelsey Fred. A. Kelsey H. Kelsley Frederick Alvin Kelsey Content Score
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Fred Kelsey Frederick Alvin Kelsey (August 20, 1884 – September 2, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Kelsey directed one- and two-reel films for Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1911 and 1958, often playing policemen or detectives. He also directed 37 films between 1914 and 1920. Kelsey was caricatured as the detective in the 1943 MGM cartoon Who Killed Who? directed by Tex Avery. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio and died at the Motion Picture Country Home in Hollywood, Cali . . . . Read More moss
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Westbound as Townsman (uncredited) 1958
Auntie Mame as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited) 1957
The Helen Morgan Story as Night Club Patron (uncredited) 1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend as Barfly (uncredited) 1956
The Opposite Sex as Club Patron (uncredited) 1956
Serenade as Opera Attendee (uncredited) 1955
Illegal as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) 1955
To Catch a Thief as Party Guest (uncredited) 1955
Tall Man Riding as Townsman (uncredited) 1954
The Silver Chalice as Silversmith (uncredited) 1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives as Mr. Watson (uncredited) 1954
A Star Is Born as Audience Member (uncredited) 1954
Lucky Me as Passerby on Street (uncredited) 1954
Riding Shotgun as Townsman (uncredited) 1953
So You Think You Can't Sleep as Sleeping patient in waiting room 1953
Crime Wave as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited) 1953
Murder Without Tears as Sergeant-at-Arms 1953
So You Want to Be a Musician as Restaurant diner 1952
Hans Christian Andersen as First Gendarme 1952
Springfield Rifle as Barfly (uncredited) 1952
O. Henry's Full House as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi") 1952
Carson City as Townsman (uncredited) 1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited) 1952
My Six Convicts as Store Detective 1951
Strangers on a Train as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited) 1951
Goodbye, My Fancy as Party Guest (Uncredited) 1951
Storm Warning as Townsman (uncredited) 1950
Revenue Agent as Sgt. Wallace 1950
The Flame and the Arrow as Guard (uncredited) 1950
So You Want to Hold Your Husband as Lamb - Curry's Partner 1950
The Damned Don't Cry as Man on Dock (uncredited) 1950
So You Think You're Not Guilty as Police Turnkey (uncredited) 1950
Backfire as Fight Fan (uncredited) 1949
The Inspector General as Villager (uncredited) 1949
So You Want to Be an Actor as Counter Man 1949
Dancing in the Dark as Deputy 1949
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man as Delivery Man 1949
The Fountainhead as Old Watchman (uncredited) 1949
Colorado Territory as Train Engineer (uncredited) 1949
Flamingo Road as Train Conductor (uncredited) 1949
Homicide as Officer O'Brien 1948
Silver River as Townsman (uncredited) 1948
The Noose Hangs High as Cop (uncredited) 1948
So You Want an Apartment as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited) 1947
The Unfaithful as Courtroom Spectator 1947
Nora Prentiss as Turnkey (uncredited) 1946
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck as Fred 1946
The Man I Love as Mac the Doorman (uncredited) 1946
Andy Plays Hookey as Policeman 1946
Never Say Goodbye as Policeman (uncredited) 1946
So You Want to Play the Horses as Detective (uncredited) 1946
Night and Day as First-Nighter (uncredited) 1946
A Stolen Life as Bartender (uncredited) 1946
Hiss and Yell as Policeman (uncredited) 1946
Three Strangers as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited) 1946
Detour to Danger as Det. Kelsey 1945
How DOooo You Do as Detective 1945
Frontier Days as Mayor Stone (uncredited) 1945
Saratoga Trunk as Train Conductor (uncredited) 1945
Mildred Pierce as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited) 1945
Come Out Fighting as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy) 1945
If a Body Meets a Body as Detective 1945
Christmas in Connecticut as Harper (uncredited) 1945
The Strange Mr. Gregory as Lefert 1944
Crime by Night as Dad Martin (uncredited) 1944
Make Your Own Bed as Turnkey 1944
Trial by Trigger as Jerry (uncredited) 1944
Mr. Skeffington as Cop in Raid (uncredited) 1944
Shine on Harvest Moon as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited) 1943
A Gem of a Jam as Police Chief 1943
True to Life as Cop (uncredited) 1943
Old Acquaintance as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited) 1943
Northern Pursuit as Train Conductor (uncredited) 1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited) 1943
Murder on the Waterfront as Capt. Beal 1943
Here Comes Mr. Zerk as Policeman 1943
Action in the North Atlantic as Joe (uncredited) 1943
One Dangerous Night as Detective Dickens 1942
Gentleman Jim as Sutro (uncredited) 1942
X Marks the Spot as Police Officer Martin 1942
Dear! Deer! as Policeman 1942
Counter-Espionage as Dickens 1942
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as Policeman (uncredited) 1942
Spy Ship as Night Watchman 1942
In This Our Life as Jailer (uncredited) 1942
Larceny, Inc. as Bronson 1942
Murder in the Big House as "Screw" 1942
My Favorite Blonde as Sam - Policeman 1942
Lady Gangster as Policeman (uncredited) 1942
Bullet Scars as Police Chief Hansen 1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Jailer 1941
Pacific Blackout as Cop 1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner as Detective (uncredited) 1941
They Died with Their Boots On as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited) 1941
At the Stroke of Twelve as Police Sergeant 1941
Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Wesley Dickens 1941
One Foot in Heaven as Train Conductor (uncredited) 1941
Invisible Ghost as Detective Ryan 1941
Mr. District Attorney as Officer McCloskey 1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Detective Dickens 1940
Misbehaving Husbands as Sgt. Murphy 1940
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Dickens 1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West as Jim - Detective 1940
The Green Archer as Capt. Thompson 1940
The Golden Fleecing as Cop (uncredited) 1940
Deadwood Dick as Bottles 1940
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Dickens 1940
Mutiny in the County as Policeman 1940
The Lone Wolf Strikes as Dickens 1940
High School as Junk Man 1940
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Bailiff 1939
Too Busy to Work as Hank Fidler 1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Pete - Railroad Detective 1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre 1939
Chicken Wagon Family as Policeman 1939
Charlie Chan in Reno as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited) 1939
Tell No Tales as Policeman at School (uncredited) 1939
Moving Vanities as Police Officer (uncredited) 1939
Rough Riders' Round-up as Agitator 1938
Down on the Farm as Bit Role 1938
Straight, Place and Show as Cop at Racetrack 1938
Many Sappy Returns as Finnegan 1938
Josette as Hotel Detective 1938
Safety in Numbers as Cop 1938
Berth Quakes as Train Conductor 1938
Night Spot as Police Band Leader 1938
Everybody's Doing It as Police Sergeant 1937
Love and Hisses as Officer 1937
Borrowing Trouble as Policeman 1937
That I May Live as Abner Jenkins 1937
One Mile from Heaven as Smitty - Policeman 1937
The Lady Escapes as Man on telephone (uncredited) 1937
Wild and Woolly as Policeman (uncredited) 1937
She Had to Eat as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited) 1937
Big Business as Oil Man at Well 1937
Slave Ship as Seaman at Auction 1937
Angel's Holiday as Conductor 1937
Love Is News as Cop (uncredited) 1937
Time Out for Romance as Policeman 1936
High Tension as Desk Sergeant 1936
Private Number as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited) 1936
The Witness Chair as Detective Costigan 1936
At Sea Ashore as Cop (uncredited) 1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse as First Detective 1936
The Garden Murder Case as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited) 1935
The Sagebrush Troubadour as Hank Polk 1935
Hot Money as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey) 1935
The Public Menace as Mike - Cop 1935
Diamond Jim as Horsley's Secretary 1935
Atlantic Adventure as Police Officer Riley 1935
Danger Ahead as Detective O'Brien 1935
One Frightened Night as Sheriff Jenks 1935
Death Flies East as Police Lieutenant O'Brien 1935
A Notorious Gentleman as Detective 1935
Horses' Collars as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited) 1934
Lightning Strikes Twice as Dugan 1934
Among the Missing as Police Sgt. Murphy 1934
I'll Be Suing You as Insurance Adjustor 1934
Twentieth Century as Train Detective (uncredited) 1934
Rough Necking as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr. 1934
I'll Tell the World as Sergeant at Border 1934
Strictly Fresh Yeggs as Policeman 1934
School for Girls as Detective 1934
The Crime Doctor as Bloodgood 1934
The Moth as Detective Blake 1933
The Bowery as Detective Kelsey (uncredited) 1933
Quiet Please! as Train Conductor 1933
King of the Jungle as Cop (uncredited) 1933
The Crime of the Century as Police Guard (uncredited) 1932
Boys Will Be Boys as Doorman 1932
If I Had a Million as Prison Jailer (uncredited) 1932
Red Haired Alibi as Corcoran 1932
Speak Easily as Process Server 1932
The Iceman's Ball as Police Sergeant 1932
Guilty as Hell as Detective Duffy 1932
Huddle as Policeman (uncredited) 1932
Love in High Gear as Detective Duffy 1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware as Cop (uncredited) 1932
Shopping with Wifie as Det. Dugan 1932
Discarded Lovers as Delaney 1931
Side Show as Sheriff Hornsby 1931
Young Donovan's Kid as Collins 1931
Subway Express as Detective Kearney 1931
Scandal Sheet as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy 1931
The Naughty Flirt as Policeman (uncredited) 1930
Going Wild as The Conductor 1930
Only Saps Work as Murphy (uncredited) 1930
She Got What She Wanted as 1930
Men Without Law as Deputy Sheriff Jeff 1930
Scarlet Pages as Murphy 1930
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 as Self - Tour Guide 1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case as Chief of Detectives (uncredited) 1930
Road to Paradise as Casey 1930
The Girl Said No as Policeman 1930
Murder on the Roof as Ryan 1930
The Woman Racket as Police Captain 1929
Smiling Irish Eyes as County Fair Manager 1929
The Donovan Affair as Carney 1929
The Faker as Police Detective 1928
The Last Warning as Inspector 1928
A Woman of Affairs as Detective (uncredited) 1928
The Wright Idea as M. T. Flatt 1928
Harold Teen as Mr. Lovewell 1928
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath as Detective 1928
Tenderloin as Detective Simpson 1928
While the City Sleeps as Detective in Shadow Box 1927
The Gorilla as Mulligan 1927
The 13th Juror as The Detective 1927
The Thirteenth Hour as Det. Shaw 1927
Soft Cushions as The Police 1927
Jewish Prudence as Rent Collector 1927
Held by the Law as Detective 1927
Orchids and Ermine as Police Sergeant 1926
There Ain't No Santa Claus as Store Detective (uncredited) 1926
The Third Degree as Assistant Chief of Detectives 1926
Bromo and Juliet as The Detective (uncredited) 1926
Crazy Like a Fox as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited) 1926
Say It with Babies as Policeman 1926
The Mystery Pilot as Skipper Larsen 1926
That's My Baby as Murphy 1925
Seven Sinners as Policeman 1925
Little Annie Rooney as Desk Sergeant (uncredited) 1925
The Lawful Cheater as Tom Horan 1925
Paths to Paradise as Confederate 1925
Excuse Me as George Ketchem 1925
Youth and Adventure as Red Mullin 1924
The Yankee Consul as Agent John J. Doyle 1923
Bag and Baggage as Fred 1923
The Eleventh Hour as The Submarine Commander 1923
Souls for Sale as Detective Quinn (uncredited) 1923
Lovebound as Detective Hahn 1922
Captain Fly-by-Night as Gomez 1922
Deserted at the Altar as The Other Man 1922
Manslaughter as Member of the Jury (uncredited) 1922
Don't Shoot as Police Officer 1922
South of Suva as Karl Swartz 1922
One Clear Call as Starnes 1922
The Song of Life as Police Inspector 1921
There Are No Villains as Dugall 1921
The Match-Breaker as Detective 1921
The Last Card as Detective (uncredited) 1921
Puppets of Fate as Bobs 1921
The Off-Shore Pirate as Sailor 1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine as Bit Part (uncredited) 1919
The Fire Flingers as Sgt. Powers 1919
The Silk Lined Burglar as Capt. von Hoffmeier 1919
The Light of Victory as Captain Eric von Prohme 1918
The Yellow Dog as Max Kummich 1918
A Society Sensation as JIm Cox 1918
The Empty Cab as The Detective 1917
The Honor of an Outlaw as The Deputy 1914
Silent Sandy as Silent Sandy
Coming Soon (1 episode) as Doc Jones (uncredited) 
