Fred Kelsey

Known For: Acting
Gender: Male
Date of Birth: August 20, 1884
Day of Death: September 2, 1961 (77 years old)
Place of Birth: Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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, California, aged 77.
1959
1958
1956
1955
1954
1953
1952
1951
1950

Actor Sgt. Wallace
Revenue Agent
Actor
So You Want a Raise
Actor Police Turnkey (uncredited)
So You Think You're Not Guilty

Actor Fight Fan (uncredited)
Backfire
Actor Lamb - Curry's Partner
So You Want to Hold Your Husband

Actor Man on Dock (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry

Actor Guard (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
1949

Actor Train Conductor (uncredited)
Flamingo Road

Actor (uncredited)
Colorado Territory

Actor Villager (uncredited)
The Inspector General

Actor Deputy
Dancing in the Dark

Actor Officer O'Brien
Homicide

Actor Old Watchman (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Actor Delivery Man
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
Actor Counter Man
So You Want to Be an Actor
1948
1947
1946

Actor Policeman (uncredited)
Hiss and Yell
Actor Policeman
Andy Plays Hookey

Actor Det. Kelsey
Detour to Danger

Actor Bartender (uncredited)
A Stolen Life

Actor Policeman (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye

Actor Fred
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

Actor Man on the Street / Man in Pub
Three Strangers
Actor Detective (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses

Actor First-Nighter (uncredited)
Night and Day

Actor Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
The Man I Love
1945

Actor Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Frontier Days

Actor Train Conductor (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk

Actor Detective
If a Body Meets a Body

Actor Harper (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut

Actor Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce

Actor
Snooper Service

Actor Detective
How DOooo You Do

Actor Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
Come Out Fighting

Actor Lefert
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1944
1943

Actor Train Conductor (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit

Actor Capt. Beal
Murder on the Waterfront

Actor Police Chief
A Gem of a Jam

Actor Policeman
Here Comes Mr. Zerk

Actor Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars

Actor
Food and Magic

Actor Detective Dickens
One Dangerous Night

Actor Joe (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic

Actor Cop (uncredited)
True to Life

Actor Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
1942
Actor Policeman (uncredited)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

Actor Dickens
Counter-Espionage

Actor "Screw"
Murder in the Big House

Actor Sam - Policeman
My Favorite Blonde

Actor Policeman (uncredited)
Lady Gangster

Actor Bronson
Larceny, Inc.

Actor Police Chief Hansen
Bullet Scars

Actor Police Officer Martin
X Marks the Spot

Actor Sutro (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim

Actor Jailer
Wild Bill Hickok Rides

Actor Night Watchman
Spy Ship

Actor Drunk
I Was Framed
Actor Policeman
Dear! Deer!

Actor Jailer (uncredited)
In This Our Life
1941

Actor Detective Dickens
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Actor Wesley Dickens
Secrets of the Lone Wolf

Actor Police Sergeant
At the Stroke of Twelve

Actor Detective Ryan
Invisible Ghost

Actor Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On

Actor Officer McCloskey
Mr. District Attorney

Actor Cop
Pacific Blackout

Actor Detective (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner

Actor Train Conductor (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
1940

Actor Dickens
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

Actor Dickens
The Lone Wolf Strikes

Actor Dickens
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Actor Policeman
Mutiny in the County

Actor Bailiff
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Actor Bottles
Deadwood Dick

Actor Sgt. Murphy
Misbehaving Husbands

Actor Cop (uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing

Actor Capt. Thompson
The Green Archer

Actor Jim - Detective
Mexican Spitfire Out West

Actor Junk Man
High School
1939

Actor Police Officer (uncredited)
Moving Vanities

Actor Judge
Tiny Troubles

Actor Policeman at School (uncredited)
Tell No Tales

Actor Agitator
Rough Riders' Round-up

Actor Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Reno

Actor Pete - Railroad Detective
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Actor Policeman
Chicken Wagon Family

Actor Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Actor Landlord
Clock Wise

Actor Hank Fidler
Too Busy to Work
1938
1937

Actor Cop (uncredited)
Love Is News

Actor Jailer
Super-Sleuth

Actor Abner Jenkins
That I May Live

Actor Officer
Love and Hisses

Actor Man on telephone (uncredited)
The Lady Escapes

Actor Policeman
Time Out for Romance

Actor Smitty - Policeman
One Mile from Heaven

Actor Oil Man at Well
Big Business

Actor Seaman at Auction
Slave Ship

Actor Conductor
Angel's Holiday

Actor Policeman
Borrowing Trouble

Actor Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
She Had to Eat

Actor Policeman (uncredited)
Wild and Woolly
1936
1935

Actor Sheriff Jenks
One Frightened Night

Actor Detective O'Brien
Danger Ahead

Actor Police Officer Riley
Atlantic Adventure

Actor
A Notorious Gentleman

Actor Police Lieutenant O'Brien
Death Flies East
Actor Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
Hot Money

Actor Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
Horses' Collars

Actor Horsley's Secretary
Diamond Jim

Actor Bit Part
Carnival

Actor Hank Polk
The Sagebrush Troubadour

Actor Mike - Cop
The Public Menace
1934

Actor Train Detective (uncredited)
Twentieth Century

Actor Bloodgood
The Crime Doctor

Actor Detective Blake
The Moth

Actor Dugan
Lightning Strikes Twice
Actor Policeman
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
Actor Insurance Adjustor
I'll Be Suing You

Actor Sergeant at Border
I'll Tell the World

Actor Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
Rough Necking

Actor Police Sgt. Murphy
Among the Missing

Actor Detective
School for Girls

Actor Mulvaney
Beloved
1933
1932
Actor Police Sergeant
The Iceman's Ball

Actor Prison Jailer (uncredited)
If I Had a Million

Actor Delaney
Discarded Lovers

Actor Detective Duffy
Love in High Gear

Actor Detective Duffy
Guilty as Hell

Actor Corcoran
Red Haired Alibi

Actor Policeman (uncredited)
Huddle
Actor Detective
Yoo-Hoo
Actor Doorman
Boys Will Be Boys
Actor Det. Dugan
Shopping with Wifie
1931
1930
Actor
She Got What She Wanted

Actor Murphy
Scarlet Pages

Actor Police Captain
The Woman Racket

Actor Detective
Wide Open

Actor Policeman
The Girl Said No

Actor Casey
Road to Paradise

Actor The Conductor
Going Wild

Actor Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

Actor Murphy (uncredited)
Only Saps Work

Actor Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Men Without Law

Actor Ryan
Murder on the Roof
1929
1928

Actor M. T. Flatt
The Wright Idea

Actor Detective
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

Actor Detective Simpson
Tenderloin

Actor Mr. Lovewell
Harold Teen

Actor Detective in Shadow Box
While the City Sleeps

Actor Clerk
On Trial

Actor Dugan
Naughty Baby

Actor Inspector
The Last Warning

Actor Detective (uncredited)
A Woman of Affairs
1927
1926
Actor Murphy
That's My Baby
Actor Policeman
Say It with Babies

Actor Detective
Atta Boy

Actor The Detective (uncredited)
Bromo and Juliet

Actor Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox

Actor Assistant Chief of Detectives
The Third Degree

Actor Cop
Dog Shy
Actor Skipper Larsen
The Mystery Pilot

Actor Store Detective (uncredited)
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921
1920
1919
1918
1917
Actor The Deputy
The Honor of an Outlaw
Director
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Writer
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Director
The Outlaw and the Lady
Scenario Writer
The Outlaw and the Lady
Director
The Drifter
Director
Goin' Straight
Scenario Writer
Goin' Straight
Scenario Writer
Hair-Trigger Burke
Director
The Honor of an Outlaw
Scenario Writer
The Honor of an Outlaw

Director
A 44-Calibre Mystery

Director
The Almost Good Man
Director
Six-Shooter Justice
Director
Blood Money
Director
The Mysterious Outlaw
Director
The Golden Bullet
Director
The Wrong Man

Director
The Fighting Gringo