Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

1884-08-20 Sandusky, Ohio, USA Male 294 Known Credits

Biography

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-08-20

Place of Birth

Sandusky, Ohio, USA

Known Credits

294

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Fred Kelsy, F. A. Kelsey , F.A. Kelsey , Fred A. Kelsey , Fred. A. Kelsey , H. Kelsley, Frederick Alvin Kelsey

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

Strangers on a Train

1951

Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)

To Catch a Thief

1955

Party Guest (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

1944

Cop in Raid (uncredited)

Auntie Mame

1958

Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

Mildred Pierce

1945

Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

A Star Is Born

1954

Audience Member (uncredited)

Soft Cushions

1927

The Police

Dear! Deer!

1942

Policeman

Night and Day

1946

First-Nighter (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

1949

Old Watchman (uncredited)

In This Our Life

1942

Jailer (uncredited)

Huddle

1932

Policeman (uncredited)

Clock Wise

1939

Landlord

Flamingo Road

1949

Train Conductor (uncredited)

School for Girls

1934

Detective

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1939

Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

Love and Hisses

1937

Officer

O. Henry's Full House

1952

Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Colorado Territory

1949

Train Engineer (uncredited)

Storm Warning

1951

Townsman (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

The Opposite Sex

1956

Club Patron (uncredited)

The Flame and the Arrow

1950

Guard (uncredited)

Dog Shy

1926

Cop

The Silver Chalice

1954

Silversmith (uncredited)

Harold Teen

1928

Mr. Lovewell

Monkey Businessmen

1946

Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)

The Inspector General

1949

Villager (uncredited)

Crime Wave

1953

Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933

Detective Jones (uncredited)

Silver River

1948

Townsman (uncredited)

Larceny, Inc.

1942

Bronson

Mr. District Attorney

1941

Officer McCloskey

Souls for Sale

1923

Detective Quinn (uncredited)

A Stolen Life

1946

Bartender (uncredited)

Racing Blood

1954

Smithy

Super-Sleuth

1937

Jailer

Three Strangers

1946

Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)

Illegal

1955

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Riding Shotgun

1954

Townsman (uncredited)

Twentieth Century

1934

Train Detective (uncredited)

Lovebound

1923

Detective Hahn

True to Life

1943

Cop (uncredited)

Nora Prentiss

1947

Turnkey (uncredited)

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

Detective (uncredited)

The Green Archer

1940

Capt. Thompson

Invisible Ghost

1941

Detective Ryan

Action in the North Atlantic

1943

Joe (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim

1942

Sutro (uncredited)

I'll Tell the World

1934

Sergeant at Border

The Damned Don't Cry

1950

Man on Dock (uncredited)

Phantom of the Rue Morgue

1954

Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story

1957

Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Christmas in Connecticut

1945

Harper (uncredited)

The Noose Hangs High

1948

Cop (uncredited)

Saratoga Trunk

1945

Train Conductor (uncredited)

The Crime Doctor

1934

Bloodgood

The Unfaithful

1947

Courtroom Spectator

Northern Pursuit

1943

Train Conductor (uncredited)

The Man I Love

1946

Mac the Doorman (uncredited)

My Six Convicts

1952

Store Detective

So You Want to Play the Horses

1946

Detective (uncredited)

Tall Man Riding

1955

Townsman (uncredited)

Springfield Rifle

1952

Barfly (uncredited)

Old Acquaintance

1943

Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

One Foot in Heaven

1941

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Carson City

1952

Townsman (uncredited)

Hans Christian Andersen

1952

First Gendarme

My Favorite Blonde

1942

Sam - Policeman

Down on the Farm

1938

Bit Role

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)

Lucky Me

1954

Passerby on Street (uncredited)

If I Had a Million

1932

Prison Jailer (uncredited)

A Woman of Affairs

1928

Detective (uncredited)

Love Is News

1937

Cop (uncredited)

Crazy Like a Fox

1926

Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)

Murder Without Tears

1953

Sergeant-at-Arms

The Bowery

1933

Detective Kelsey (uncredited)

Time Out for Romance

1937

Policeman

Backfire

1950

Fight Fan (uncredited)

Serenade

1956

Opera Attendee (uncredited)

Wild and Woolly

1937

Policeman (uncredited)

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930

Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

Alias Jimmy Valentine

1920

Bit Part (uncredited)

Make Your Own Bed

1944

Turnkey

Everybody's Doing It

1938

Police Sergeant

Death Flies East

1935

Police Lieutenant O'Brien

Bromo and Juliet

1926

The Detective (uncredited)

Charlie Chan in Reno

1939

Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

The Naughty Flirt

1931

Policeman (uncredited)

Speak Easily

1932

Process Server

Never Say Goodbye

1946

Policeman (uncredited)

Night Spot

1938

Police Band Leader

Diamond Jim

1935

Horsley's Secretary

Lady Gangster

1942

Policeman (uncredited)

Homicide

1949

Officer O'Brien

One Clear Call

1922

Starnes

Little Annie Rooney

1925

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

The Witness Chair

1936

Detective Costigan

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

1957

Barfly (uncredited)

Private Number

1936

Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)

One Frightened Night

1935

Sheriff Jenks

The Social Highwayman

1926

Chief of Police

Secrets of the Lone Wolf

1941

Wesley Dickens

The Garden Murder Case

1936

Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

Traffic in Hearts

1924

Tim Tracy

X Marks the Spot

1942

Police Officer Martin

Danger Ahead

1935

Detective O'Brien

Naughty Baby

1928

Dugan

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951

Party Guest (Uncredited)

Angel's Holiday

1937

Conductor

Westbound

1959

Townsman (uncredited)

Counter-Espionage

1942

Dickens

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

1941

Detective Dickens

Orchids and Ermine

1927

Police Sergeant

The Last Warning

1928

Inspector

One Dangerous Night

1943

Detective Dickens

A Gem of a Jam

1943

Police Chief

Manslaughter

1922

Member of the Jury (uncredited)

The Crime of the Century

1933

Police Guard (uncredited)

How DOooo You Do

1945

Detective

Slave Ship

1937

Seaman at Auction

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

1932

Cop (uncredited)

One Mile from Heaven

1937

Smitty - Policeman

The Golden Fleecing

1940

Cop (uncredited)

Scarlet Pages

1930

Murphy

She Had to Eat

1937

Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)

Wide Open

1930

Detective

The Match-Breaker

1921

Detective

Shine on Harvest Moon

1944

Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)

Only Saps Work

1930

Murphy (uncredited)

Paths to Paradise

1925

Confederate

I Was Framed

1942

Drunk

The Public Menace

1935

Mike - Cop

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1942

Policeman (uncredited)

King of the Jungle

1933

Cop (uncredited)

Horses' Collars

1935

Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

Deadwood Dick

1940

Bottles

Chicken Wagon Family

1939

Policeman

High School

1940

Junk Man

Beloved

1934

Mulvaney

The Lady Escapes

1937

Man on telephone (uncredited)

Tell No Tales

1939

Policeman at School (uncredited)

Atlantic Adventure

1935

Police Officer Riley

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

1954

Mr. Watson (uncredited)

The Woman Racket

1930

Police Captain

Bullet Scars

1942

Police Chief Hansen

High Tension

1936

Desk Sergeant

Frontier Days

1945

Mayor Stone (uncredited)

Misbehaving Husbands

1940

Sgt. Murphy

Boys Will Be Boys

1932

Doorman

The Girl Said No

1930

Policeman

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

1939

Pete - Railroad Detective

There Ain't No Santa Claus

1926

Store Detective (uncredited)

While the City Sleeps

1928

Detective in Shadow Box

Smooth as Satin

1925

Kersey

Spy Ship

1942

Night Watchman

Tiny Troubles

1939

Judge

The Faker

1929

Police Detective

Among the Missing

1934

Police Sgt. Murphy

Too Busy to Work

1939

Hank Fidler

Smiling Irish Eyes

1929

County Fair Manager

Excuse Me

1925

George Ketchem

Jewish Prudence

1927

Rent Collector

Love in High Gear

1932

Detective Duffy

Crime by Night

1944

Dad Martin (uncredited)

Carnival

1935

Bit Part

Come Out Fighting

1945

Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)

The Gorilla

1927

Mulligan

Atta Boy

1926

Detective

Borrowing Trouble

1937

Policeman

Revenue Agent

1950

Sgt. Wallace

The Third Degree

1926

Assistant Chief of Detectives

Scandal Sheet

1931

Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy

The Iceman's Ball

1932

Police Sergeant

That's My Baby

1926

Murphy

Going Wild

1930

The Conductor

Side Show

1931

Sheriff Hornsby

The Empty Cab

1918

The Detective

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940

Jim - Detective

Josette

1938

Hotel Detective

Subway Express

1931

Detective Kearney

So You Think You're Not Guilty

1950

Police Turnkey (uncredited)

That I May Live

1937

Abner Jenkins

Say It with Babies

1926

Policeman

Guilty as Hell

1932

Detective Duffy

Straight, Place and Show

1938

Cop at Racetrack

The Mystery Pilot

1926

Skipper Larsen

Held by the Law

1927

Detective

Hot Money

1935

Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)

The Lawful Cheater

1925

Tom Horan

The Silk Lined Burglar

1919

Capt. von Hoffmeier

Lights Out

1923

Decker

The Moth

1934

Detective Blake

Trial by Trigger

1944

Jerry (uncredited)

Hiss and Yell

1946

Policeman (uncredited)

At the Stroke of Twelve

1941

Police Sergeant

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

1950

Lamb - Curry's Partner

Moving Vanities

1939

Police Officer (uncredited)

Red Haired Alibi

1932

Corcoran

Don't Shoot

1922

Police Officer

Seven Sinners

1925

Policeman

Detour to Danger

1946

Det. Kelsey

The Fire Flingers

1919

Sgt. Powers

Many Sappy Returns

1938

Finnegan

Deserted at the Altar

1922

The Other Man

Men Without Law

1930

Deputy Sheriff Jeff

Strop, Look and Listen

1952

Pierpont Alloy

Rough Necking

1934

Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.

Big Business

1937

Oil Man at Well

I'll Be Suing You

1934

Insurance Adjustor

South of Suva

1922

Karl Swartz

So You Want to Be a Musician

1953

Restaurant diner

Tenderloin

1928

Detective Simpson

The Little Red Schoolhouse

1936

First Detective

The Yankee Consul

1924

Agent John J. Doyle

The 13th Juror

1927

The Detective

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

1934

Policeman

Discarded Lovers

1932

Delaney

Quiet Please!

1933

Train Conductor

So You Want an Apartment

1948

Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)

The Eleventh Hour

1923

The Submarine Commander

The Song of Life

1922

Police Inspector

The Thirteenth Hour

1927

Det. Shaw

At Sea Ashore

1936

Cop (uncredited)

The Light of Victory

1919

Captain Eric von Prohme

Mutiny in the County

1940

Policeman

Berth Quakes

1938

Train Conductor

On Trial

1928

Clerk

The Yellow Dog

1918

Max Kummich

Yoo-Hoo

1932

Detective

So You Want to Enjoy Life

1952

Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)

Andy Plays Hookey

1946

Policeman

Youth and Adventure

1925

Red Mullin

Silent Sandy

1914

Silent Sandy

The Honor of an Outlaw

1917

The Deputy

The Wright Idea

1928

M. T. Flatt

The Last Card

1921

Detective (uncredited)

Shopping with Wifie

1932

Det. Dugan

So You Think You Can't Sleep

1953

Sleeping patient in waiting room

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

1943

Policeman

TV Credits

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

Doc Jones (uncredited) (1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

Her Buried Past

Director

1915

Over the Ledge

Director

1914

The Purple Lily

Director

1918

Six-Shooter Justice

Director

1917

The Drifter

Director

1917

The Almost Good Man

Director

1917

The Fighting Gringo

Director

1917

The Golden Bullet

Director

1917

The Black Terror

Director

1916

The Exposure

Director

1914

Blood Money

Director

1917

Goin' Straight

Scenario Writer

1917

The Fugitive

Director

1917

The Outlaw and the Lady

Scenario Writer

1917

The Wrong Man

Director

1917

The Nymph

Director

1916

Hair-Trigger Burke

Scenario Writer

1917

The Pretender

Director

1915

Station Content

Director

1915

Brothers Equal

Director

1916

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.