Fred Kelsey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1884-08-20
Day of Death
1961-09-02 (77 years old)
Place of Birth
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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
Acting
(1959)
Westbound
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1958)
Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
(1957)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1956)
Serenade
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
(1956)
The Opposite Sex
as Club Patron (uncredited)
(1955)
To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1955)
Illegal
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1955)
Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1954)
Riding Shotgun
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
as Silversmith (uncredited)
(1954)
A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited)
(1954)
Lucky Me
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
(1954)
(1954)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
(1953)
Murder Without Tears
as Sergeant-at-Arms
(1953)
Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
(1953)
So You Want to Be a Musician
as Restaurant diner
(1953)
So You Think You Can't Sleep
as Sleeping patient in waiting room
(1952)
My Six Convicts
as Store Detective
(1952)
Hans Christian Andersen
as First Gendarme
(1952)
O. Henry's Full House
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
(1952)
Carson City
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1952)
(1952)
Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1952)
So You Want to Enjoy Life
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
(1951)
Storm Warning
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1951)
Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
(1951)
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
(1951)
(1950)
Backfire
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
(1950)
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
(1950)
The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
(1950)
(1950)
So You Think You're Not Guilty
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
(1950)
The Damned Don't Cry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
(1950)
Revenue Agent
as Sgt. Wallace
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
(1949)
The Inspector General
as Villager (uncredited)
(1949)
Homicide
as Officer O'Brien
(1949)
Flamingo Road
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1949)
Colorado Territory
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
as Deputy
(1949)
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
as Delivery Man
(1949)
So You Want to Be an Actor
as Counter Man
(1948)
Silver River
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1948)
The Noose Hangs High
as Cop (uncredited)
(1948)
So You Want an Apartment
as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
(1947)
Nora Prentiss
as Turnkey (uncredited)
(1947)
The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
(1946)
(1946)
Detour to Danger
as Det. Kelsey
(1946)
Never Say Goodbye
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
Three Strangers
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
(1946)
Andy Plays Hookey
as Policeman
(1946)
The Man I Love
as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
(1946)
Night and Day
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
(1946)
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Detective (uncredited)
(1946)
Hiss and Yell
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
A Stolen Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1945)
Mildred Pierce
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
(1945)
Christmas in Connecticut
as Harper (uncredited)
(1945)
If a Body Meets a Body
as Detective
(1945)
Saratoga Trunk
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1945)
Frontier Days
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
(1945)
(1945)
How DOooo You Do
as Detective
(1945)
Come Out Fighting
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
(1945)
The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Lefert
(1944)
Trial by Trigger
as Jerry (uncredited)
(1944)
Make Your Own Bed
as Turnkey
(1944)
(1944)
Crime by Night
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
(1944)
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
(1943)
Old Acquaintance
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
(1943)
Northern Pursuit
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Cop (uncredited)
(1943)
One Dangerous Night
as Detective Dickens
(1943)
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Policeman
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
(1943)
A Gem of a Jam
as Police Chief
(1943)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Joe (uncredited)
(1943)
(1943)
Murder on the Waterfront
as Capt. Beal
(1942)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Jailer
(1942)
Lady Gangster
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1942)
X Marks the Spot
as Police Officer Martin
(1942)
Gentleman Jim
as Sutro (uncredited)
(1942)
Counter-Espionage
as Dickens
(1942)
Murder in the Big House
as "Screw"
(1942)
Bullet Scars
as Police Chief Hansen
(1942)
Larceny, Inc.
as Bronson
(1942)
I Was Framed
as Drunk
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Jailer (uncredited)
(1942)
My Favorite Blonde
as Sam - Policeman
(1942)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1942)
Dear! Deer!
as Policeman
(1942)
Spy Ship
as Night Watchman
(1941)
Invisible Ghost
as Detective Ryan
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1941)
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Wesley Dickens
(1941)
Pacific Blackout
as Cop
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
(1941)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Detective Dickens
(1941)
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Police Sergeant
(1941)
Mr. District Attorney
as Officer McCloskey
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Detective (uncredited)
(1940)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Jim - Detective
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Dickens
(1940)
High School
as Junk Man
(1940)
Misbehaving Husbands
as Sgt. Murphy
(1940)
Mutiny in the County
as Policeman
(1940)
The Green Archer
as Capt. Thompson
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Dickens
(1940)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Bailiff
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Dickens
(1940)
The Golden Fleecing
as Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
Deadwood Dick
as Bottles
(1939)
Moving Vanities
as Police Officer (uncredited)
(1939)
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Agitator
(1939)
Too Busy to Work
as Hank Fidler
(1939)
Tiny Troubles
as Judge
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
(1939)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Policeman
(1939)
Clock Wise
as Landlord
(1939)
Charlie Chan in Reno
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1939)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
(1939)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Pete - Railroad Detective
(1938)
Many Sappy Returns
as Finnegan
(1938)
Safety in Numbers
as Cop
(1938)
Josette
as Hotel Detective
(1938)
Night Spot
as Police Band Leader
(1938)
Straight, Place and Show
as Cop at Racetrack
(1938)
Down on the Farm
as Bit Role
(1938)
Everybody's Doing It
as Police Sergeant
(1938)
Berth Quakes
as Train Conductor
(1937)
Borrowing Trouble
as Policeman
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Seaman at Auction
(1937)
She Had to Eat
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
(1937)
Big Business
as Oil Man at Well
(1937)
One Mile from Heaven
as Smitty - Policeman
(1937)
The Lady Escapes
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
(1937)
That I May Live
as Abner Jenkins
(1937)
Time Out for Romance
as Policeman
(1937)
Super-Sleuth
as Jailer
(1937)
Love and Hisses
as Officer
(1937)
Angel's Holiday
as Conductor
(1937)
Love Is News
as Cop (uncredited)
(1937)
Wild and Woolly
as Policeman (uncredited)
(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)
(1936)
The Witness Chair
as Detective Costigan
(1936)
High Tension
as Desk Sergeant
(1936)
Private Number
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Horsley's Secretary
(1935)
The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Hank Polk
(1935)
Atlantic Adventure
as Police Officer Riley
(1935)
Death Flies East
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
(1935)
Horses' Collars
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
(1935)
Carnival
as Bit Part
(1935)
A Notorious Gentleman
as Detective
(1935)
Danger Ahead
as Detective O'Brien
(1935)
The Public Menace
as Mike - Cop
(1935)
Hot Money
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
(1935)
One Frightened Night
as Sheriff Jenks
(1934)
Twentieth Century
as Train Detective (uncredited)
(1934)
Lightning Strikes Twice
as Dugan
(1934)
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
as Policeman
(1934)
Beloved
as Mulvaney
(1934)
I'll Be Suing You
as Insurance Adjustor
(1934)
The Moth
as Detective Blake
(1934)
Among the Missing
as Police Sgt. Murphy
(1934)
School for Girls
as Detective
(1934)
The Crime Doctor
as Bloodgood
(1934)
Rough Necking
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
(1934)
I'll Tell the World
as Sergeant at Border
(1933)
Quiet Please!
as Train Conductor
(1933)
The Crime of the Century
as Police Guard (uncredited)
(1933)
Sailor's Luck
as Cop
(1933)
King of the Jungle
as Cop (uncredited)
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
(1932)
Discarded Lovers
as Delaney
(1932)
Speak Easily
as Process Server
(1932)
Yoo-Hoo
as Detective
(1932)
Shopping with Wifie
as Det. Dugan
(1932)
The Iceman's Ball
as Police Sergeant
(1932)
Guilty as Hell
as Detective Duffy
(1932)
Love in High Gear
as Detective Duffy
(1932)
Huddle
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1932)
Boys Will Be Boys
as Doorman
(1932)
Red Haired Alibi
as Corcoran
(1931)
Subway Express
as Detective Kearney
(1931)
Scandal Sheet
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
(1931)
Side Show
as Sheriff Hornsby
(1931)
Young Donovan's Kid
as Collins
(1931)
The Naughty Flirt
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1930)
The Woman Racket
as Police Captain
(1930)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self - Tour Guide
(1930)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
(1930)
Scarlet Pages
as Murphy
(1930)
Going Wild
as The Conductor
(1930)
Road to Paradise
as Casey
(1930)
The Girl Said No
as Policeman
(1930)
Murder on the Roof
as Ryan
(1930)
Only Saps Work
as Murphy (uncredited)
(1930)
Wide Open
as Detective
(1930)
Men Without Law
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
(1930)
(1929)
(1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes
as County Fair Manager
(1929)
The Donovan Affair
as Carney
(1929)
The Faker
as Police Detective
(1928)
Tenderloin
as Detective Simpson
(1928)
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as Detective
(1928)
The Last Warning
as Inspector
(1928)
(1928)
A Woman of Affairs
as Detective (uncredited)
(1928)
Harold Teen
as Mr. Lovewell
(1928)
While the City Sleeps
as Detective in Shadow Box
(1928)
Naughty Baby
as Dugan
(1928)
On Trial
as Clerk
(1928)
The Wright Idea
as M. T. Flatt
(1927)
The 13th Juror
as The Detective
(1927)
The Thirteenth Hour
as Det. Shaw
(1927)
Orchids and Ermine
as Police Sergeant
(1927)
The Gorilla
as Mulligan
(1927)
Jewish Prudence
as Rent Collector
(1927)
Soft Cushions
as The Police
(1926)
The Mystery Pilot
as Skipper Larsen
(1926)
The Third Degree
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
(1926)
Say It with Babies
as Policeman
(1926)
Atta Boy
as Detective
(1926)
There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Store Detective (uncredited)
(1926)
Crazy Like a Fox
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
(1926)
That's My Baby
as Murphy
(1926)
Bromo and Juliet
as The Detective (uncredited)
(1926)
Dog Shy
as Cop
(1925)
Youth and Adventure
as Red Mullin
(1925)
Seven Sinners
as Policeman
(1925)
(1925)
The Lawful Cheater
as Tom Horan
(1925)
Paths to Paradise
as Confederate
(1925)
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1925)
Excuse Me
as George Ketchem
(1925)
(1924)
The Yankee Consul
as Agent John J. Doyle
(1924)
(1923)
Bag and Baggage
as Fred
(1923)
Lights Out
as Decker
(1923)
Lovebound
as Detective Hahn
(1923)
The Eleventh Hour
as The Submarine Commander
(1923)
Souls for Sale
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
(1922)
Manslaughter
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
(1922)
Captain Fly-by-Night
as Gomez
(1922)
South of Suva
as Karl Swartz
(1922)
The Song of Life
as Police Inspector
(1922)
Don't Shoot
as Police Officer
(1922)
Deserted at the Altar
as The Other Man
(1922)
One Clear Call
as Starnes
(1921)
The Last Card
as Detective (uncredited)
(1921)
There Are No Villains
as Dugall
(1921)
Puppets of Fate
as Bobs
(1920)
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Bit Part (uncredited)
(1919)
The Silk Lined Burglar
as Capt. von Hoffmeier
(1919)
The Fire Flingers
as Sgt. Powers
(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)
Silent Sandy
as Silent Sandy
(1914)
(1911)
Crew
(1917)
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Director, Writer
(1917)
The Outlaw and the Lady
Director, Scenario Writer
(1917)
The Drifter
Director
(1917)
Goin' Straight
Director, Scenario Writer
(1917)
Hair-Trigger Burke
Scenario Writer
(1917)
The Honor of an Outlaw
Director, Scenario Writer
(1917)
A 44-Calibre Mystery
Director
(1917)
The Almost Good Man
Director
(1917)
Six-Shooter Justice
Director
(1917)
Blood Money
Director
(1917)
The Mysterious Outlaw
Director
(1917)
The Golden Bullet
Director
(1917)
The Wrong Man
Director
(1917)
The Fighting Gringo
Director
(1917)
The Fugitive
Director, Producer
(1916)
The Black Terror
Director
(1916)
Brothers Equal
Director
(1916)
The Nymph
Director
(1915)
Station Content
Director
(1915)
The Pretender
Director
(1915)
Her Buried Past
Director
(1914)
Over the Ledge
Director
(1914)
The Exposure
Director