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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

266

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.

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Acting

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		Outlaw's Son
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		So You Think You Can't Sleep as Sleeping patient in waiting room
1953		Crime Wave as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1953		Murder Without Tears as Sergeant-at-Arms
1953		So You Want to Be a Musician as Restaurant diner

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
1952		Room for One More

1951		Strangers on a Train as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1951		Goodbye, My Fancy as Party Guest (Uncredited)
1951		The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Doc Jones (uncredited)
1951		The Enforcer
1951		Storm Warning as Townsman (uncredited)

1950		Revenue Agent as Sgt. Wallace
1950		So You Want a Raise
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		So You Want to Be an Actor as Counter Man
1949		Dancing in the Dark as Deputy
1949		So You Want to Be a Muscle Man as Delivery Man
1949		The Fountainhead as Old Watchman (uncredited)
1949		Colorado Territory as Train Engineer (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
1947		Nora Prentiss as Turnkey (uncredited)

1946		So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck as Fred
1946		The Man I Love as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
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		Night and Day as First-Nighter (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		If a Body Meets a Body as Detective
1945		Christmas in Connecticut as Harper (uncredited)
1945		Snooper Service
1945		The Strange Mr. Gregory as Lefert

1944		Crime by Night as Dad Martin (uncredited)
1944		Make Your Own Bed as Turnkey
1944		Trial by Trigger as Jerry (uncredited)
1944		Mr. Skeffington as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
1944		Roaring Guns

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		Food and Magic
1943		Northern Pursuit as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1943		Thank Your Lucky Stars as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
1943		Murder on the Waterfront as Capt. Beal
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		Counter-Espionage as Dickens
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		Murder in the Big House as "Screw"
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
1942		Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Jailer

1941		Pacific Blackout as Cop
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		The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Dickens
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		The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Dickens
1940		Mutiny in the County as Policeman
1940		The Lone Wolf Strikes as Dickens
1940		High School as Junk Man
1940		The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Bailiff

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		Chicken Wagon Family as Policeman
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		Rough Riders' Round-up as Agitator
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		Safety in Numbers as Cop
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		Time Out for Romance as Policeman

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		The Sagebrush Troubadour as Hank Polk
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		A Notorious Gentleman
1935		Horses' Collars as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

1934		Lightning Strikes Twice as Dugan
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		Strictly Fresh Yeggs as Policeman
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		Sailor's Luck as Cop
1933		King of the Jungle as Cop (uncredited)
1933		The Crime of the Century as Police Guard (uncredited)

1932		Boys Will Be Boys as Doorman
1932		If I Had a Million as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
1932		Red Haired Alibi as Corcoran
1932		Yoo-Hoo as Detective
1932		Speak Easily as Process Server
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		Young Donovan's Kid as Collins
1931		Subway Express as Detective Kearney
1931		Scandal Sheet as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
1931		The Naughty Flirt as Policeman (uncredited)

1930		Going Wild as The Conductor
1930		Only Saps Work as Murphy (uncredited)
1930		She Got What She Wanted
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 Casey
1930		The Girl Said No as Policeman
1930		Wide Open as Detective
1930		Murder on the Roof as Ryan
1930		The Woman Racket as Police Captain

1929		Smiling Irish Eyes as County Fair Manager
1929		The Donovan Affair as Carney
1929		Wrong Again
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		Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath as Detective
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		There Ain't No Santa Claus as Store Detective (uncredited)
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		The Uneasy Three
1925		Seven Sinners as Policeman
1925		Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925		Little Annie Rooney as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1925		The Lawful Cheater as Tom Horan
1925		Paths to Paradise as Confederate
1925		Friendly Enemies
1925		Excuse Me as George Ketchem

1924		The Yankee Consul as Agent John J. Doyle
1924		The Night Hawk

1923		Lights Out as Decker
1923		Bag and Baggage as Fred
1923		The Eleventh Hour as The Submarine Commander
1923		Souls for Sale as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
1923		Lovebound as Detective Hahn

1922		Captain Fly-by-Night as Gomez
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		There Are No Villains as Dugall
1921		The Last Card as Detective (uncredited)
1921		Puppets of Fate as Bobs

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		A Society Sensation as JIm Cox
1918		The Empty Cab as The Detective

1917

The Honor of an Outlaw as The Deputy

1914		Arms and the Gringo
1914		Silent Sandy as Silent Sandy

1911

A Left Hook

Directing

1917		Six-Shooter Justice as Director
1917		The Wrong Man as Director
1917		The Golden Bullet as Director
1917		The Mysterious Outlaw as Director
1917		The Almost Good Man as Director
1917		A 44-Calibre Mystery as Director
1917		The Honor of an Outlaw as Director
1917		The Fighting Gringo as Director
1917		Goin' Straight as Director
1917		The Drifter as Director
1917		The Outlaw and the Lady as Director
1917		The Bad Man of Cheyenne as Director
1917		Blood Money as Director

1916		The Black Terror as Director
1916		Brothers Equal as Director
1916		The Nymph as Director

1915		The Pretender as Director
1915		Station Content as Director
1915		Her Buried Past as Director

1914		The Exposure as Director
1914		Over the Ledge as Director

Writing

1917		The Honor of an Outlaw as Scenario Writer
1917		Hair-Trigger Burke as Scenario Writer
1917		Goin' Straight as Scenario Writer
1917		The Outlaw and the Lady as Scenario Writer
1917		The Bad Man of Cheyenne as Writer