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
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
as Club Patron (uncredited)
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Silversmith (uncredited)
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
as First Gendarme
as Barfly (uncredited)
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
as Store Detective
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
as Townsman (uncredited)
as Doc Jones (uncredited)
as Sgt. Wallace
as Guard (uncredited)
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
as Villager (uncredited)
as Deputy
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Officer O'Brien
as Cop (uncredited)
as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
as Courtroom Spectator
as Policeman
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Detective (uncredited)
as Bartender (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub
as Det. Kelsey
as Detective
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
as Detective
as Harper (uncredited)
as Lefert
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
as Turnkey
as Jerry (uncredited)
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
as Police Chief
as Cop (uncredited)
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
as Capt. Beal
as Policeman
as Joe (uncredited)
as Detective Dickens
as Sutro (uncredited)
as Police Officer Martin
as Policeman
as Dickens
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Night Watchman
as Jailer (uncredited)
as Bronson
as "Screw"
as Drunk
as Sam - Policeman
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Police Chief Hansen
as Jailer
as Cop
as Detective (uncredited)
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
as Police Sergeant
as Wesley Dickens
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
as Detective Ryan
as Officer McCloskey
as Detective Dickens
as Sgt. Murphy
as Dickens
as Jim - Detective
as Capt. Thompson
as Cop (uncredited)
as Bottles
as Dickens
as Policeman
as Dickens
as Junk Man
as Bailiff
as Hank Fidler
as Pete - Railroad Detective
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
as Policeman
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as Landlord
as Agitator
as Judge
as Bit Role
as Cop at Racetrack
as Finnegan
as Hotel Detective
as Cop
as Train Conductor
as Police Band Leader
as Police Sergeant
as Officer
as Policeman
as Abner Jenkins
as Smitty - Policeman
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Jailer
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
as Oil Man at Well
as Seaman at Auction
as Conductor
as Cop (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Desk Sergeant
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
as Detective Costigan
as Cop (uncredited)
as First Detective
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
as Hank Polk
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
as Mike - Cop
as Horsley's Secretary
as Police Officer Riley
as Detective O'Brien
as Sheriff Jenks
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
as Bit Part
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
as Dugan
as Police Sgt. Murphy
as Insurance Adjustor
as Train Detective (uncredited)
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
as Sergeant at Border
as Policeman
as Detective
as Bloodgood
as Mulvaney
as Detective Blake
as Train Conductor
as Cop
as Cop (uncredited)
as Doorman
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
as Corcoran
as Detective
as Police Sergeant
as Detective Duffy
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Detective Duffy
as Det. Dugan
as Delaney
as Sheriff Hornsby
as Collins
as Detective Kearney
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
as The Conductor
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Murphy
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
as Murphy
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
as Police Officer Casey
as Policeman
as Detective
as Ryan
as Police Captain
as County Fair Manager
as Carney
as Police Detective
as Inspector
as Dugan
as Detective (uncredited)
as Clerk
as M. T. Flatt
as Mr. Lovewell
as Detective
as Detective Simpson
as Detective in Shadow Box
as Mulligan
as The Detective
as Det. Shaw
as The Police
as Rent Collector
as Store Detective (uncredited)
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
as Detective
as The Detective (uncredited)
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
as Policeman
as Skipper Larsen
as Murphy
as Cop
as Policeman
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
as Tom Horan
as Confederate
as George Ketchem
as Agent John J. Doyle
as Decker
as Fred
as The Submarine Commander
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
as Detective Hahn
as Gomez
as The Other Man
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
as Police Officer
as Starnes
as Police Inspector
as Dugall
as Detective (uncredited)
as Bobs
as Bit Part (uncredited)
as Sgt. Powers
as Capt. von Hoffmeier
as Captain Eric von Prohme
as Max Kummich
as JIm Cox
as The Detective
as The Deputy
as Silent Sandy
Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
as Director
Writer
as Writer
as Scenario Writer
as Scenario Writer
as Scenario Writer
as Scenario Writer