Fred Kelsey
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Aug 20, 1884 (142 years old)
Place of Birth
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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
| 1959 | WestboundTownsman (uncredited) | |
| 1958 | Auntie MameFront Row Audience at Play (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | Shoot-Out At Medicine BendBarfly (uncredited) | |
| 1957 | The Helen Morgan StoryNight Club Patron (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | The Opposite SexClub Patron (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | SerenadeOpera Attendee (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | Tall Man RidingTownsman (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | To Catch a ThiefParty Guest (uncredited) | |
| 1955 | IllegalCourtroom Spectator (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | The Silver ChaliceSilversmith (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Lucky MePasserby on Street (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | A Star Is BornAudience Member (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Outlaw's Son | |
| 1954 | So You Want to Know Your RelativesMr. Watson (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Riding ShotgunTownsman (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Phantom of the Rue MorgueCrowd Spectator (uncredited) | |
| 1954 | Racing BloodSmithy | |
| 1953 | Crime WaveOld Man Crossing Street (uncredited) | |
| 1953 | Murder Without TearsSergeant-at-Arms | |
| 1953 | So You Think You Can't SleepSleeping patient in waiting room | |
| 1953 | So You Want to Be a MusicianRestaurant diner | |
| 1952 | Hans Christian AndersenFirst Gendarme | |
| 1952 | Springfield RifleBarfly (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Room for One More | |
| 1952 | O. Henry's Full HouseMr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi") | |
| 1952 | My Six ConvictsStore Detective | |
| 1952 | So You Want to Enjoy LifeBoat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | Carson CityTownsman (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | Storm WarningTownsman (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | The Enforcer | |
| 1951 | Goodbye, My FancyParty Guest (Uncredited) | |
| 1951 | Strangers on a TrainTennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited) | |
| 1951 | The Adventures of Wild Bill HickokDoc Jones (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | Revenue AgentSgt. Wallace | |
| 1950 | So You Want a Raise | |
| 1950 | So You Think You're Not GuiltyPolice Turnkey (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | BackfireFight Fan (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | So You Want to Hold Your HusbandLamb - Curry's Partner | |
| 1950 | The Damned Don't CryMan on Dock (uncredited) | |
| 1950 | The Flame and the ArrowGuard (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | Flamingo RoadTrain Conductor (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | Colorado TerritoryTrain Engineer (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | The Inspector GeneralVillager (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | Dancing in the DarkDeputy | |
| 1949 | HomicideOfficer O'Brien | |
| 1949 | The FountainheadOld Watchman (uncredited) | |
| 1949 | So You Want to Be a Muscle ManDelivery Man | |
| 1949 | So You Want to Be an ActorCounter Man | |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs HighCop (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | So You Want an ApartmentApartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited) | |
| 1948 | Silver RiverTownsman (uncredited) | |
| 1947 | The UnfaithfulCourtroom Spectator | |
| 1947 | Nora PrentissTurnkey (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Hiss and YellPoliceman (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Andy Plays HookeyPoliceman | |
| 1946 | Detour to DangerDet. Kelsey | |
| 1946 | A Stolen LifeBartender (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Never Say GoodbyePoliceman (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | So You Think You're a Nervous WreckFred | |
| 1946 | Three StrangersMan on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | So You Want to Play the HorsesDetective (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | Night and DayFirst-Nighter (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | The Man I LoveMac the Doorman (uncredited) | |
| 1946 | The People's Choice | |
| 1946 | Monkey BusinessmenSmiling Sam McGann (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Frontier DaysMayor Stone (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Saratoga TrunkTrain Conductor (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | If a Body Meets a BodyDetective | |
| 1945 | Christmas in ConnecticutHarper (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Mildred PierceBumped First Night Diner (uncredited) | |
| 1945 | Snooper Service | |
| 1945 | How DOooo You DoDetective | |
| 1945 | Come Out FightingMr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy) | |
| 1945 | The Strange Mr. GregoryLefert | |
| 1944 | Roaring Guns | |
| 1944 | Trial by TriggerJerry (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Crime by NightDad Martin (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Mr. SkeffingtonCop in Raid (uncredited) | |
| 1944 | Make Your Own BedTurnkey | |
| 1944 | Shine on Harvest MoonPoliceman in patrol car (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Northern PursuitTrain Conductor (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Murder on the WaterfrontCapt. Beal | |
| 1943 | A Gem of a JamPolice Chief | |
| 1943 | Here Comes Mr. ZerkPoliceman | |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky StarsPub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Food and Magic | |
| 1943 | One Dangerous NightDetective Dickens | |
| 1943 | Action in the North AtlanticJoe (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | True to LifeCop (uncredited) | |
| 1943 | Old AcquaintanceTrain Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | The Daughter of Rosie O'GradyPoliceman (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | Counter-EspionageDickens | |
| 1942 | Murder in the Big House"Screw" | |
| 1942 | My Favorite BlondeSam - Policeman | |
| 1942 | Lady GangsterPoliceman (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | Larceny, Inc.Bronson | |
| 1942 | Bullet ScarsPolice Chief Hansen | |
| 1942 | X Marks the SpotPolice Officer Martin | |
| 1942 | Gentleman JimSutro (uncredited) | |
| 1942 | Wild Bill Hickok RidesJailer | |
| 1942 | Spy ShipNight Watchman | |
| 1942 | I Was FramedDrunk | |
| 1942 | Dear! Deer!Policeman | |
| 1942 | In This Our LifeJailer (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | The Lone Wolf Takes a ChanceDetective Dickens | |
| 1941 | Secrets of the Lone WolfWesley Dickens | |
| 1941 | At the Stroke of TwelvePolice Sergeant | |
| 1941 | Invisible GhostDetective Ryan | |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots OnFt. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | Mr. District AttorneyOfficer McCloskey | |
| 1941 | Pacific BlackoutCop | |
| 1941 | The Man Who Came to DinnerDetective (uncredited) | |
| 1941 | One Foot in HeavenTrain Conductor (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Keeps a DateDickens | |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf StrikesDickens | |
| 1940 | The Lone Wolf Meets a LadyDickens | |
| 1940 | Mutiny in the CountyPoliceman | |
| 1940 | The Man Who Wouldn't TalkBailiff | |
| 1940 | Deadwood DickBottles | |
| 1940 | Misbehaving HusbandsSgt. Murphy | |
| 1940 | The Golden FleecingCop (uncredited) | |
| 1940 | The Green ArcherCapt. Thompson | |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out WestJim - Detective | |
| 1940 | High SchoolJunk Man | |
| 1939 | Moving VanitiesPolice Officer (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Tiny TroublesJudge | |
| 1939 | Tell No TalesPoliceman at School (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Rough Riders' Round-upAgitator | |
| 1939 | Charlie Chan in RenoReno Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| 1939 | Heaven with a Barbed Wire FencePete - Railroad Detective | |
| 1939 | Charlie Chan at Treasure IslandDetective - in Cab and at Theatre | |
| 1939 | Chicken Wagon FamilyPoliceman | |
| 1939 | Clock WiseLandlord | |
| 1939 | Too Busy to WorkHank Fidler | |
| 1938 | JosetteHotel Detective | |
| 1938 | Night SpotPolice Band Leader | |
| 1938 | Everybody's Doing ItPolice Sergeant | |
| 1938 | Straight, Place and ShowCop at Racetrack | |
| 1938 | Berth QuakesTrain Conductor | |
| 1938 | Safety in NumbersCop | |
| 1938 | Down on the FarmBit Role | |
| 1938 | Many Sappy ReturnsFinnegan | |
| 1937 | Love Is NewsCop (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Super-SleuthJailer | |
| 1937 | That I May LiveAbner Jenkins | |
| 1937 | Love and HissesOfficer | |
| 1937 | The Lady EscapesMan on telephone (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Time Out for RomancePoliceman | |
| 1937 | One Mile from HeavenSmitty - Policeman | |
| 1937 | Big BusinessOil Man at Well | |
| 1937 | Slave ShipSeaman at Auction | |
| 1937 | Angel's HolidayConductor | |
| 1937 | Borrowing TroublePoliceman | |
| 1937 | She Had to EatPolice Officer Tracy (uncredited) | |
| 1937 | Wild and WoollyPoliceman (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | The Little Red SchoolhouseFirst Detective | |
| 1936 | At Sea AshoreCop (uncredited) | |
| 1936 | High TensionDesk Sergeant | |
| 1936 | The Witness ChairDetective Costigan | |
| 1936 | Private NumberDetective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited) | |
| 1936 | The Garden Murder CaseHeath's Assistant (Uncredited) | |
| 1935 | One Frightened NightSheriff Jenks | |
| 1935 | Danger AheadDetective O'Brien | |
| 1935 | Atlantic AdventurePolice Officer Riley | |
| 1935 | A Notorious GentlemanDetective | |
| 1935 | Death Flies EastPolice Lieutenant O'Brien | |
| 1935 | Hot MoneyPolice Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey) | |
| 1935 | Horses' CollarsDetective Hyden Zeke (uncredited) | |
| 1935 | Diamond JimHorsley's Secretary | |
| 1935 | CarnivalBit Part | |
| 1935 | The Sagebrush TroubadourHank Polk | |
| 1935 | The Public MenaceMike - Cop | |
| 1934 | Twentieth CenturyTrain Detective (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | The Crime DoctorBloodgood | |
| 1934 | The MothDetective Blake | |
| 1934 | Lightning Strikes TwiceDugan | |
| 1934 | Strictly Fresh YeggsPoliceman | |
| 1934 | I'll Be Suing YouInsurance Adjustor | |
| 1934 | I'll Tell the WorldSergeant at Border | |
| 1934 | Rough NeckingJoe Cuttlehammer Sr. | |
| 1934 | Among the MissingPolice Sgt. Murphy | |
| 1934 | School for GirlsDetective | |
| 1934 | BelovedMulvaney | |
| 1933 | The Crime of the CenturyPolice Guard (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | King of the JungleCop (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Quiet Please!Train Conductor | |
| 1933 | Sailor's LuckCop | |
| 1933 | The BoweryDetective Kelsey (uncredited) | |
| 1933 | Shadows of Sing SingMurphy | |
| 1933 | Gold Diggers of 1933Detective Jones (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | The Iceman's BallPolice Sergeant | |
| 1932 | If I Had a MillionPrison Jailer (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Discarded LoversDelaney | |
| 1932 | Love in High GearDetective Duffy | |
| 1932 | Guilty as HellDetective Duffy | |
| 1932 | Red Haired AlibiCorcoran | |
| 1932 | HuddlePoliceman (uncredited) | |
| 1932 | Yoo-HooDetective | |
| 1932 | Boys Will Be BoysDoorman | |
| 1932 | Shopping with WifieDet. Dugan | |
| 1932 | Speak EasilyProcess Server | |
| 1932 | The Trial of Vivienne WareCop (uncredited) | |
| 1931 | Subway ExpressDetective Kearney | |
| 1931 | Side ShowSheriff Hornsby | |
| 1931 | Scandal SheetDetective Sgt. Vincent Molloy | |
| 1931 | Young Donovan's KidCollins | |
| 1931 | The Naughty FlirtPoliceman (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | She Got What She Wanted | |
| 1930 | Scarlet PagesMurphy | |
| 1930 | The Woman RacketPolice Captain | |
| 1930 | Wide OpenDetective | |
| 1930 | Road to ParadiseCasey | |
| 1930 | The Girl Said NoPoliceman | |
| 1930 | Going WildThe Conductor | |
| 1930 | The Laurel-Hardy Murder CaseChief of Detectives (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | Only Saps WorkMurphy (uncredited) | |
| 1930 | Men Without LawDeputy Sheriff Jeff | |
| 1930 | Murder on the RoofRyan | |
| 1930 | Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1Self - Tour Guide | |
| 1929 | The Donovan AffairCarney | |
| 1929 | The FakerPolice Detective | |
| 1929 | Wrong Again | |
| 1929 | Smiling Irish EyesCounty Fair Manager | |
| 1928 | The Wright IdeaM. T. Flatt | |
| 1928 | Ladies' Night in a Turkish BathDetective | |
| 1928 | TenderloinDetective Simpson | |
| 1928 | Harold TeenMr. Lovewell | |
| 1928 | While the City SleepsDetective in Shadow Box | |
| 1928 | On TrialClerk | |
| 1928 | Naughty BabyDugan | |
| 1928 | The Last WarningInspector | |
| 1928 | A Woman of AffairsDetective (uncredited) | |
| 1928 | Plastered in Paris | |
| 1928 | A Midnight AdventureCassidy | |
| 1927 | Soft CushionsThe Police | |
| 1927 | Jewish PrudenceRent Collector | |
| 1927 | The GorillaMulligan | |
| 1927 | The Thirteenth HourDet. Shaw | |
| 1927 | The 13th JurorThe Detective | |
| 1927 | Orchids and ErminePolice Sergeant | |
| 1927 | Held by the LawDetective | |
| 1926 | That's My BabyMurphy | |
| 1926 | Say It with BabiesPoliceman | |
| 1926 | Atta BoyDetective | |
| 1926 | Bromo and JulietThe Detective (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | Crazy Like a FoxMan with Badge on Train (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | The Third DegreeAssistant Chief of Detectives | |
| 1926 | Dog ShyCop | |
| 1926 | The Mystery PilotSkipper Larsen | |
| 1926 | There Ain't No Santa ClausStore Detective (uncredited) | |
| 1926 | The Social HighwaymanChief of Police | |
| 1925 | Friendly Enemies | |
| 1925 | Seven Keys to Baldpate | |
| 1925 | The Uneasy Three | |
| 1925 | Little Annie RooneyDesk Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| 1925 | Paths to ParadiseConfederate | |
| 1925 | Seven SinnersPoliceman | |
| 1925 | Excuse MeGeorge Ketchem | |
| 1925 | The Lawful CheaterTom Horan | |
| 1925 | Youth and AdventureRed Mullin | |
| 1925 | Smooth as SatinKersey | |
| 1924 | The Yankee ConsulAgent John J. Doyle | |
| 1924 | The Night Hawk | |
| 1924 | Traffic in HeartsTim Tracy | |
| 1923 | Lights OutDecker | |
| 1923 | LoveboundDetective Hahn | |
| 1923 | Souls for SaleDetective Quinn (uncredited) | |
| 1923 | The Eleventh HourThe Submarine Commander | |
| 1923 | Bag and BaggageFred | |
| 1922 | Deserted at the AltarThe Other Man | |
| 1922 | One Clear CallStarnes | |
| 1922 | ManslaughterMember of the Jury (uncredited) | |
| 1922 | Don't ShootPolice Officer | |
| 1922 | Captain Fly-by-NightGomez | |
| 1922 | The Song of LifePolice Inspector | |
| 1922 | South of SuvaKarl Swartz | |
| 1921 | The Last CardDetective (uncredited) | |
| 1921 | There Are No VillainsDugall | |
| 1921 | Puppets of FateBobs | |
| 1921 | The Off-Shore PirateSailor | |
| 1921 | The Match-BreakerDetective | |
| 1920 | Alias Jimmy ValentineBit Part (uncredited) | |
| 1920 | The Third GenerationBrody | |
| 1919 | The Silk Lined BurglarCapt. von Hoffmeier | |
| 1919 | The Light of VictoryCaptain Eric von Prohme | |
| 1919 | The Fire FlingersSgt. Powers | |
| 1918 | The Empty CabThe Detective | |
| 1918 | The Yellow DogMax Kummich | |
| 1918 | A Society SensationJIm Cox | |
| 1917 | The Honor of an OutlawThe Deputy | |
| 1914 | Arms and the Gringo | |
| 1914 | Silent SandySilent Sandy | |
| 1911 | A Left Hook |
| 1917 | The FugitiveProducer |
| 1918 | The Purple LilyDirector | |
| 1917 | The Outlaw and the LadyDirector | |
| 1917 | Goin' StraightDirector | |
| 1917 | The DrifterDirector | |
| 1917 | The Bad Man of CheyenneDirector | |
| 1917 | The Honor of an OutlawDirector | |
| 1917 | A 44-Calibre MysteryDirector | |
| 1917 | The Almost Good ManDirector | |
| 1917 | Six-Shooter JusticeDirector | |
| 1917 | Blood MoneyDirector | |
| 1917 | The Mysterious OutlawDirector | |
| 1917 | The Wrong ManDirector | |
| 1917 | The Golden BulletDirector | |
| 1917 | The Fighting GringoDirector | |
| 1917 | The FugitiveDirector | |
| 1916 | The Black TerrorDirector | |
| 1916 | Brothers EqualDirector | |
| 1916 | The NymphDirector | |
| 1915 | Station ContentDirector | |
| 1915 | The PretenderDirector | |
| 1915 | Her Buried PastDirector | |
| 1914 | The ExposureDirector | |
| 1914 | Over the LedgeDirector |
| 1917 | Goin' StraightScenario Writer | |
| 1917 | The Outlaw and the LadyScenario Writer | |
| 1917 | The Bad Man of CheyenneWriter | |
| 1917 | Hair-Trigger BurkeScenario Writer | |
| 1917 | The Honor of an OutlawScenario Writer |