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