Fred Kelsey

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1884-08-20

Deathday 1961-09-02 (77 years old)

Place of Birth Sandusky, Ohio, USA

Also Known As Fred Kelsy, F. A. Kelsey , F.A. Kelsey , Fred A. Kelsey , Fred. A. Kelsey , H. Kelsley, Frederick Alvin Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

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.

Known For

Actor

1959
Westbound

as Townsman (uncredited)

1958
Auntie Mame

as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

1956
The Opposite Sex

as Club Patron (uncredited)

1956
Serenade

as Opera Attendee (uncredited)

1955
Illegal

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1955
To Catch a Thief

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1955
Tall Man Riding

as Townsman (uncredited)

1954
The Silver Chalice

as Silversmith (uncredited)

1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives

as Mr. Watson (uncredited)

1954
A Star Is Born

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1954
Lucky Me

as Passerby on Street (uncredited)

1953
Crime Wave

as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)

1952
Hans Christian Andersen

as First Gendarme

1952
Springfield Rifle

as Barfly (uncredited)

1952
O. Henry's Full House

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

1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life

as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)

1952
My Six Convicts

as Store Detective

1951
Goodbye, My Fancy

as Party Guest (Uncredited)

1951
Storm Warning

as Townsman (uncredited)

1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as Doc Jones (uncredited)

1950
Revenue Agent

as Sgt. Wallace

1950
The Flame and the Arrow

as Guard (uncredited)

1950
So You Want to Hold Your Husband

as Lamb - Curry's Partner

1950
The Damned Don't Cry

as Man on Dock (uncredited)

1950
So You Think You're Not Guilty

as Police Turnkey (uncredited)

1950
Backfire

as Fight Fan (uncredited)

1949
The Inspector General

as Villager (uncredited)

1949
1949
The Fountainhead

as Old Watchman (uncredited)

1949
Colorado Territory

as (uncredited)

1949
Flamingo Road

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1949
Homicide

as Officer O'Brien

1948
The Noose Hangs High

as Cop (uncredited)

1948
So You Want an Apartment

as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)

1947
The Unfaithful

as Courtroom Spectator

1946
Andy Plays Hookey

as Policeman

1946
Never Say Goodbye

as Policeman (uncredited)

1946
So You Want to Play the Horses

as Detective (uncredited)

1946
A Stolen Life

as Bartender (uncredited)

1946
Hiss and Yell

as Policeman (uncredited)

1946
Three Strangers

as Man on the Street / Man in Pub

1946
Detour to Danger

as Det. Kelsey

1945
How DOooo You Do

as Detective

1945
Frontier Days

as Mayor Stone (uncredited)

1945
Saratoga Trunk

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1945
Mildred Pierce

as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

1945
Come Out Fighting

as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)

1945
1945
Christmas in Connecticut

as Harper (uncredited)

1944
Crime by Night

as Dad Martin (uncredited)

1944
1944
Trial by Trigger

as Jerry (uncredited)

1944
Mr. Skeffington

as Cop in Raid (uncredited)

1943
A Gem of a Jam

as Police Chief

1943
True to Life

as Cop (uncredited)

1943
Old Acquaintance

as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

1943
Northern Pursuit

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)

1943
1943
Here Comes Mr. Zerk

as Policeman

1943
Action in the North Atlantic

as Joe (uncredited)

1943
One Dangerous Night

as Detective Dickens

1942
Gentleman Jim

as Sutro (uncredited)

1942
X Marks the Spot

as Police Officer Martin

1942
Dear! Deer!

as Policeman

1942
1942
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

as Policeman (uncredited)

1942
Spy Ship

as Night Watchman

1942
In This Our Life

as Jailer (uncredited)

1942
Larceny, Inc.

as Bronson

1942
I Was Framed

as Drunk

1942
My Favorite Blonde

as Sam - Policeman

1942
Lady Gangster

as Policeman (uncredited)

1942
Bullet Scars

as Police Chief Hansen

1941
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Detective (uncredited)

1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

1941
At the Stroke of Twelve

as Police Sergeant

1941
Secrets of the Lone Wolf

as Wesley Dickens

1941
One Foot in Heaven

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1941
Invisible Ghost

as Detective Ryan

1941
Mr. District Attorney

as Officer McCloskey

1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

as Detective Dickens

1940
Misbehaving Husbands

as Sgt. Murphy

1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West

as Jim - Detective

1940
The Green Archer

as Capt. Thompson

1940
The Golden Fleecing

as Cop (uncredited)

1940
Deadwood Dick

as Bottles

1940
1940
1940
High School

as Junk Man

1939
Too Busy to Work

as Hank Fidler

1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

as Pete - Railroad Detective

1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

1939
1939
Charlie Chan in Reno

as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1939
Tell No Tales

as Policeman at School (uncredited)

1939
Moving Vanities

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1939
Clock Wise

as Landlord

1939
1939
Tiny Troubles

as Judge

1938
Down on the Farm

as Bit Role

1938
Straight, Place and Show

as Cop at Racetrack

1938
Many Sappy Returns

as Finnegan

1938
Josette

as Hotel Detective

1938
Berth Quakes

as Train Conductor

1938
Night Spot

as Police Band Leader

1938
Everybody's Doing It

as Police Sergeant

1937
Love and Hisses

as Officer

1937
Borrowing Trouble

as Policeman

1937
That I May Live

as Abner Jenkins

1937
One Mile from Heaven

as Smitty - Policeman

1937
The Lady Escapes

as Man on telephone (uncredited)

1937
Wild and Woolly

as Policeman (uncredited)

1937
Super-Sleuth

as Jailer

1937
She Had to Eat

as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)

1937
Big Business

as Oil Man at Well

1937
Slave Ship

as Seaman at Auction

1937
Angel's Holiday

as Conductor

1937
Love Is News

as Cop (uncredited)

1937
1936
High Tension

as Desk Sergeant

1936
Private Number

as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)

1936
The Witness Chair

as Detective Costigan

1936
At Sea Ashore

as Cop (uncredited)

1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse

as First Detective

1936
The Garden Murder Case

as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

1935
1935
Hot Money

as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)

1935
The Public Menace

as Mike - Cop

1935
Diamond Jim

as Horsley's Secretary

1935
Atlantic Adventure

as Police Officer Riley

1935
Danger Ahead

as Detective O'Brien

1935
One Frightened Night

as Sheriff Jenks

1935
Death Flies East

as Police Lieutenant O'Brien

1935
Carnival

as Bit Part

1935
Horses' Collars

as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

1934
Among the Missing

as Police Sgt. Murphy

1934
I'll Be Suing You

as Insurance Adjustor

1934
Twentieth Century

as Train Detective (uncredited)

1934
Rough Necking

as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.

1934
I'll Tell the World

as Sergeant at Border

1934
1934
School for Girls

as Detective

1934
The Crime Doctor

as Bloodgood

1934
Beloved

as Mulvaney

1934
The Moth

as Detective Blake

1933
Quiet Please!

as Train Conductor

1933
1933
King of the Jungle

as Cop (uncredited)

1932
1932
If I Had a Million

as Prison Jailer (uncredited)

1932
Red Haired Alibi

as Corcoran

1932
Yoo-Hoo

as Detective

1932
The Iceman's Ball

as Police Sergeant

1932
Guilty as Hell

as Detective Duffy

1932
Huddle

as Policeman (uncredited)

1932
Love in High Gear

as Detective Duffy

1932
Shopping with Wifie

as Det. Dugan

1932
Discarded Lovers

as Delaney

1931
Side Show

as Sheriff Hornsby

1931
1931
Subway Express

as Detective Kearney

1931
Scandal Sheet

as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy

1930
Going Wild

as The Conductor

1930
The Naughty Flirt

as Policeman (uncredited)

1930
Only Saps Work

as Murphy

1930
Men Without Law

as Deputy Sheriff Jeff

1930
Scarlet Pages

as Murphy

1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

1930
Road to Paradise

as Police Officer Casey

1930
The Girl Said No

as Policeman

1930
Wide Open

as Detective

1930
1930
The Woman Racket

as Police Captain

1929
Smiling Irish Eyes

as County Fair Manager

1929
1929
The Faker

as Police Detective

1928
The Last Warning

as Inspector

1928
Naughty Baby

as Dugan

1928
A Woman of Affairs

as Detective (uncredited)

1928
On Trial

as Clerk

1928
The Wright Idea

as M. T. Flatt

1928
Harold Teen

as Mr. Lovewell

1928
Tenderloin

as Detective Simpson

1928
While the City Sleeps

as Detective in Shadow Box

1927
The Gorilla

as Mulligan

1927
The 13th Juror

as The Detective

1927
The Thirteenth Hour

as Det. Shaw

1927
Soft Cushions

as The Police

1927
Jewish Prudence

as Rent Collector

1926
The Third Degree

as Assistant Chief of Detectives

1926
Atta Boy

as Detective

1926
Bromo and Juliet

as The Detective (uncredited)

1926
Crazy Like a Fox

as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)

1926
Say It with Babies

as Policeman

1926
The Mystery Pilot

as Skipper Larsen

1926
That's My Baby

as Murphy

1926
Dog Shy

as Cop

1925
Seven Sinners

as Policeman

1925
Little Annie Rooney

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1925
The Lawful Cheater

as Tom Horan

1925
Paths to Paradise

as Confederate

1925
Excuse Me

as George Ketchem

1924
The Yankee Consul

as Agent John J. Doyle

1923
Lights Out

as Decker

1923
1923
The Eleventh Hour

as The Submarine Commander

1923
Souls for Sale

as Detective Quinn (uncredited)

1923
Lovebound

as Detective Hahn

1922
Deserted at the Altar

as The Other Man

1922
Manslaughter

as Member of the Jury (uncredited)

1922
Don't Shoot

as Police Officer

1922
One Clear Call

as Starnes

1922
The Song of Life

as Police Inspector

1921
1921
The Last Card

as Detective (uncredited)

1921
1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1919
The Fire Flingers

as Sgt. Powers

1919
The Silk Lined Burglar

as Capt. von Hoffmeier

1919
The Light of Victory

as Captain Eric von Prohme

1918
The Yellow Dog

as Max Kummich

1918
1918
The Empty Cab

as The Detective

1917
1914
Silent Sandy

as Silent Sandy

Director

1917
1917
The Drifter

as Director

1917
1917
Goin' Straight

as Director

1917
1917
1917
1917
1917
Blood Money

as Director

1917
The Wrong Man

as Director

1917
1917
The Golden Bullet

as Director

1917
1916
The Black Terror

as Director

1916
Brothers Equal

as Director

1916
The Nymph

as Director

1915
Station Content

as Director

1914
Over the Ledge

as Director

1914
The Exposure

as Director

Writer

1917
The Outlaw and the Lady

as Scenario Writer

1917
Goin' Straight

as Scenario Writer

1917
Hair-Trigger Burke

as Scenario Writer

1917
The Honor of an Outlaw

as Scenario Writer