Fred Kelsey
Acting
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Acting Credits
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Directed
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...
Known For
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Doc Jones (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
Party Guest (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
Audience Member (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Old Watchman (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Mildred Pierce
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Filmography
Westbound
1959
as Townsman (uncredited)
Auntie Mame
1958
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
1957
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
1957
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
1956
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Serenade
1956
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding
1955
as Townsman (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
1955
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Illegal
1955
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
1954
as Silversmith (uncredited)
Lucky Me
1954
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Outlaw's Son
1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
1954
as Townsman (uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954
as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Racing Blood
1954
as Smithy
Crime Wave
1953
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Murder Without Tears
1953
as Sergeant-at-Arms
So You Think You Can't Sleep
1953
as Sleeping patient in waiting room
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953
as Restaurant diner
Hans Christian Andersen
1952
as Gendarme #1
Springfield Rifle
1952
as Barfly (uncredited)
Room for One More
1952
O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
My Six Convicts
1952
as Store Detective
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
Carson City
1952
as Townsman (uncredited)
Strop, Look and Listen
1952
as Pierpont Alloy
Storm Warning
1951
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Enforcer
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
1951
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951
as Doc Jones (uncredited)
Revenue Agent
1950
as Sgt. Wallace
So You Want a Raise
1950
So You Think You're Not Guilty
1950
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Backfire
1950
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
The Damned Don't Cry
1950
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
1950
as Guard (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
1949
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
1949
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
The Inspector General
1949
as Villager (uncredited)
Dancing in the Dark
1949
as Deputy
Homicide
1949
as Officer O'Brien
The Fountainhead
1949
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
1949
as Delivery Man
So You Want to Be an Actor
1949
as Counter Man
The Noose Hangs High
1948
as Cop (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
1948
as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
Silver River
1948
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
1947
as Courtroom Spectator
Nora Prentiss
1947
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Hiss and Yell
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
Andy Plays Hookey
1946
as Policeman
Detour to Danger
1946
as Det. Kelsey
A Stolen Life
1946
as Bartender (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
1946
as Fred
Three Strangers
1946
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
as Detective (uncredited)
Night and Day
1946
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
The Man I Love
1946
as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
The People's Choice
1946
Monkey Businessmen
1946
as Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
Frontier Days
1945
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
1945
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
If a Body Meets a Body
1945
as Detective
Christmas in Connecticut
1945
as Harper (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
1945
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Snooper Service
1945
How DOooo You Do
1945
as Detective
Come Out Fighting
1945
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945
as Lefert
Roaring Guns
1944
Trial by Trigger
1944
as Jerry (uncredited)
Crime by Night
1944
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
1944
as Turnkey
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944
as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
1943
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Murder on the Waterfront
1943
as Capt. Beal
A Gem of a Jam
1943
as Police Chief
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
1943
as Policeman
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Food and Magic
1943
One Dangerous Night
1943
as Detective Dickens
Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Joe (uncredited)
True to Life
1943
as Cop (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
1943
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942
as Policeman (uncredited)
Counter-Espionage
1942
as Dickens
Murder in the Big House
1942
as "Screw"
My Favorite Blonde
1942
as Sam - Policeman
Lady Gangster
1942
as Policeman (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
1942
as Bronson
Bullet Scars
1942
as Police Chief Hansen
X Marks the Spot
1942
as Police Officer Martin
Gentleman Jim
1942
as Sutro (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942
as Jailer
Spy Ship
1942
as Night Watchman
I Was Framed
1942
as Drunk
Dear! Deer!
1942
as Policeman
In This Our Life
1942
as Jailer (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
as Detective Dickens
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941
as Wesley Dickens
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941
as Police Sergeant
Invisible Ghost
1941
as Detective Ryan
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney
1941
as Officer McCloskey
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Cop
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941
as Detective (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
1941
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940
as Dickens
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940
as Dickens
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940
as Dickens
Mutiny in the County
1940
as Policeman
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Bailiff
Deadwood Dick
1940
as Bottles
Misbehaving Husbands
1940
as Sgt. Murphy
The Golden Fleecing
1940
as Cop (uncredited)
The Green Archer
1940
as Capt. Thompson
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940
as Jim - Detective
High School
1940
as Junk Man
Moving Vanities
1939
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Tiny Troubles
1939
as Judge
Tell No Tales
1939
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939
as Agitator
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
as Pete - Railroad Detective
Chicken Wagon Family
1939
as Policeman
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Clock Wise
1939
as Landlord
Too Busy to Work
1939
as Hank Fidler
Josette
1938
as Hotel Detective
Night Spot
1938
as Police Band Leader
Everybody's Doing It
1938
as Police Sergeant
Straight, Place and Show
1938
as Cop at Racetrack
Berth Quakes
1938
as Train Conductor
Safety in Numbers
1938
as Cop
Down on the Farm
1938
as Bit Role
Many Sappy Returns
1938
as Finnegan
Love Is News
1937
as Cop (uncredited)
Super-Sleuth
1937
as Jailer
That I May Live
1937
as Abner Jenkins
Love and Hisses
1937
as Officer
The Lady Escapes
1937
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
Time Out for Romance
1937
as Policeman
One Mile from Heaven
1937
as Smitty - Policeman
Big Business
1937
as Oil Man at Well
Slave Ship
1937
as Seaman at Auction
Angel's Holiday
1937
as Conductor
Borrowing Trouble
1937
as Policeman
She Had to Eat
1937
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
Wild and Woolly
1937
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936
as First Detective
At Sea Ashore
1936
as Cop (uncredited)
High Tension
1936
as Desk Sergeant
The Witness Chair
1936
as Detective Costigan
Private Number
1936
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
The Garden Murder Case
1936
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
One Frightened Night
1935
as Sheriff Jenks
Danger Ahead
1935
as Detective O'Brien
Atlantic Adventure
1935
as Police Officer Riley
A Notorious Gentleman
1935
as Detective
Death Flies East
1935
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
Hot Money
1935
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
Horses' Collars
1935
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
1935
as Horsley's Secretary
Carnival
1935
as Bit Part
The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935
as Hank Polk
The Public Menace
1935
as Mike - Cop
Twentieth Century
1934
as Train Detective (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor
1934
as Bloodgood
The Moth
1934
as Detective Blake
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934
as Dugan
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934
as Policeman
I'll Be Suing You
1934
as Insurance Adjustor
I'll Tell the World
1934
as Sergeant at Border
Rough Necking
1934
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
Among the Missing
1934
as Police Sgt. Murphy
School for Girls
1934
as Detective
Beloved
1934
as Mulvaney
The Crime of the Century
1933
as Police Guard (uncredited)
King of the Jungle
1933
as Cop (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
1933
as Train Conductor
Sailor's Luck
1933
as Cop
The Bowery
1933
as Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933
as Murphy
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933
as Detective Jones (uncredited)
The Iceman's Ball
1932
as Police Sergeant
If I Had a Million
1932
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Discarded Lovers
1932
as Delaney
Love in High Gear
1932
as Detective Duffy
Guilty as Hell
1932
as Detective Duffy
Red Haired Alibi
1932
as Corcoran
Huddle
1932
as Policeman (uncredited)
Yoo-Hoo
1932
as Detective
Boys Will Be Boys
1932
as Doorman
Shopping with Wifie
1932
as Det. Dugan
Speak Easily
1932
as Process Server
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
as Cop (uncredited)
Subway Express
1931
as Detective Kearney
Side Show
1931
as Sheriff Hornsby
Scandal Sheet
1931
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Young Donovan's Kid
1931
as Collins
The Naughty Flirt
1931
as Policeman (uncredited)
She Got What She Wanted
1930
Scarlet Pages
1930
as Murphy
The Woman Racket
1930
as Police Captain
Wide Open
1930
as Detective
The Girl Said No
1930
as Policeman
Road to Paradise
1930
as Casey
Going Wild
1930
as The Conductor
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
Only Saps Work
1930
as Murphy (uncredited)
Men Without Law
1930
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Murder on the Roof
1930
as Ryan
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930
as Self - Tour Guide
The Donovan Affair
1929
as Carney
The Faker
1929
as Police Detective
Wrong Again
1929
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929
as County Fair Manager
The Wright Idea
1928
as M. T. Flatt
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928
as Detective
Tenderloin
1928
as Detective Simpson
Harold Teen
1928
as Mr. Lovewell
While the City Sleeps
1928
as Detective in Shadow Box
On Trial
1928
as Clerk
Naughty Baby
1928
as Dugan
The Last Warning
1928
as Inspector
A Woman of Affairs
1928
as Detective (uncredited)
Plastered in Paris
1928
A Midnight Adventure
1928
as Cassidy
Soft Cushions
1927
as The Police
Jewish Prudence
1927
as Rent Collector
The Gorilla
1927
as Mulligan
The Thirteenth Hour
1927
as Det. Shaw
The 13th Juror
1927
as The Detective
Orchids and Ermine
1927
as Police Sergeant
Held by the Law
1927
as Detective
That's My Baby
1926
as Murphy
Say It with Babies
1926
as Policeman
Atta Boy
1926
as Detective
Bromo and Juliet
1926
as The Detective (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox
1926
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
The Third Degree
1926
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
Dog Shy
1926
as Cop
The Mystery Pilot
1926
as Skipper Larsen
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926
as Store Detective (uncredited)
The Social Highwayman
1926
as Chief of Police
Friendly Enemies
1925
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925
The Uneasy Three
1925
Little Annie Rooney
1925
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Paths to Paradise
1925
as Confederate
Seven Sinners
1925
as Policeman
Excuse Me
1925
as George Ketchem
The Lawful Cheater
1925
as Tom Horan
Youth and Adventure
1925
as Red Mullin
Smooth as Satin
1925
as Kersey
The Yankee Consul
1924
as Agent John J. Doyle
The Night Hawk
1924
Traffic in Hearts
1924
as Tim Tracy
Lights Out
1923
as Decker
Lovebound
1923
as Detective Hahn
Souls for Sale
1923
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
The Eleventh Hour
1923
as The Submarine Commander
Bag and Baggage
1923
as Fred
Deserted at the Altar
1922
as The Other Man
One Clear Call
1922
as Starnes
Manslaughter
1922
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Don't Shoot
1922
as Police Officer
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922
as Gomez
The Song of Life
1922
as Police Inspector
South of Suva
1922
as Karl Swartz
The Last Card
1921
as Detective (uncredited)
There Are No Villains
1921
as Dugall
Puppets of Fate
1921
as Bobs
The Off-Shore Pirate
1921
as Sailor
The Match-Breaker
1921
as Detective
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Third Generation
1920
as Brody
The Silk Lined Burglar
1919
as Capt. von Hoffmeier
The Light of Victory
1919
as Captain Eric von Prohme
The Fire Flingers
1919
as Sgt. Powers
The Empty Cab
1918
as The Detective
The Yellow Dog
1918
as Max Kummich
A Society Sensation
1918
as JIm Cox
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
as The Deputy
Arms and the Gringo
1914
Silent Sandy
1914
as Silent Sandy
A Left Hook
1911