Fred Kelsey

Actor

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.

Born: August 20, 1884 in Sandusky, Ohio, USA

Died: September 2, 1961 (Age 77)

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Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year
Hans Christian Andersen Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	First Gendarme	1952
Discarded Lovers Movie	4.5	Actor	Delaney	1932
Danger Ahead Movie	4.8	Actor	Detective O'Brien	1935
Lightning Strikes Twice Movie	4.8	Actor	Dugan	1934
Atlantic Adventure Movie	5.2	Actor	Police Officer Riley	1935
My Favorite Blonde Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Sam - Policeman	1942
The Girl Said No Movie	4.9	Actor	Policeman	1930
Lady Gangster Movie	5.5	Actor	Policeman (uncredited)	1942
Bullet Scars Movie	5.6	Actor	Police Chief Hansen	1942
Souls for Sale Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Detective Quinn (uncredited)	1923
Josette Movie	5.8	Actor	Hotel Detective	1938
Going Wild Movie	5.6	Actor	The Conductor	1930
King of the Jungle Movie	6	Actor	Cop (uncredited)	1933
Charlie Chan in Reno Movie	7.1	Actor	Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence Movie	6.1	Actor	Pete - Railroad Detective	1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island Movie	7	Actor	Detective - in Cab and at Theatre	1939
O. Henry's Full House Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7	Actor	Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")	1952
Flamingo Road Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Train Conductor (uncredited)	1949
Mildred Pierce Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	8	Actor	Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)	1945
Little Annie Rooney Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Desk Sergeant (uncredited)	1925
Crime by Night Movie	6	Actor	Dad Martin (uncredited)	1944
Huddle Movie	5.5	Actor	Policeman (uncredited)	1932
Gentleman Jim Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Sutro (uncredited)	1942
Mr. Skeffington Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.4	Actor	Cop in Raid (uncredited)	1944
Never Say Goodbye Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Policeman (uncredited)	1946
Diamond Jim Movie	6.6	Actor	Horsley's Secretary	1935
Invisible Ghost Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	5.4	Actor	Detective Ryan	1941
They Died with Their Boots On Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)	1941
I Was Framed Movie	5.2	Actor	Drunk	1942
The Last Warning Movie	6.6	Actor	Inspector	1928
The Lone Wolf Strikes Movie	6.2	Actor	Dickens	1940
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady Movie	6.2	Actor	Dickens	1940
One Frightened Night Movie	5.8	Actor	Sheriff Jenks	1935
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance Movie	6.1	Actor	Detective Dickens	1941
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date Movie	5.9	Actor	Dickens	1940
Super-Sleuth Movie	5.5	Actor	Jailer	1937
Tell No Tales Movie	6.3	Actor	Policeman at School (uncredited)	1939
Mexican Spitfire Out West Movie	5.8	Actor	Jim - Detective	1940
Rough Riders' Round-up Movie	5.2	Actor	Agitator	1939
X Marks the Spot Movie	5	Actor	Police Officer Martin	1942
While the City Sleeps Movie	6.3	Actor	Detective in Shadow Box	1928
Red Haired Alibi Movie	5.3	Actor	Corcoran	1932
The Witness Chair Movie	5.8	Actor	Detective Costigan	1936
The Golden Fleecing Movie	5.9	Actor	Cop (uncredited)	1940
Road to Paradise Movie	5.5	Actor	Police Officer Casey	1930
Paths to Paradise Movie	6.8	Actor	Confederate	1925
The Green Archer Movie	6.3	Actor	Capt. Thompson	1940
Side Show Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	4.9	Actor	Sheriff Hornsby	1931
Wild Bill Hickok Rides Movie	6	Actor	Jailer	1942
Misbehaving Husbands Movie	5	Actor	Sgt. Murphy	1940
Scarlet Pages Movie	5.5	Actor	Murphy	1930
Wide Open Movie	5.8	Actor	Detective	1930
Mr. District Attorney Movie	6.1	Actor	Officer McCloskey	1941
Murder in the Big House Movie	6.1	Actor	"Screw"	1942
Night Spot Movie	5	Actor	Police Band Leader	1938
Sailor's Luck Movie	6.2	Actor	Cop	1933
Spy Ship Movie	6	Actor	Night Watchman	1942
Straight, Place and Show Movie	5.5	Actor	Cop at Racetrack	1938
The Woman Racket Movie	5.5	Actor	Police Captain	1930
Seven Sinners Movie	6.1	Actor	Policeman	1925
Young Donovan's Kid Movie	6.3	Actor	Collins	1931
Deadwood Dick Movie	7.3	Actor	Bottles	1940
Pacific Blackout Movie	7.3	Actor	Cop	1941
Love and Hisses Movie	6.2	Actor	Officer	1937
Secrets of the Lone Wolf Movie	6.2	Actor	Wesley Dickens	1941
One Dangerous Night Movie	6.2	Actor	Detective Dickens	1943
Big Business Movie	5.9	Actor	Oil Man at Well	1937
High School Movie	6.6	Actor	Junk Man	1940
The Gorilla Movie	6.7	Actor	Mulligan	1927
The Little Red Schoolhouse Movie	5.2	Actor	First Detective	1936
Captain Fly-by-Night Movie	6.3	Actor	Gomez	1922
Naughty Baby Movie	6.8	Actor	Dugan	1928
That I May Live Movie	6.5	Actor	Abner Jenkins	1937
Scandal Sheet Movie	6.5	Actor	Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy	1931
Chicken Wagon Family Movie	6	Actor	Policeman	1939
Time Out for Romance Movie	5.8	Actor	Policeman	1937
Angel's Holiday Movie	6.4	Actor	Conductor	1937
High Tension Movie	5.4	Actor	Desk Sergeant	1936
Carnival Movie	6.4	Actor	Bit Part	1935
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk Movie	6.7	Actor	Bailiff	1940
Death Flies East Movie	5.8	Actor	Police Lieutenant O'Brien	1935
Guilty as Hell Movie	6.5	Actor	Detective Duffy	1932
The Eleventh Hour Movie	6.9	Actor	The Submarine Commander	1923
Detour to Danger Movie	3.8	Actor	Det. Kelsey	1946
Love in High Gear Movie	5.4	Actor	Detective Duffy	1932
I'll Tell the World Movie	6.1	Actor	Sergeant at Border	1934
Harold Teen Movie	6.2	Actor	Mr. Lovewell	1928
One Mile from Heaven Movie	6.1	Actor	Smitty - Policeman	1937
Tenderloin Movie	5.3	Actor	Detective Simpson	1928
Everybody's Doing It Movie	4.8	Actor	Police Sergeant	1938
Only Saps Work Movie	5.6	Actor	Murphy	1930
How DOooo You Do Movie	6.3	Actor	Detective	1945
On Trial Movie	5.7	Actor	Clerk	1928
Murder on the Waterfront Movie	5.3	Actor	Capt. Beal	1943
The Night Hawk Movie		Actor		1924
The Faker Movie	5.9	Actor	Police Detective	1929
The Moth Movie	4.9	Actor	Detective Blake	1934
Action in the North Atlantic Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Joe (uncredited)	1943
Borrowing Trouble Movie	6.5	Actor	Policeman	1937
Safety in Numbers Movie	6.2	Actor	Cop	1938
Down on the Farm Movie	5.3	Actor	Bit Role	1938
Too Busy to Work Movie	6.1	Actor	Hank Fidler	1939
The Inspector General Movie Available on 17 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Villager (uncredited)	1949
A Woman of Affairs Movie Available on 1 streaming services.	6.9	Actor	Detective (uncredited)	1928
True to Life Movie	6.4	Actor	Cop (uncredited)	1943
Old Acquaintance Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)	1943
Three Strangers Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6.7	Actor	Man on the Street / Man in Pub	1946
The Unfaithful Movie	6.6	Actor	Courtroom Spectator	1947
The Opposite Sex Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	6	Actor	Club Patron (uncredited)	1956
Among the Missing Movie	6.3	Actor	Police Sgt. Murphy	1934
Make Your Own Bed Movie	5.3	Actor	Turnkey	1944
The Third Degree Movie	5.2	Actor	Assistant Chief of Detectives	1926
Dancing in the Dark Movie	5.2	Actor	Deputy	1949
The Thirteenth Hour Movie	5.4	Actor	Det. Shaw	1927
The Fountainhead Movie Available on 12 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Old Watchman (uncredited)	1949
Homicide Movie	6.1	Actor	Officer O'Brien	1949
The Song of Life Movie	6.9	Actor	Police Inspector	1922
My Six Convicts Movie	6.4	Actor	Store Detective	1952
The Naughty Flirt Movie	5.5	Actor	Policeman (uncredited)	1930
She Had to Eat Movie	6.5	Actor	Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)	1937
The Noose Hangs High Movie	6.8	Actor	Cop (uncredited)	1948
The 13th Juror Movie		Actor	The Detective	1927
Serenade Movie	5.6	Actor	Opera Attendee (uncredited)	1956
The Man Who Came to Dinner Movie	7.4	Actor	Detective (uncredited)	1941
Puppets of Fate Movie		Actor	Bobs	1921
School for Girls Movie	7.2	Actor	Detective	1934
The Light of Victory Movie		Actor	Captain Eric von Prohme	1919
Goodbye, My Fancy Movie	5.8	Actor	Party Guest (Uncredited)	1951
In This Our Life Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Jailer (uncredited)	1942
The Flame and the Arrow Movie Available on 10 streaming services.	6.6	Actor	Guard (uncredited)	1950
Private Number Movie	6.5	Actor	Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)	1936
Wild and Woolly Movie	6.3	Actor	Policeman (uncredited)	1937
Come Out Fighting Movie	6.1	Actor	Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)	1945
The Garden Murder Case Movie	5.8	Actor	Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)	1936
Beloved Movie	6.2	Actor	Mulvaney	1934
Excuse Me Movie		Actor	George Ketchem	1925
The Lawful Cheater Movie	6.9	Actor	Tom Horan	1925
Men Without Law Movie	5.9	Actor	Deputy Sheriff Jeff	1930
The Sagebrush Troubadour Movie	6	Actor	Hank Polk	1935
The Public Menace Movie	6.1	Actor	Mike - Cop	1935
The Strange Mr. Gregory Movie	5.3	Actor	Lefert	1945
One Foot in Heaven Movie	6.5	Actor	Train Conductor (uncredited)	1941
The Fire Flingers Movie		Actor	Sgt. Powers	1919
Revenue Agent Movie	5.3	Actor	Sgt. Wallace	1950
The Yankee Consul Movie		Actor	Agent John J. Doyle	1924
Soft Cushions Movie	5.3	Actor	The Police	1927
Subway Express Movie	7.4	Actor	Detective Kearney	1931
The Donovan Affair Movie	5.7	Actor	Carney	1929
Lights Out Movie	6.1	Actor	Decker	1923
Friendly Enemies Movie		Actor		1925
Alias Jimmy Valentine Movie	6.8	Actor	Bit Part (uncredited)	1920
The Empty Cab Movie		Actor	The Detective	1918
Deserted at the Altar Movie		Actor	The Other Man	1922
One Clear Call Movie		Actor	Starnes	1922
Lovebound Movie		Actor	Detective Hahn	1923
The Crime Doctor Movie	7.4	Actor	Bloodgood	1934
Counter-Espionage Movie	6.3	Actor	Dickens	1942
Northern Pursuit Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.4	Actor	Train Conductor (uncredited)	1943
Colorado Territory Movie	7	Actor	(uncredited)	1949
The Last Card Movie	6.9	Actor	Detective (uncredited)	1921
Seven Keys to Baldpate Movie	5.6	Actor		1925
The Wright Idea Movie		Actor	M. T. Flatt	1928
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath Movie	6.9	Actor	Detective	1928
Westbound Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Townsman (uncredited)	1959
The Silk Lined Burglar Movie		Actor	Capt. von Hoffmeier	1919
Larceny, Inc. Movie	7.1	Actor	Bronson	1942
There Are No Villains Movie		Actor	Dugall	1921
The Yellow Dog Movie		Actor	Max Kummich	1918
Room for One More Movie Available on 9 streaming services.	7	Actor		1952
A Star Is Born Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Audience Member (uncredited)	1954
Outlaw's Son Movie		Actor		1954
Crime Wave Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)	1953
She Got What She Wanted Movie	6	Actor		1930
That's My Baby Movie		Actor	Murphy	1926
Twentieth Century Movie Available on 6 streaming services.	7.1	Actor	Train Detective (uncredited)	1934
Slave Ship Movie	6.1	Actor	Seaman at Auction	1937
Love Is News Movie	6.7	Actor	Cop (uncredited)	1937
Manslaughter Movie	6.1	Actor	Member of the Jury (uncredited)	1922
Springfield Rifle Movie Available on 5 streaming services.	6.5	Actor	Barfly (uncredited)	1952
The Silver Chalice Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	4.5	Actor	Silversmith (uncredited)	1954
Saratoga Trunk Movie	6.1	Actor	Train Conductor (uncredited)	1945
Tall Man Riding Movie	6.2	Actor	Townsman (uncredited)	1955
Storm Warning Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	7	Actor	Townsman (uncredited)	1951
Backfire Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	6.3	Actor	Fight Fan (uncredited)	1950
Lucky Me Movie	5.8	Actor	Passerby on Street (uncredited)	1954
To Catch a Thief Movie Available on 19 streaming services.	7.6	Actor	Party Guest (uncredited)	1955
Don't Shoot Movie		Actor	Police Officer	1922
The Crime of the Century Movie	6.4	Actor	Police Guard (uncredited)	1933
Christmas in Connecticut Movie Available on 13 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Harper (uncredited)	1945
If I Had a Million Movie	6.7	Actor	Prison Jailer (uncredited)	1932
Illegal Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	6.8	Actor	Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)	1955
A Stolen Life Movie Available on 7 streaming services.	7	Actor	Bartender (uncredited)	1946
The Lady Escapes Movie	5.8	Actor	Man on telephone (uncredited)	1937
The Enforcer Movie Available on 4 streaming services.	7.3	Actor		1951
Atta Boy Movie	5.4	Actor	Detective	1926
Auntie Mame Movie Available on 14 streaming services.	7.8	Actor	Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)	1958
Murder on the Roof Movie		Actor	Ryan	1930
The Damned Don't Cry Movie Available on 8 streaming services.	7.2	Actor	Man on Dock (uncredited)	1950
Thank Your Lucky Stars Movie	6.5	Actor	Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)	1943
Smiling Irish Eyes Movie	4	Actor	County Fair Manager	1929
A Notorious Gentleman Movie	6.6	Actor		1935
Bag and Baggage Movie		Actor	Fred	1923
The Mystery Pilot Movie		Actor	Skipper Larsen	1926
Nora Prentiss Movie	6.9	Actor	Turnkey (uncredited)	1947
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok TV Show	7.4	Actor	Doc Jones (uncredited) 1 Episode	1951-1958
Jewish Prudence Short Film	6.1	Actor	Rent Collector	1927
So You Think You're Not Guilty Short Film	5.8	Actor	Police Turnkey (uncredited)	1950
If a Body Meets a Body Short Film	7.5	Actor	Detective	1945
Wrong Again Short Film	6.8	Actor		1929
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case Short Film	6.9	Actor	Chief of Detectives (uncredited)	1930
The Uneasy Three Short Film	6.7	Actor		1925
Horses' Collars Short Film	7.1	Actor	Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)	1935
Bromo and Juliet Short Film	5.9	Actor	The Detective (uncredited)	1926
Crazy Like a Fox Short Film	6.3	Actor	Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)	1926
At Sea Ashore Short Film	5.6	Actor	Cop (uncredited)	1936
Berth Quakes Short Film	6.1	Actor	Train Conductor	1938
So You Want to Hold Your Husband Short Film	6.8	Actor	Lamb - Curry's Partner	1950
Food and Magic Short Film	5.8	Actor		1943
Dear! Deer! Short Film	6.5	Actor	Policeman	1942
Andy Plays Hookey Short Film	5.7	Actor	Policeman	1946
Quiet Please! Short Film	6.3	Actor	Train Conductor	1933
At the Stroke of Twelve Short Film	6.6	Actor	Police Sergeant	1941
Yoo-Hoo Short Film	6	Actor	Detective	1932
Arms and the Gringo Short Film		Actor		1914
Hot Money Short Film	6.3	Actor	Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)	1935
Mutiny in the County Short Film	5.6	Actor	Policeman	1940
I'll Be Suing You Short Film	6.6	Actor	Insurance Adjustor	1934
Clock Wise Short Film	6.7	Actor	Landlord	1939
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck Short Film	6.3	Actor	Fred	1946
Rough Necking Short Film	6.5	Actor	Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.	1934
Say It with Babies Short Film	5.3	Actor	Policeman	1926
Boys Will Be Boys Short Film	7.8	Actor	Doorman	1932
A Society Sensation Short Film	5.3	Actor	JIm Cox	1918
So You Want to Play the Horses Short Film	6.7	Actor	Detective (uncredited)	1946
So You Want to Know Your Relatives Short Film	6.8	Actor	Mr. Watson (uncredited)	1954
Shopping with Wifie Short Film	5.8	Actor	Det. Dugan	1932
So You Want to Enjoy Life Short Film	6.3	Actor	Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)	1952
So You Want an Apartment Short Film	6.2	Actor	Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)	1948
A Left Hook Short Film		Actor		1911
Many Sappy Returns Short Film	7.3	Actor	Finnegan	1938
Dog Shy Short Film	6.8	Actor	Cop	1926
Moving Vanities Short Film	6.3	Actor	Police Officer (uncredited)	1939
The Iceman's Ball Short Film	6.7	Actor	Police Sergeant	1932
Frontier Days Short Film	4.4	Actor	Mayor Stone (uncredited)	1945
Roaring Guns Short Film	5.3	Actor		1944
So You Want a Raise Short Film	6.6	Actor		1950
Trial by Trigger Short Film	5.6	Actor	Jerry (uncredited)	1944
The Honor of an Outlaw Short Film		Actor	The Deputy	1917
Strictly Fresh Yeggs Short Film	5.8	Actor	Policeman	1934
Silent Sandy Short Film		Actor	Silent Sandy	1914
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady Short Film	6.6	Actor	Policeman (uncredited)	1942
Hiss and Yell Short Film	5.7	Actor	Policeman (uncredited)	1946
A Gem of a Jam Short Film	7.3	Actor	Police Chief	1943
Tiny Troubles Short Film	6.4	Actor	Judge	1939
Here Comes Mr. Zerk Short Film	6	Actor	Policeman	1943
Snooper Service Short Film		Actor		1945
There Ain't No Santa Claus Short Film	7.3	Actor	Store Detective (uncredited)	1926
The Fighting Gringo Movie	5.3	Directing	Director	1917
Over the Ledge Short Film		Directing	Director	1914
The Exposure Short Film		Directing	Director	1914
Station Content Short Film		Directing	Director	1915
Blood Money Short Film		Directing	Director	1917
The Bad Man of Cheyenne Short Film		Directing	Director, Writer	1917
The Outlaw and the Lady Short Film		Directing	Director, Scenario Writer	1917
Goin' Straight Short Film		Directing	Director, Scenario Writer	1917
Hair-Trigger Burke Short Film		Writing	Scenario Writer	1917
A 44-Calibre Mystery Short Film		Directing	Director	1917
The Almost Good Man Short Film		Directing	Director	1917
Six-Shooter Justice Short Film		Directing	Director	1917
The Drifter Short Film		Directing	Director	1917
The Honor of an Outlaw Short Film		Directing	Director, Scenario Writer	1917
The Mysterious Outlaw Short Film		Directing	Director	1917
The Golden Bullet Short Film		Directing	Director	1917
The Wrong Man Short Film		Directing	Director	1917
The Black Terror Short Film		Directing	Director	1916
Brothers Equal Short Film		Directing	Director	1916
The Nymph Short Film		Directing	Director	1916
The Pretender Short Film		Directing	Director	1915
Her Buried Past Short Film		Directing	Director	1915
Title	Rating	Job	Role(s)	Year

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