Fred Kelsey
Actor
Born August 20, 1884 in 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.
Filmography
Westbound
Townsman (uncredited)
Auntie Mame
Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Barfly (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
Club Patron (uncredited)
Serenade
Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Illegal
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
Party Guest (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding
Townsman (uncredited)
Outlaw's Son
The Silver Chalice
Silversmith (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Audience Member (uncredited)
Lucky Me
Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
Townsman (uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Racing Blood
Smithy
Crime Wave
Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Murder Without Tears
Sergeant-at-Arms
Hans Christian Andersen
First Gendarme
Springfield Rifle
Barfly (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Carson City
Townsman (uncredited)
My Six Convicts
Store Detective
Room for One More
Strangers on a Train
Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
Party Guest (Uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Doc Jones (uncredited)
The Enforcer
Storm Warning
Townsman (uncredited)
Revenue Agent
Sgt. Wallace
The Flame and the Arrow
Guard (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry
Man on Dock (uncredited)
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Backfire
Fight Fan (uncredited)
The Inspector General
Villager (uncredited)
Dancing in the Dark
Deputy
The Fountainhead
Old Watchman (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
Train Engineer (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Homicide
Officer O'Brien
Silver River
Townsman (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
Cop (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
Courtroom Spectator
Nora Prentiss
Turnkey (uncredited)
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
Fred
The Man I Love
Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
Policeman (uncredited)
Night and Day
First-Nighter (uncredited)
Monkey Businessmen
Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
Bartender (uncredited)
Hiss and Yell
Policeman (uncredited)
Three Strangers
Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
Detour to Danger
Det. Kelsey
How DOooo You Do
Detective
Frontier Days
Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Come Out Fighting
Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
If a Body Meets a Body
Detective
Christmas in Connecticut
Harper (uncredited)
Snooper Service
The Strange Mr. Gregory
Lefert
Crime by Night
Dad Martin (uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
Turnkey
Trial by Trigger
Jerry (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Shine on Harvest Moon
Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
Roaring Guns
A Gem of a Jam
Police Chief
True to Life
Cop (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Food and Magic
Northern Pursuit
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Murder on the Waterfront
Capt. Beal
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Policeman
Action in the North Atlantic
Joe (uncredited)
One Dangerous Night
Detective Dickens
Gentleman Jim
Sutro (uncredited)
X Marks the Spot
Police Officer Martin
Dear! Deer!
Policeman
Counter-Espionage
Dickens
Spy Ship
Night Watchman
In This Our Life
Jailer (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
Bronson
Murder in the Big House
"Screw"
I Was Framed
Drunk
My Favorite Blonde
Sam - Policeman
Lady Gangster
Policeman (uncredited)
Bullet Scars
Police Chief Hansen
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Jailer
Pacific Blackout
Cop
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Detective (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
At the Stroke of Twelve
Police Sergeant
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
Wesley Dickens
One Foot in Heaven
Train Conductor (uncredited)
Invisible Ghost
Detective Ryan
Mr. District Attorney
Officer McCloskey
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Detective Dickens
Misbehaving Husbands
Sgt. Murphy
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Dickens
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Jim - Detective
The Green Archer
Capt. Thompson
The Golden Fleecing
Cop (uncredited)
Deadwood Dick
Bottles
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Dickens
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Dickens
High School
Junk Man
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Bailiff
Too Busy to Work
Hank Fidler
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Pete - Railroad Detective
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Chicken Wagon Family
Policeman
Charlie Chan in Reno
Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
Policeman at School (uncredited)
Moving Vanities
Police Officer (uncredited)
Clock Wise
Landlord
Rough Riders' Round-up
Agitator
Tiny Troubles
Judge
Down on the Farm
Bit Role
Straight, Place and Show
Cop at Racetrack
Many Sappy Returns
Finnegan
Josette
Hotel Detective
Safety in Numbers
Cop
Night Spot
Police Band Leader
Everybody's Doing It
Police Sergeant
Love and Hisses
Officer
Borrowing Trouble
Policeman
That I May Live
Abner Jenkins
One Mile from Heaven
Smitty - Policeman
The Lady Escapes
Man on telephone (uncredited)
Wild and Woolly
Policeman (uncredited)
Super-Sleuth
Jailer
She Had to Eat
Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
Big Business
Oil Man at Well
Slave Ship
Seaman at Auction
Angel's Holiday
Conductor
Love Is News
Cop (uncredited)
Time Out for Romance
Policeman
High Tension
Desk Sergeant
Private Number
Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
The Witness Chair
Detective Costigan
At Sea Ashore
Cop (uncredited)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
First Detective
The Garden Murder Case
Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
The Sagebrush Troubadour
Hank Polk
Hot Money
Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
The Public Menace
Mike - Cop
Diamond Jim
Horsley's Secretary
Atlantic Adventure
Police Officer Riley
Danger Ahead
Detective O'Brien
One Frightened Night
Sheriff Jenks
Death Flies East
Police Lieutenant O'Brien
Carnival
Bit Part
A Notorious Gentleman
Detective
Horses' Collars
Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
Lightning Strikes Twice
Dugan
Among the Missing
Police Sgt. Murphy
Twentieth Century
Train Detective (uncredited)
Rough Necking
Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
I'll Tell the World
Sergeant at Border
School for Girls
Detective
The Crime Doctor
Bloodgood
Beloved
Mulvaney
The Moth
Detective Blake
Shadows of Sing Sing
Murphy
The Bowery
Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
Detective Jones (uncredited)
Sailor's Luck
Cop
King of the Jungle
Cop (uncredited)
The Crime of the Century
Police Guard (uncredited)
If I Had a Million
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Red Haired Alibi
Corcoran
Speak Easily
Process Server
Guilty as Hell
Detective Duffy
Huddle
Policeman (uncredited)
Love in High Gear
Detective Duffy
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Cop (uncredited)
Discarded Lovers
Delaney
Side Show
Sheriff Hornsby
Young Donovan's Kid
Collins
Subway Express
Detective Kearney
Scandal Sheet
Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
The Naughty Flirt
Policeman (uncredited)
Going Wild
The Conductor
Only Saps Work
Murphy (uncredited)
Men Without Law
Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Scarlet Pages
Murphy
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Self - Tour Guide
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
Road to Paradise
Casey
The Girl Said No
Policeman
Wide Open
Detective
Murder on the Roof
Ryan
The Woman Racket
Police Captain
Smiling Irish Eyes
County Fair Manager
The Donovan Affair
Carney
Wrong Again
The Faker
Police Detective
The Last Warning
Inspector
Naughty Baby
Dugan
A Woman of Affairs
Detective (uncredited)
On Trial
Clerk
The Wright Idea
M. T. Flatt
Harold Teen
Mr. Lovewell
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Detective
Tenderloin
Detective Simpson
While the City Sleeps
Detective in Shadow Box
The Gorilla
Mulligan
The 13th Juror
The Detective
The Thirteenth Hour
Det. Shaw
Soft Cushions
The Police
Jewish Prudence
Rent Collector
Held by the Law
Detective
Orchids and Ermine
Police Sergeant
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Store Detective (uncredited)
The Third Degree
Assistant Chief of Detectives
Atta Boy
Detective
Bromo and Juliet
The Detective (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox
Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
Say It with Babies
Policeman
The Social Highwayman
Chief of Police
Dog Shy
Cop
The Uneasy Three
Seven Sinners
Policeman
Seven Keys to Baldpate
Little Annie Rooney
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Lawful Cheater
Tom Horan
Paths to Paradise
Confederate
Smooth as Satin
Kersey
Friendly Enemies
Excuse Me
George Ketchem
Youth and Adventure
Red Mullin
The Yankee Consul
Agent John J. Doyle
The Night Hawk
Lights Out
Decker
Bag and Baggage
Fred
The Eleventh Hour
The Submarine Commander
Souls for Sale
Detective Quinn (uncredited)
Lovebound
Detective Hahn
Captain Fly-by-Night
Gomez
Deserted at the Altar
The Other Man
Manslaughter
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Don't Shoot
Police Officer
South of Suva
Karl Swartz
One Clear Call
Starnes
The Song of Life
Police Inspector
There Are No Villains
Dugall
The Match-Breaker
Detective
The Last Card
Detective (uncredited)
The Off-Shore Pirate
Sailor
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Bit Part (uncredited)
The Third Generation
Brody
The Fire Flingers
Sgt. Powers
The Silk Lined Burglar
Capt. von Hoffmeier
The Light of Victory
Captain Eric von Prohme
The Yellow Dog
Max Kummich
A Society Sensation
JIm Cox
The Empty Cab
The Detective
The Purple Lily
The Golden Bullet
The Almost Good Man
A 44-Calibre Mystery
The Fighting Gringo
The Outlaw and the Lady
Station Content
Arms and the Gringo