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
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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 Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Actor Policeman
Chicken Wagon Family
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 Casey
Road to Paradise
Actor Policeman
The Girl Said No
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 Outlaw and the Lady
Director
Goin' Straight
Scenario Writer
Goin' Straight
Director
The Drifter
Director
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Scenario Writer
The Outlaw and the Lady
Writer
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
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 Wrong Man
Director
The Golden Bullet
Director
The Fighting Gringo
