- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 20, 1884
- Place of Birth
- Sandusky, Ohio, USA
- Died
- September 2, 1961
Fred Kelsey
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.
Filmography
movieWestbound
1959 · Townsman (uncredited)
movieAuntie Mame
1958 · Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
movieThe Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Night Club Patron (uncredited)
movieShoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957 · Barfly (uncredited)
movieThe Opposite Sex
1956 · Club Patron (uncredited)
movieSerenade
1956 · Opera Attendee (uncredited)
movieIllegal
1955 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
movieTo Catch a Thief
1955 · Party Guest (uncredited)
movieTall Man Riding
1955 · Townsman (uncredited)
movieOutlaw's Son
1954
movieThe Silver Chalice
1954 · Silversmith (uncredited)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954 · Mr. Watson (uncredited)
movieA Star Is Born
1954 · Audience Member (uncredited)
movieLucky Me
1954 · Passerby on Street (uncredited)
movieRiding Shotgun
1954 · Townsman (uncredited)
moviePhantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 · Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
movieRacing Blood
1954 · Smithy
So You Think You Can't Sleep
1953 · Sleeping patient in waiting room
movieCrime Wave
1953 · Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
movieMurder Without Tears
1953 · Sergeant-at-Arms
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953 · Restaurant diner
movieHans Christian Andersen
1952 · First Gendarme
Strop, Look and Listen
1952 · Pierpont Alloy
movieSpringfield Rifle
1952 · Barfly (uncredited)
movieO. Henry's Full House
1952 · Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
movieCarson City
1952 · Townsman (uncredited)
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952 · Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
movieMy Six Convicts
1952 · Store Detective
movieRoom for One More
1952
movieStrangers on a Train
1951 · Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
movieGoodbye, My Fancy
1951 · Party Guest (Uncredited)
tvThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Doc Jones (uncredited)
movieThe Enforcer
1951
movieStorm Warning
1951 · Townsman (uncredited)
movieRevenue Agent
1950 · Sgt. Wallace
So You Want a Raise
1950
movieThe Flame and the Arrow
1950 · Guard (uncredited)
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950 · Lamb - Curry's Partner
movieThe Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Man on Dock (uncredited)
movieSo You Think You're Not Guilty
1950 · Police Turnkey (uncredited)
movieBackfire
1950 · Fight Fan (uncredited)
movieThe Inspector General
1949 · Villager (uncredited)
So You Want to Be an Actor
1949 · Counter Man
movieDancing in the Dark
1949 · Deputy
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
1949 · Delivery Man
movieThe Fountainhead
1949 · Old Watchman (uncredited)
movieColorado Territory
1949 · Train Engineer (uncredited)
movieFlamingo Road
1949 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
movieHomicide
1949 · Officer O'Brien
movieSilver River
1948 · Townsman (uncredited)
movieThe Noose Hangs High
1948 · Cop (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
1948 · Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
movieThe Unfaithful
1947 · Courtroom Spectator
movieNora Prentiss
1947 · Turnkey (uncredited)
movieSo You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
1946 · Fred
movieThe Man I Love
1946 · Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
Andy Plays Hookey
1946 · Policeman
The People's Choice
1946
movieNever Say Goodbye
1946 · Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946 · Detective (uncredited)
movieNight and Day
1946 · First-Nighter (uncredited)
movieMonkey Businessmen
1946 · Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
movieA Stolen Life
1946 · Bartender (uncredited)
movieHiss and Yell
1946 · Policeman (uncredited)
movieThree Strangers
1946 · Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
movieDetour to Danger
1946 · Det. Kelsey
movieHow DOooo You Do
1945 · Detective
movieFrontier Days
1945 · Mayor Stone (uncredited)
movieSaratoga Trunk
1945 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
movieMildred Pierce
1945 · Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
movieCome Out Fighting
1945 · Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
movieIf a Body Meets a Body
1945 · Detective
movieChristmas in Connecticut
1945 · Harper (uncredited)
movieSnooper Service
1945
movieThe Strange Mr. Gregory
1945 · Lefert
movieCrime by Night
1944 · Dad Martin (uncredited)
movieMake Your Own Bed
1944 · Turnkey
movieTrial by Trigger
1944 · Jerry (uncredited)
movieMr. Skeffington
1944 · Cop in Raid (uncredited)
movieShine on Harvest Moon
1944 · Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
movieRoaring Guns
1944
movieA Gem of a Jam
1943 · Police Chief
movieTrue to Life
1943 · Cop (uncredited)
movieOld Acquaintance
1943 · Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
movieFood and Magic
1943
movieNorthern Pursuit
1943 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
movieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
movieMurder on the Waterfront
1943 · Capt. Beal
movieHere Comes Mr. Zerk
1943 · Policeman
movieAction in the North Atlantic
1943 · Joe (uncredited)
movieOne Dangerous Night
1943 · Detective Dickens
movieGentleman Jim
1942 · Sutro (uncredited)
movieX Marks the Spot
1942 · Police Officer Martin
movieDear! Deer!
1942 · Policeman
movieCounter-Espionage
1942 · Dickens
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942 · Policeman (uncredited)
movieSpy Ship
1942 · Night Watchman
movieIn This Our Life
1942 · Jailer (uncredited)
movieLarceny, Inc.
1942 · Bronson
movieMurder in the Big House
1942 · "Screw"
movieI Was Framed
1942 · Drunk
movieMy Favorite Blonde
1942 · Sam - Policeman
movieLady Gangster
1942 · Policeman (uncredited)
movieBullet Scars
1942 · Police Chief Hansen
movieWild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Jailer
moviePacific Blackout
1941 · Cop
movieThe Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Detective (uncredited)
movieThey Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
movieAt the Stroke of Twelve
1941 · Police Sergeant
movieSecrets of the Lone Wolf
1941 · Wesley Dickens
movieOne Foot in Heaven
1941 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
movieInvisible Ghost
1941 · Detective Ryan
movieMr. District Attorney
1941 · Officer McCloskey
movieThe Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941 · Detective Dickens
movieMisbehaving Husbands
1940 · Sgt. Murphy
movieThe Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940 · Dickens
movieMexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Jim - Detective
movieThe Green Archer
1940 · Capt. Thompson
movieThe Golden Fleecing
1940 · Cop (uncredited)
movieDeadwood Dick
1940 · Bottles
movieThe Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940 · Dickens
Mutiny in the County
1940 · Policeman
movieThe Lone Wolf Strikes
1940 · Dickens
movieHigh School
1940 · Junk Man
movieThe Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 · Bailiff
movieToo Busy to Work
1939 · Hank Fidler
movieHeaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · Pete - Railroad Detective
movieCharlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939 · Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
movieChicken Wagon Family
1939 · Policeman
movieCharlie Chan in Reno
1939 · Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
movieTell No Tales
1939 · Policeman at School (uncredited)
movieMoving Vanities
1939 · Police Officer (uncredited)
movieClock Wise
1939 · Landlord
movieRough Riders' Round-up
1939 · Agitator
movieTiny Troubles
1939 · Judge
movieDown on the Farm
1938 · Bit Role
movieStraight, Place and Show
1938 · Cop at Racetrack
movieMany Sappy Returns
1938 · Finnegan
movieJosette
1938 · Hotel Detective
movieSafety in Numbers
1938 · Cop
Berth Quakes
1938 · Train Conductor
movieNight Spot
1938 · Police Band Leader
movieEverybody's Doing It
1938 · Police Sergeant
movieLove and Hisses
1937 · Officer
movieBorrowing Trouble
1937 · Policeman
movieThat I May Live
1937 · Abner Jenkins
movieOne Mile from Heaven
1937 · Smitty - Policeman
movieThe Lady Escapes
1937 · Man on telephone (uncredited)
movieWild and Woolly
1937 · Policeman (uncredited)
movieSuper-Sleuth
1937 · Jailer
movieShe Had to Eat
1937 · Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
movieBig Business
1937 · Oil Man at Well
movieSlave Ship
1937 · Seaman at Auction
movieAngel's Holiday
1937 · Conductor
movieLove Is News
1937 · Cop (uncredited)
movieTime Out for Romance
1937 · Policeman
movieHigh Tension
1936 · Desk Sergeant
moviePrivate Number
1936 · Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
movieThe Witness Chair
1936 · Detective Costigan
movieAt Sea Ashore
1936 · Cop (uncredited)
movieThe Little Red Schoolhouse
1936 · First Detective
movieThe Garden Murder Case
1936 · Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
movieThe Sagebrush Troubadour
1935 · Hank Polk
movieHot Money
1935 · Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
movieThe Public Menace
1935 · Mike - Cop
movieDiamond Jim
1935 · Horsley's Secretary
movieAtlantic Adventure
1935 · Police Officer Riley
movieDanger Ahead
1935 · Detective O'Brien
movieOne Frightened Night
1935 · Sheriff Jenks
movieDeath Flies East
1935 · Police Lieutenant O'Brien
movieCarnival
1935 · Bit Part
movieA Notorious Gentleman
1935 · Detective
movieHorses' Collars
1935 · Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
movieLightning Strikes Twice
1934 · Dugan
movieAmong the Missing
1934 · Police Sgt. Murphy
I'll Be Suing You
1934 · Insurance Adjustor
movieTwentieth Century
1934 · Train Detective (uncredited)
movieRough Necking
1934 · Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
movieI'll Tell the World
1934 · Sergeant at Border
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934 · Policeman
movieSchool for Girls
1934 · Detective
movieThe Crime Doctor
1934 · Bloodgood
movieBeloved
1934 · Mulvaney
movieThe Moth
1934 · Detective Blake
movieShadows of Sing Sing
1933 · Murphy
movieThe Bowery
1933 · Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
1933 · Train Conductor
movieGold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Detective Jones (uncredited)
movieSailor's Luck
1933 · Cop
movieKing of the Jungle
1933 · Cop (uncredited)
movieThe Crime of the Century
1933 · Police Guard (uncredited)
Boys Will Be Boys
1932 · Doorman
movieIf I Had a Million
1932 · Prison Jailer (uncredited)
movieRed Haired Alibi
1932 · Corcoran
Yoo-Hoo
1932 · Detective
movieSpeak Easily
1932 · Process Server
The Iceman's Ball
1932 · Police Sergeant
movieGuilty as Hell
1932 · Detective Duffy
movieHuddle
1932 · Policeman (uncredited)
movieLove in High Gear
1932 · Detective Duffy
movieThe Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932 · Cop (uncredited)
Shopping with Wifie
1932 · Det. Dugan
movieDiscarded Lovers
1932 · Delaney
movieSide Show
1931 · Sheriff Hornsby
movieYoung Donovan's Kid
1931 · Collins
movieSubway Express
1931 · Detective Kearney
movieScandal Sheet
1931 · Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
movieThe Naughty Flirt
1931 · Policeman (uncredited)
movieGoing Wild
1930 · The Conductor
movieOnly Saps Work
1930 · Murphy (uncredited)
She Got What She Wanted
1930
movieMen Without Law
1930 · Deputy Sheriff Jeff
movieScarlet Pages
1930 · Murphy
movieScreen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930 · Self - Tour Guide
movieThe Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930 · Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
movieRoad to Paradise
1930 · Casey
movieThe Girl Said No
1930 · Policeman
movieWide Open
1930 · Detective
movieMurder on the Roof
1930 · Ryan
movieThe Woman Racket
1930 · Police Captain
movieSmiling Irish Eyes
1929 · County Fair Manager
movieThe Donovan Affair
1929 · Carney
movieWrong Again
1929
movieThe Faker
1929 · Police Detective
movieThe Last Warning
1928 · Inspector
movieNaughty Baby
1928 · Dugan
movieA Woman of Affairs
1928 · Detective (uncredited)
movieOn Trial
1928 · Clerk
Plastered in Paris
1928
movieThe Wright Idea
1928 · M. T. Flatt
A Midnight Adventure
1928 · Cassidy
movieHarold Teen
1928 · Mr. Lovewell
movieLadies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928 · Detective
movieTenderloin
1928 · Detective Simpson
movieWhile the City Sleeps
1928 · Detective in Shadow Box
movieThe Gorilla
1927 · Mulligan
movieThe 13th Juror
1927 · The Detective
movieThe Thirteenth Hour
1927 · Det. Shaw
movieSoft Cushions
1927 · The Police
movieJewish Prudence
1927 · Rent Collector
movieHeld by the Law
1927 · Detective
movieOrchids and Ermine
1927 · Police Sergeant
movieThere Ain't No Santa Claus
1926 · Store Detective (uncredited)
movieThe Third Degree
1926 · Assistant Chief of Detectives
movieAtta Boy
1926 · Detective
movieBromo and Juliet
1926 · The Detective (uncredited)
movieCrazy Like a Fox
1926 · Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
movieSay It with Babies
1926 · Policeman
movieThe Social Highwayman
1926 · Chief of Police
The Mystery Pilot
1926 · Skipper Larsen
That's My Baby
1926 · Murphy
movieDog Shy
1926 · Cop
movieThe Uneasy Three
1925
movieSeven Sinners
1925 · Policeman
movieSeven Keys to Baldpate
1925
movieLittle Annie Rooney
1925 · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
movieThe Lawful Cheater
1925 · Tom Horan
moviePaths to Paradise
1925 · Confederate
movieSmooth as Satin
1925 · Kersey
movieFriendly Enemies
1925
movieExcuse Me
1925 · George Ketchem
movieYouth and Adventure
1925 · Red Mullin
Traffic in Hearts
1924 · Tim Tracy
movieThe Yankee Consul
1924 · Agent John J. Doyle
movieThe Night Hawk
1924
movieLights Out
1923 · Decker
movieBag and Baggage
1923 · Fred
movieThe Eleventh Hour
1923 · The Submarine Commander
movieSouls for Sale
1923 · Detective Quinn (uncredited)
movieLovebound
1923 · Detective Hahn
movieCaptain Fly-by-Night
1922 · Gomez
movieDeserted at the Altar
1922 · The Other Man
movieManslaughter
1922 · Member of the Jury (uncredited)
movieDon't Shoot
1922 · Police Officer
movieSouth of Suva
1922 · Karl Swartz
movieOne Clear Call
1922 · Starnes
movieThe Song of Life
1922 · Police Inspector
movieThere Are No Villains
1921 · Dugall
movieThe Match-Breaker
1921 · Detective
movieThe Last Card
1921 · Detective (uncredited)
Puppets of Fate
1921 · Bobs
movieThe Off-Shore Pirate
1921 · Sailor
movieAlias Jimmy Valentine
1920 · Bit Part (uncredited)
movieThe Third Generation
1920 · Brody
movieThe Fire Flingers
1919 · Sgt. Powers
movieThe Silk Lined Burglar
1919 · Capt. von Hoffmeier
movieThe Light of Victory
1919 · Captain Eric von Prohme
movieThe Yellow Dog
1918 · Max Kummich
movieA Society Sensation
1918 · JIm Cox
movieThe Empty Cab
1918 · The Detective
movieThe Purple Lily
1918 · Director
Six-Shooter Justice
1917 · Director
The Wrong Man
1917 · Director
movieThe Golden Bullet
1917 · Director
The Mysterious Outlaw
1917 · Director
movieThe Almost Good Man
1917 · Director
movieA 44-Calibre Mystery
1917 · Director
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917 · The Deputy, Director, Scenario Writer
Hair-Trigger Burke
1917 · Scenario Writer
movieThe Fighting Gringo
1917 · Director
Goin' Straight
1917 · Director, Scenario Writer
The Drifter
1917 · Director
movieThe Outlaw and the Lady
1917 · Director, Scenario Writer
The Fugitive
1917 · Director, Producer
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
1917 · Director, Writer
Blood Money
1917 · Director
The Black Terror
1916 · Director
Brothers Equal
1916 · Director
The Nymph
1916 · Director
The Pretender
1915 · Director
movieStation Content
1915 · Director
Her Buried Past
1915 · Director
The Exposure
1914 · Director
Over the Ledge
1914 · Director
movieArms and the Gringo
1914
Silent Sandy
1914 · Silent Sandy
A Left Hook
1911