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