Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

1884-08-20 Sandusky, Ohio, USA Male 282 Known Credits

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.

Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-08-20

Place of Birth

Sandusky, Ohio, USA

Known Credits

282

Known For

Acting

Also Known As

Fred Kelsy, F. A. Kelsey , F.A. Kelsey , Fred A. Kelsey , Fred. A. Kelsey , H. Kelsley, Frederick Alvin Kelsey

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Known For Movies

Known For TV Shows

Movie Credits

While the City Sleeps

1928

Detective in Shadow Box

Danger Ahead

1935

Detective O'Brien

True to Life

1943

Cop (uncredited)

A Woman of Affairs

1928

Detective (uncredited)

Frontier Days

1945

Mayor Stone (uncredited)

O. Henry's Full House

1952

Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

A Star Is Born

1954

Audience Member (uncredited)

Held by the Law

1927

Detective

Make Your Own Bed

1944

Turnkey

Love in High Gear

1932

Detective Duffy

So You Want to Be a Musician

1953

Restaurant diner

The Last Warning

1928

Inspector

Three Strangers

1946

Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)

Crime Wave

1953

Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)

To Catch a Thief

1955

Party Guest (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

1941

Detective Dickens

Jewish Prudence

1927

Rent Collector

So You Think You're Not Guilty

1950

Police Turnkey (uncredited)

Come Out Fighting

1945

Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)

The Flame and the Arrow

1950

Guard (uncredited)

Mildred Pierce

1945

Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

The Last Card

1921

Detective (uncredited)

Christmas in Connecticut

1945

Harper (uncredited)

The Green Archer

1940

Capt. Thompson

Men Without Law

1930

Deputy Sheriff Jeff

The Crime of the Century

1933

Police Guard (uncredited)

Trial by Trigger

1944

Jerry (uncredited)

The Inspector General

1949

Villager (uncredited)

Boys Will Be Boys

1932

Doorman

Little Annie Rooney

1925

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Say It with Babies

1926

Policeman

So You Want to Enjoy Life

1952

Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)

How DOooo You Do

1945

Detective

There Ain't No Santa Claus

1926

Store Detective (uncredited)

Secrets of the Lone Wolf

1941

Wesley Dickens

The Garden Murder Case

1936

Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

Northern Pursuit

1943

Train Conductor (uncredited)

She Had to Eat

1937

Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire Out West

1940

Jim - Detective

X Marks the Spot

1942

Police Officer Martin

The Noose Hangs High

1948

Cop (uncredited)

The Song of Life

1922

Police Inspector

Revenue Agent

1950

Sgt. Wallace

Silver River

1948

Townsman (uncredited)

Yoo-Hoo

1932

Detective

So You Want an Apartment

1948

Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)

The Light of Victory

1919

Captain Eric von Prohme

The Iceman's Ball

1932

Police Sergeant

Tell No Tales

1939

Policeman at School (uncredited)

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

1930

Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

1949

Old Watchman (uncredited)

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

1950

Lamb - Curry's Partner

The Man I Love

1946

Mac the Doorman (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

1944

Cop in Raid (uncredited)

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

Detective (uncredited)

Detour to Danger

1946

Det. Kelsey

Many Sappy Returns

1938

Finnegan

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

1942

Policeman (uncredited)

The Little Red Schoolhouse

1936

First Detective

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

1954

Mr. Watson (uncredited)

Counter-Espionage

1942

Dickens

One Foot in Heaven

1941

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Hiss and Yell

1946

Policeman (uncredited)

Love and Hisses

1937

Officer

Chicken Wagon Family

1939

Policeman

The Silver Chalice

1954

Silversmith (uncredited)

So You Think You Can't Sleep

1953

Sleeping patient in waiting room

Gentleman Jim

1942

Sutro (uncredited)

The Lawful Cheater

1925

Tom Horan

Private Number

1936

Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)

Angel's Holiday

1937

Conductor

Mr. District Attorney

1941

Officer McCloskey

Bullet Scars

1942

Police Chief Hansen

The Unfaithful

1947

Courtroom Spectator

The Eleventh Hour

1923

The Submarine Commander

High Tension

1936

Desk Sergeant

Tiny Troubles

1939

Judge

The Girl Said No

1930

Policeman

Strangers on a Train

1951

Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)

A Gem of a Jam

1943

Police Chief

The Third Degree

1926

Assistant Chief of Detectives

Flamingo Road

1949

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Down on the Farm

1938

Bit Role

Andy Plays Hookey

1946

Policeman

Don't Shoot

1922

Police Officer

If I Had a Million

1932

Prison Jailer (uncredited)

Silent Sandy

1914

Silent Sandy

Action in the North Atlantic

1943

Joe (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye

1946

Policeman (uncredited)

Springfield Rifle

1952

Barfly (uncredited)

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

1939

Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

Wide Open

1930

Detective

Straight, Place and Show

1938

Cop at Racetrack

Shopping with Wifie

1932

Det. Dugan

The Empty Cab

1918

The Detective

Invisible Ghost

1941

Detective Ryan

Seven Sinners

1925

Policeman

Backfire

1950

Fight Fan (uncredited)

Among the Missing

1934

Police Sgt. Murphy

School for Girls

1934

Detective

South of Suva

1922

Karl Swartz

Everybody's Doing It

1938

Police Sergeant

Auntie Mame

1958

Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

Wild and Woolly

1937

Policeman (uncredited)

Time Out for Romance

1937

Policeman

The Bowery

1933

Detective Kelsey (uncredited)

Riding Shotgun

1954

Townsman (uncredited)

The Fire Flingers

1919

Sgt. Powers

Illegal

1955

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

One Mile from Heaven

1937

Smitty - Policeman

Colorado Territory

1949

Train Engineer (uncredited)

Moving Vanities

1939

Police Officer (uncredited)

The Honor of an Outlaw

1917

The Deputy

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

1932

Cop (uncredited)

Crazy Like a Fox

1926

Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)

Going Wild

1930

The Conductor

Mutiny in the County

1940

Policeman

Red Haired Alibi

1932

Corcoran

I'll Be Suing You

1934

Insurance Adjustor

Diamond Jim

1935

Horsley's Secretary

Charlie Chan in Reno

1939

Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

The Lady Escapes

1937

Man on telephone (uncredited)

Paths to Paradise

1925

Confederate

Beloved

1934

Mulvaney

Nora Prentiss

1947

Turnkey (uncredited)

Side Show

1931

Sheriff Hornsby

Lucky Me

1954

Passerby on Street (uncredited)

Night and Day

1946

First-Nighter (uncredited)

Love Is News

1937

Cop (uncredited)

Goodbye, My Fancy

1951

Party Guest (Uncredited)

So You Want to Play the Horses

1946

Detective (uncredited)

One Clear Call

1922

Starnes

Shine on Harvest Moon

1944

Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)

Deserted at the Altar

1922

The Other Man

Serenade

1956

Opera Attendee (uncredited)

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

1934

Policeman

Night Spot

1938

Police Band Leader

One Frightened Night

1935

Sheriff Jenks

They Died with Their Boots On

1941

Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

1943

Policeman

The Gorilla

1927

Mulligan

Alias Jimmy Valentine

1920

Bit Part (uncredited)

Big Business

1937

Oil Man at Well

Westbound

1959

Townsman (uncredited)

Orchids and Ermine

1927

Police Sergeant

Lights Out

1923

Decker

I'll Tell the World

1934

Sergeant at Border

Hot Money

1935

Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)

The Helen Morgan Story

1957

Night Club Patron (uncredited)

The Crime Doctor

1934

Bloodgood

Tall Man Riding

1955

Townsman (uncredited)

The 13th Juror

1927

The Detective

Atta Boy

1926

Detective

Dog Shy

1926

Cop

That I May Live

1937

Abner Jenkins

The Opposite Sex

1956

Club Patron (uncredited)

Carson City

1952

Townsman (uncredited)

In This Our Life

1942

Jailer (uncredited)

The Public Menace

1935

Mike - Cop

Excuse Me

1925

George Ketchem

The Damned Don't Cry

1950

Man on Dock (uncredited)

Huddle

1932

Policeman (uncredited)

Soft Cushions

1927

The Police

Larceny, Inc.

1942

Bronson

Manslaughter

1922

Member of the Jury (uncredited)

Crime by Night

1944

Dad Martin (uncredited)

Borrowing Trouble

1937

Policeman

Youth and Adventure

1925

Red Mullin

Hans Christian Andersen

1952

First Gendarme

Atlantic Adventure

1935

Police Officer Riley

Saratoga Trunk

1945

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Bromo and Juliet

1926

The Detective (uncredited)

Lady Gangster

1942

Policeman (uncredited)

Rough Necking

1934

Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.

Carnival

1935

Bit Part

Josette

1938

Hotel Detective

Subway Express

1931

Detective Kearney

Slave Ship

1937

Seaman at Auction

A Stolen Life

1946

Bartender (uncredited)

Storm Warning

1951

Townsman (uncredited)

Twentieth Century

1934

Train Detective (uncredited)

Souls for Sale

1923

Detective Quinn (uncredited)

Super-Sleuth

1937

Jailer

Scandal Sheet

1931

Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy

Tenderloin

1928

Detective Simpson

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

1957

Barfly (uncredited)

The Witness Chair

1936

Detective Costigan

Guilty as Hell

1932

Detective Duffy

Lovebound

1923

Detective Hahn

My Favorite Blonde

1942

Sam - Policeman

My Six Convicts

1952

Store Detective

Discarded Lovers

1932

Delaney

The Thirteenth Hour

1927

Det. Shaw

Old Acquaintance

1943

Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

Death Flies East

1935

Police Lieutenant O'Brien

The Naughty Flirt

1931

Policeman (uncredited)

Clock Wise

1939

Landlord

Homicide

1949

Officer O'Brien

Only Saps Work

1930

Murphy (uncredited)

Speak Easily

1932

Process Server

Scarlet Pages

1930

Murphy

Smiling Irish Eyes

1929

County Fair Manager

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)

King of the Jungle

1933

Cop (uncredited)

Quiet Please!

1933

Train Conductor

I Was Framed

1942

Drunk

One Dangerous Night

1943

Detective Dickens

Horses' Collars

1935

Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

High School

1940

Junk Man

On Trial

1928

Clerk

Deadwood Dick

1940

Bottles

Naughty Baby

1928

Dugan

Harold Teen

1928

Mr. Lovewell

At the Stroke of Twelve

1941

Police Sergeant

Murder Without Tears

1953

Sergeant-at-Arms

The Faker

1929

Police Detective

Too Busy to Work

1939

Hank Fidler

The Golden Fleecing

1940

Cop (uncredited)

Misbehaving Husbands

1940

Sgt. Murphy

Spy Ship

1942

Night Watchman

The Mystery Pilot

1926

Skipper Larsen

The Yellow Dog

1918

Max Kummich

At Sea Ashore

1936

Cop (uncredited)

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

1939

Pete - Railroad Detective

The Moth

1934

Detective Blake

The Yankee Consul

1924

Agent John J. Doyle

The Silk Lined Burglar

1919

Capt. von Hoffmeier

Berth Quakes

1938

Train Conductor

The Woman Racket

1930

Police Captain

That's My Baby

1926

Murphy

Dear! Deer!

1942

Policeman

The Wright Idea

1928

M. T. Flatt

The Match-Breaker

1921

Detective

TV Credits

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

1951

Doc Jones (uncredited) (1 episodes)

Movie Production Credits

The Pretender

Director

1915

The Wrong Man

Director

1917

Six-Shooter Justice

Director

1917

The Golden Bullet

Director

1917

Over the Ledge

Director

1914

The Almost Good Man

Director

1917

The Drifter

Director

1917

The Fighting Gringo

Director

1917

Blood Money

Director

1917

The Nymph

Director

1916

Station Content

Director

1915

Hair-Trigger Burke

Scenario Writer

1917

The Black Terror

Director

1916

The Purple Lily

Director

1918

Her Buried Past

Director

1915

Goin' Straight

Director

1917

The Exposure

Director

1914

Brothers Equal

Director

1916

The Fugitive

Director

1917

TV Production Credits

No TV production credits available.