Fred Kelsey
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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.
Known for
Credits
Strangers on a Train (1951)
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce (1945)
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Auntie Mame (1958)
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington (1944)
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Night and Day (1946)
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
The Fountainhead (1949)
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice (1954)
as Silversmith (uncredited)
The Enforcer (1951)
Actor
The Unfaithful (1947)
as Courtroom Spectator
The Man I Love (1946)
as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow (1950)
as Guard (uncredited)
Silver River (1948)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
as Detective Jones (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
as Harper (uncredited)
Westbound (1959)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun (1954)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Storm Warning (1951)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Road to Paradise (1930)
as Casey
O. Henry's Full House (1952)
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Carson City (1952)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Flamingo Road (1949)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex (1956)
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Hans Christian Andersen (1952)
as First Gendarme
Crime Wave (1953)
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
as Joe (uncredited)
Super-Sleuth (1937)
as Jailer
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Twentieth Century (1934)
as Train Detective (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
as Detective (uncredited)
The Inspector General (1949)
as Villager (uncredited)
If I Had a Million (1932)
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Three Strangers (1946)
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Sutro (uncredited)
Illegal (1955)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Huddle (1932)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Soft Cushions (1927)
as The Police
Tall Man Riding (1955)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Bowery (1933)
as Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
A Stolen Life (1946)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Springfield Rifle (1952)
as Barfly (uncredited)
Lucky Me (1954)
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Bullet Scars (1942)
as Police Chief Hansen
Colorado Territory (1949)
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
My Six Convicts (1952)
as Store Detective
Monkey Businessmen (1946)
as Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
Backfire (1950)
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
Room for One More (1952)
Actor
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
as Sam - Policeman
Nora Prentiss (1947)
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island (1939)
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
as Bronson
So You Think You're Not Guilty (1950)
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Slave Ship (1937)
as Seaman at Auction
Dancing in the Dark (1949)
as Deputy
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend (1957)
as Barfly (uncredited)
In This Our Life (1942)
as Jailer (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
Atlantic Adventure (1935)
as Police Officer Riley
Goodbye, My Fancy (1951)
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954)
as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Love and Hisses (1937)
as Officer
True to Life (1943)
as Cop (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk (1945)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Invisible Ghost (1941)
as Detective Ryan
At the Stroke of Twelve (1941)
as Police Sergeant
King of the Jungle (1933)
as Cop (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout (1941)
as Cop
I'll Tell the World (1934)
as Sergeant at Border
Spy Ship (1942)
as Night Watchman
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
as Jailer
Souls for Sale (1923)
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)
as Cop (uncredited)
Tell No Tales (1939)
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance (1943)
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit (1943)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Private Number (1936)
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
Serenade (1956)
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up (1939)
as Agitator
Too Busy to Work (1939)
as Hank Fidler
Homicide (1949)
as Officer O'Brien
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
as Cop (uncredited)
Love Is News (1937)
as Cop (uncredited)
School for Girls (1934)
as Detective
Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
as Pete - Railroad Detective
Racing Blood (1954)
as Smithy
Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Crime of the Century (1933)
as Police Guard (uncredited)
Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941)
as Wesley Dickens
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
as Bailiff
If a Body Meets a Body (1945)
as Detective
Straight, Place and Show (1938)
as Cop at Racetrack
Lady Gangster (1942)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Josette (1938)
as Hotel Detective
Speak Easily (1932)
as Process Server
Harold Teen (1928)
as Mr. Lovewell
The Crime Doctor (1934)
as Bloodgood
Death Flies East (1935)
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
High Tension (1936)
as Desk Sergeant
Mr. District Attorney (1941)
as Officer McCloskey
One Foot in Heaven (1941)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Deadwood Dick (1940)
as Bottles
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
as Jim - Detective
Murder in the Big House (1942)
as "Screw"
Wild and Woolly (1937)
as Policeman (uncredited)
High School (1940)
as Junk Man
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940)
as Dickens
Down on the Farm (1938)
as Bit Role
Say It with Babies (1926)
as Policeman
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941)
as Detective Dickens
The Last Warning (1928)
as Inspector
While the City Sleeps (1928)
as Detective in Shadow Box
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940)
as Dickens
The People's Choice (1946)
Actor
Captain Fly-by-Night (1922)
as Gomez
Time Out for Romance (1937)
as Policeman
Everybody's Doing It (1938)
as Police Sergeant
She Had to Eat (1937)
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Horsley's Secretary
Night Spot (1938)
as Police Band Leader
Wrong Again (1929)
Actor
The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
as First Detective
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
as Detective (uncredited)
I Was Framed (1942)
as Drunk
Side Show (1931)
as Sheriff Hornsby
X Marks the Spot (1942)
as Police Officer Martin
Frontier Days (1945)
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
The Lady Escapes (1937)
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
Dear! Deer! (1942)
as Policeman
Make Your Own Bed (1944)
as Turnkey
The Golden Fleecing (1940)
as Cop (uncredited)
Clock Wise (1939)
as Landlord
Among the Missing (1934)
as Police Sgt. Murphy
Counter-Espionage (1942)
as Dickens
The Naughty Flirt (1931)
as Policeman (uncredited)
One Dangerous Night (1943)
as Detective Dickens
The Witness Chair (1936)
as Detective Costigan
Only Saps Work (1930)
as Murphy (uncredited)
Murder Without Tears (1953)
as Sergeant-at-Arms
Roaring Guns (1944)
Actor
Angel's Holiday (1937)
as Conductor
Boys Will Be Boys (1932)
as Doorman
Wide Open (1930)
as Detective
The Garden Murder Case (1936)
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
Sailor's Luck (1933)
as Cop
Trial by Trigger (1944)
as Jerry (uncredited)
The Donovan Affair (1929)
as Carney
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady (1942)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Deserted at the Altar (1922)
as The Other Man
Murder on the Waterfront (1943)
as Capt. Beal
One Frightened Night (1935)
as Sheriff Jenks
Big Business (1937)
as Oil Man at Well
The Gorilla (1927)
as Mulligan
She Got What She Wanted (1930)
Actor
Here Comes Mr. Zerk (1943)
as Policeman
Horses' Collars (1935)
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
The Sagebrush Troubadour (1935)
as Hank Polk
Tenderloin (1928)
as Detective Simpson
How DOooo You Do (1945)
as Detective
The Social Highwayman (1926)
as Chief of Police
Shadows of Sing Sing (1933)
as Murphy
Lightning Strikes Twice (1934)
as Dugan
The Eleventh Hour (1923)
as The Submarine Commander
The Green Archer (1940)
as Capt. Thompson
Paths to Paradise (1925)
as Confederate
Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
as Collins
Manslaughter (1922)
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
The Light of Victory (1919)
as Captain Eric von Prohme
Naughty Baby (1928)
as Dugan
Carnival (1935)
as Bit Part
Guilty as Hell (1932)
as Detective Duffy
Murder on the Roof (1930)
as Ryan
One Clear Call (1922)
as Starnes
Beloved (1934)
as Mulvaney
The Strange Mr. Gregory (1945)
as Lefert
Lovebound (1923)
as Detective Hahn
Don't Shoot (1922)
as Police Officer
The Public Menace (1935)
as Mike - Cop
The Uneasy Three (1925)
Actor
Quiet Please! (1933)
as Train Conductor
Orchids and Ermine (1927)
as Police Sergeant
So You Want to Play the Horses (1946)
as Detective (uncredited)
The Yellow Dog (1918)
as Max Kummich
A Gem of a Jam (1943)
as Police Chief
Tiny Troubles (1939)
as Judge
The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
as Dickens
Going Wild (1930)
as The Conductor
On Trial (1928)
as Clerk
The Lawful Cheater (1925)
as Tom Horan
The Woman Racket (1930)
as Police Captain
The Iceman's Ball (1932)
as Police Sergeant
Scandal Sheet (1931)
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920)
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Lights Out (1923)
as Decker
Scarlet Pages (1930)
as Murphy
Discarded Lovers (1932)
as Delaney
The Off-Shore Pirate (1921)
as Sailor
The Third Degree (1926)
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
Plastered in Paris (1928)
Actor
Misbehaving Husbands (1940)
as Sgt. Murphy
Subway Express (1931)
as Detective Kearney
Crime by Night (1944)
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
The Night Hawk (1924)
Actor
Strictly Fresh Yeggs (1934)
as Policeman
Red Haired Alibi (1932)
as Corcoran
Bromo and Juliet (1926)
as The Detective (uncredited)
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath (1928)
as Detective
The Girl Said No (1930)
as Policeman
So You Want an Apartment (1948)
as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
The Third Generation (1920)
as Brody
Chicken Wagon Family (1939)
as Policeman
Borrowing Trouble (1937)
as Policeman
One Mile from Heaven (1937)
as Smitty - Policeman
Safety in Numbers (1938)
as Cop
Love in High Gear (1932)
as Detective Duffy
Traffic in Hearts (1924)
as Tim Tracy
At Sea Ashore (1936)
as Cop (uncredited)
The Faker (1929)
as Police Detective
The Song of Life (1922)
as Police Inspector
Held by the Law (1927)
as Detective
Revenue Agent (1950)
as Sgt. Wallace
Jewish Prudence (1927)
as Rent Collector
Andy Plays Hookey (1946)
as Policeman
So You Want to Be an Actor (1949)
as Counter Man
A Notorious Gentleman (1935)
as Detective
Excuse Me (1925)
as George Ketchem
Outlaw's Son (1954)
Actor
So You Want a Raise (1950)
Actor
The 13th Juror (1927)
as The Detective
So You Want to Enjoy Life (1952)
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
There Are No Villains (1921)
as Dugall
The Honor of an Outlaw (1917)
as The Deputy
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1925)
Actor
Rough Necking (1934)
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
That's My Baby (1926)
as Murphy
A Midnight Adventure (1928)
as Cassidy
So You Want to Be a Musician (1953)
as Restaurant diner
Detour to Danger (1946)
as Det. Kelsey
Atta Boy (1926)
as Detective
Food and Magic (1943)
Actor
So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
Dog Shy (1926)
as Cop
Seven Sinners (1925)
as Policeman
Bag and Baggage (1923)
as Fred
Arms and the Gringo (1914)
Actor
The Moth (1934)
as Detective Blake
A Society Sensation (1918)
as JIm Cox
Men Without Law (1930)
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Strop, Look and Listen (1952)
as Pierpont Alloy
The Silk Lined Burglar (1919)
as Capt. von Hoffmeier
There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)
as Store Detective (uncredited)
Mutiny in the County (1940)
as Policeman
South of Suva (1922)
as Karl Swartz
Hiss and Yell (1946)
as Policeman (uncredited)
Youth and Adventure (1925)
as Red Mullin
Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 (1930)
as Self - Tour Guide
I'll Be Suing You (1934)
as Insurance Adjustor
Smooth as Satin (1925)
as Kersey
Hot Money (1935)
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
Yoo-Hoo (1932)
as Detective
A Left Hook (1911)
Actor
So You Want to Hold Your Husband (1950)
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
Danger Ahead (1935)
as Detective O'Brien
That I May Live (1937)
as Abner Jenkins
The Fire Flingers (1919)
as Sgt. Powers
The Yankee Consul (1924)
as Agent John J. Doyle
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
as County Fair Manager
Come Out Fighting (1945)
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
Silent Sandy (1914)
as Silent Sandy
The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
as Det. Shaw
The Last Card (1921)
as Detective (uncredited)
Snooper Service (1945)
Actor
Puppets of Fate (1921)
as Bobs
The Match-Breaker (1921)
as Detective
The Wright Idea (1928)
as M. T. Flatt
So You Think You Can't Sleep (1953)
as Sleeping patient in waiting room
Berth Quakes (1938)
as Train Conductor
Many Sappy Returns (1938)
as Finnegan
The Empty Cab (1918)
as The Detective
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man (1949)
as Delivery Man
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck (1946)
as Fred
Moving Vanities (1939)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Friendly Enemies (1925)
Actor
The Mystery Pilot (1926)
as Skipper Larsen
Shopping with Wifie (1932)
as Det. Dugan