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)
(1956)
The Opposite Sex
as Club Patron (uncredited)
(1956)
Serenade
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
(1955)
To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1955)
Illegal
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
(1955)
Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1954)
A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited)
(1954)
The Silver Chalice
as Silversmith (uncredited)
(1954)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
(1954)
Lucky Me
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
(1954)
(1953)
Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
(1953)
Murder Without Tears
as Sergeant-at-Arms
(1953)
So You Think You Can't Sleep
as Sleeping patient in waiting room
(1953)
So You Want to Be a Musician
as Restaurant diner
(1952)
O. Henry's Full House
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
(1952)
My Six Convicts
as Store Detective
(1952)
Hans Christian Andersen
as First Gendarme
(1952)
(1952)
Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)
(1952)
So You Want to Enjoy Life
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
(1951)
Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
(1951)
(1951)
Storm Warning
as Townsman (uncredited)
(1951)
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
(1950)
The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
(1950)
The Damned Don't Cry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
(1950)
Backfire
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
(1950)
Revenue Agent
as Sgt. Wallace
(1950)
So You Think You're Not Guilty
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
(1950)
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
(1950)
(1949)
The Fountainhead
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
(1949)
The Inspector General
as Villager (uncredited)
(1949)
Colorado Territory
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
(1949)
Flamingo Road
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1949)
Dancing in the Dark
as Deputy
(1949)
Homicide
as Officer O'Brien
(1949)
So You Want to Be an Actor
as Counter Man
(1949)
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
as Delivery Man
(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)
Night and Day
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
(1946)
A Stolen Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
(1946)
Three Strangers
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub
(1946)
Never Say Goodbye
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
The Man I Love
as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
(1946)
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Detective (uncredited)
(1946)
Hiss and Yell
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1946)
(1946)
Detour to Danger
as Det. Kelsey
(1946)
Andy Plays Hookey
as Policeman
(1945)
Christmas in Connecticut
as Harper (uncredited)
(1945)
Mildred Pierce
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
(1945)
Saratoga Trunk
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1945)
If a Body Meets a Body
as Detective
(1945)
The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Lefert
(1945)
Come Out Fighting
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
(1945)
How DOooo You Do
as Detective
(1945)
Frontier Days
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
(1945)
(1944)
Mr. Skeffington
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
(1944)
Crime by Night
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
(1944)
Trial by Trigger
as Jerry (uncredited)
(1944)
Make Your Own Bed
as Turnkey
(1944)
(1943)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
(1943)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Joe (uncredited)
(1943)
Northern Pursuit
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1943)
Old Acquaintance
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
(1943)
True to Life
as Cop (uncredited)
(1943)
A Gem of a Jam
as Police Chief
(1943)
One Dangerous Night
as Detective Dickens
(1943)
Murder on the Waterfront
as Capt. Beal
(1943)
(1943)
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Policeman
(1942)
Lady Gangster
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1942)
In This Our Life
as Jailer (uncredited)
(1942)
Gentleman Jim
as Sutro (uncredited)
(1942)
Larceny, Inc.
as Bronson
(1942)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Jailer
(1942)
Murder in the Big House
as "Screw"
(1942)
Bullet Scars
as Police Chief Hansen
(1942)
X Marks the Spot
as Police Officer Martin
(1942)
My Favorite Blonde
as Sam - Policeman
(1942)
I Was Framed
as Drunk
(1942)
Spy Ship
as Night Watchman
(1942)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1942)
Counter-Espionage
as Dickens
(1942)
Dear! Deer!
as Policeman
(1941)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
(1941)
Invisible Ghost
as Detective Ryan
(1941)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Detective (uncredited)
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
(1941)
Pacific Blackout
as Cop
(1941)
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Wesley Dickens
(1941)
Mr. District Attorney
as Officer McCloskey
(1941)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Detective Dickens
(1941)
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Police Sergeant
(1940)
The Golden Fleecing
as Cop (uncredited)
(1940)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Bailiff
(1940)
High School
as Junk Man
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Dickens
(1940)
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Jim - Detective
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Dickens
(1940)
Deadwood Dick
as Bottles
(1940)
The Green Archer
as Capt. Thompson
(1940)
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Dickens
(1940)
Misbehaving Husbands
as Sgt. Murphy
(1940)
Mutiny in the County
as Policeman
(1939)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
(1939)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Pete - Railroad Detective
(1939)
Tell No Tales
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
(1939)
Charlie Chan in Reno
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1939)
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Agitator
(1939)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Policeman
(1939)
Clock Wise
as Landlord
(1939)
Too Busy to Work
as Hank Fidler
(1939)
Moving Vanities
as Police Officer (uncredited)
(1939)
Tiny Troubles
as Judge
(1938)
Night Spot
as Police Band Leader
(1938)
Josette
as Hotel Detective
(1938)
Down on the Farm
as Bit Role
(1938)
Everybody's Doing It
as Police Sergeant
(1938)
Straight, Place and Show
as Cop at Racetrack
(1938)
Safety in Numbers
as Cop
(1938)
Many Sappy Returns
as Finnegan
(1938)
Berth Quakes
as Train Conductor
(1937)
Slave Ship
as Seaman at Auction
(1937)
Love and Hisses
as Officer
(1937)
One Mile from Heaven
as Smitty - Policeman
(1937)
Time Out for Romance
as Policeman
(1937)
Love Is News
as Cop (uncredited)
(1937)
Wild and Woolly
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1937)
Angel's Holiday
as Conductor
(1937)
Super-Sleuth
as Jailer
(1937)
The Lady Escapes
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
(1937)
Borrowing Trouble
as Policeman
(1937)
She Had to Eat
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
(1937)
Big Business
as Oil Man at Well
(1937)
That I May Live
as Abner Jenkins
(1936)
Private Number
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
(1936)
High Tension
as Desk Sergeant
(1936)
The Garden Murder Case
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
(1936)
The Witness Chair
as Detective Costigan
(1936)
At Sea Ashore
as Cop (uncredited)
(1936)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as First Detective
(1935)
Danger Ahead
as Detective O'Brien
(1935)
Atlantic Adventure
as Police Officer Riley
(1935)
Diamond Jim
as Horsley's Secretary
(1935)
Carnival
as Bit Part
(1935)
One Frightened Night
as Sheriff Jenks
(1935)
The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Hank Polk
(1935)
The Public Menace
as Mike - Cop
(1935)
Death Flies East
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
(1935)
Horses' Collars
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
(1935)
Hot Money
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
(1935)
(1934)
Twentieth Century
as Train Detective (uncredited)
(1934)
Among the Missing
as Police Sgt. Murphy
(1934)
Lightning Strikes Twice
as Dugan
(1934)
The Crime Doctor
as Bloodgood
(1934)
I'll Tell the World
as Sergeant at Border
(1934)
Beloved
as Mulvaney
(1934)
School for Girls
as Detective
(1934)
Rough Necking
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
(1934)
I'll Be Suing You
as Insurance Adjustor
(1934)
The Moth
as Detective Blake
(1934)
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
as Policeman
(1933)
The Crime of the Century
as Police Guard (uncredited)
(1933)
King of the Jungle
as Cop (uncredited)
(1933)
Sailor's Luck
as Cop
(1933)
Quiet Please!
as Train Conductor
(1932)
If I Had a Million
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
(1932)
Guilty as Hell
as Detective Duffy
(1932)
Huddle
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1932)
Speak Easily
as Process Server
(1932)
Red Haired Alibi
as Corcoran
(1932)
The Iceman's Ball
as Police Sergeant
(1932)
Discarded Lovers
as Delaney
(1932)
Boys Will Be Boys
as Doorman
(1932)
Love in High Gear
as Detective Duffy
(1932)
Yoo-Hoo
as Detective
(1932)
Shopping with Wifie
as Det. Dugan
(1931)
Scandal Sheet
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
(1931)
Young Donovan's Kid
as Collins
(1931)
The Naughty Flirt
as Policeman (uncredited)
(1931)
Side Show
as Sheriff Hornsby
(1931)
Subway Express
as Detective Kearney
(1930)
Scarlet Pages
as Murphy
(1930)
Wide Open
as Detective
(1930)
Men Without Law
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
(1930)
Only Saps Work
as Murphy (uncredited)
(1930)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
(1930)
Going Wild
as The Conductor
(1930)
Road to Paradise
as Casey
(1930)
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self - Tour Guide
(1930)
The Girl Said No
as Policeman
(1930)
The Woman Racket
as Police Captain
(1930)
Murder on the Roof
as Ryan
(1930)
(1929)
(1929)
The Faker
as Police Detective
(1929)
Smiling Irish Eyes
as County Fair Manager
(1929)
The Donovan Affair
as Carney
(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)
The Last Warning
as Inspector
(1928)
On Trial
as Clerk
(1928)
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as Detective
(1928)
Tenderloin
as Detective Simpson
(1928)
Naughty Baby
as Dugan
(1928)
(1928)
The Wright Idea
as M. T. Flatt
(1927)
Orchids and Ermine
as Police Sergeant
(1927)
The Gorilla
as Mulligan
(1927)
The Thirteenth Hour
as Det. Shaw
(1927)
The 13th Juror
as The Detective
(1927)
Jewish Prudence
as Rent Collector
(1927)
Soft Cushions
as The Police
(1926)
That's My Baby
as Murphy
(1926)
The Third Degree
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
(1926)
There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Store Detective (uncredited)
(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)
Dog Shy
as Cop
(1926)
Atta Boy
as Detective
(1926)
The Mystery Pilot
as Skipper Larsen
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
(1925)
(1925)
Paths to Paradise
as Confederate
(1925)
Seven Sinners
as Policeman
(1925)
(1925)
The Lawful Cheater
as Tom Horan
(1925)
Excuse Me
as George Ketchem
(1925)
(1924)
(1924)
The Yankee Consul
as Agent John J. Doyle
(1923)
Souls for Sale
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
(1923)
Lights Out
as Decker
(1923)
The Eleventh Hour
as The Submarine Commander
(1923)
Lovebound
as Detective Hahn
(1923)
Bag and Baggage
as Fred
(1922)
Manslaughter
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
(1922)
Deserted at the Altar
as The Other Man
(1922)
The Song of Life
as Police Inspector
(1922)
South of Suva
as Karl Swartz
(1922)
One Clear Call
as Starnes
(1922)
Don't Shoot
as Police Officer
(1922)
Captain Fly-by-Night
as Gomez
(1921)
Puppets of Fate
as Bobs
(1921)
There Are No Villains
as Dugall
(1921)
The Last Card
as Detective (uncredited)
(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)
A Society Sensation
as JIm Cox
(1918)
The Yellow Dog
as Max Kummich
(1918)
The Empty Cab
as The Detective
(1917)
The Honor of an Outlaw
as The Deputy
(1914)
(1914)
Silent Sandy
as Silent Sandy
(1911)
Crew
(1917)
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Writer, Director
(1917)
The Outlaw and the Lady
Scenario Writer, Director
(1917)
Goin' Straight
Scenario Writer, Director
(1917)
The Drifter
Director
(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 Wrong Man
Director
(1917)
The Mysterious Outlaw
Director
(1917)
The Golden Bullet
Director
(1917)
The Fighting Gringo
Director
(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