Fred Kelsey
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.
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Movies (316)
Westbound
1959 · Townsman (uncredited)
Auntie Mame
1958 · Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
1957 · Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
1957 · Barfly (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
1956 · Club Patron (uncredited)
Serenade
1956 · Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Illegal
1955 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
1955 · Party Guest (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding
1955 · Townsman (uncredited)
Outlaw's Son
1954
The Silver Chalice
1954 · Silversmith (uncredited)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954 · Mr. Watson (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
1954 · Audience Member (uncredited)
Lucky Me
1954 · Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
1954 · Townsman (uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
1954 · Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Racing Blood
1954 · Smithy
So You Think You Can't Sleep
1953 · Sleeping patient in waiting room
Crime Wave
1953 · Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Murder Without Tears
1953 · Sergeant-at-Arms
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953 · Restaurant diner
Hans Christian Andersen
1952 · Gendarme #1
Strop, Look and Listen
1952 · Pierpont Alloy
Springfield Rifle
1952 · Barfly (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House
1952 · Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Carson City
1952 · Townsman (uncredited)
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952 · Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
My Six Convicts
1952 · Store Detective
Room for One More
1952
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
1951 · Party Guest (Uncredited)
The Enforcer
1951
Storm Warning
1951 · Townsman (uncredited)
Revenue Agent
1950 · Sgt. Wallace
So You Want a Raise
1950
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · Guard (uncredited)
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950 · Lamb - Curry's Partner
The Damned Don't Cry
1950 · Man on Dock (uncredited)
So You Think You're Not Guilty
1950 · Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Backfire
1950 · Fight Fan (uncredited)
The Inspector General
1949 · Villager (uncredited)
So You Want to Be an Actor
1949 · Counter Man
Dancing in the Dark
1949 · Deputy
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
1949 · Delivery Man
The Fountainhead
1949 · Old Watchman (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
1949 · Train Engineer (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
1949 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
Homicide
1949 · Officer O'Brien
Silver River
1948 · Townsman (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
1948 · Cop (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
1948 · Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
1947 · Courtroom Spectator
Nora Prentiss
1947 · Turnkey (uncredited)
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
1946 · Fred
The Man I Love
1946 · Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
Andy Plays Hookey
1946 · Policeman
The People's Choice
1946
Never Say Goodbye
1946 · Policeman (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946 · Detective (uncredited)
Night and Day
1946 · First-Nighter (uncredited)
Monkey Businessmen
1946 · Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
1946 · Bartender (uncredited)
Hiss and Yell
1946 · Policeman (uncredited)
Three Strangers
1946 · Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
Detour to Danger
1946 · Det. Kelsey
How DOooo You Do
1945 · Detective
Frontier Days
1945 · Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
1945 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
1945 · Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
Come Out Fighting
1945 · Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
If a Body Meets a Body
1945 · Detective
Christmas in Connecticut
1945 · Harper (uncredited)
Snooper Service
1945
The Strange Mr. Gregory
1945 · Lefert
Crime by Night
1944 · Dad Martin (uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
1944 · Turnkey
Trial by Trigger
1944 · Jerry (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
1944 · Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944 · Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
Roaring Guns
1944
A Gem of a Jam
1943 · Police Chief
True to Life
1943 · Cop (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
1943 · Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Food and Magic
1943
Northern Pursuit
1943 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943 · Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
Murder on the Waterfront
1943 · Capt. Beal
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
1943 · Policeman
Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Joe (uncredited)
One Dangerous Night
1943 · Detective Dickens
Gentleman Jim
1942 · Sutro (uncredited)
X Marks the Spot
1942 · Police Officer Martin
Dear! Deer!
1942 · Policeman
Counter-Espionage
1942 · Dickens
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942 · Policeman (uncredited)
Spy Ship
1942 · Night Watchman
In This Our Life
1942 · Jailer (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
1942 · Bronson
Murder in the Big House
1942 · "Screw"
I Was Framed
1942 · Drunk
My Favorite Blonde
1942 · Sam - Policeman
Lady Gangster
1942 · Policeman (uncredited)
Bullet Scars
1942 · Police Chief Hansen
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Jailer
Pacific Blackout
1941 · Cop
The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Detective (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
At the Stroke of Twelve
1941 · Police Sergeant
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
1941 · Wesley Dickens
One Foot in Heaven
1941 · Train Conductor (uncredited)
Invisible Ghost
1941 · Detective Ryan
Mr. District Attorney
1941 · Officer McCloskey
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941 · Detective Dickens
Misbehaving Husbands
1940 · Sgt. Murphy
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
1940 · Dickens
Mexican Spitfire Out West
1940 · Jim - Detective
The Green Archer
1940 · Capt. Thompson
The Golden Fleecing
1940 · Cop (uncredited)
Deadwood Dick
1940 · Bottles
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940 · Dickens
Mutiny in the County
1940 · Policeman
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940 · Dickens
High School
1940 · Junk Man
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940 · Bailiff
Too Busy to Work
1939 · Hank Fidler
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939 · Pete - Railroad Detective
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
1939 · Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Chicken Wagon Family
1939 · Policeman
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939 · Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Tell No Tales
1939 · Policeman at School (uncredited)
Moving Vanities
1939 · Police Officer (uncredited)
Clock Wise
1939 · Landlord
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939 · Agitator
Tiny Troubles
1939 · Judge
Down on the Farm
1938 · Bit Role
Straight, Place and Show
1938 · Cop at Racetrack
Many Sappy Returns
1938 · Finnegan
Josette
1938 · Hotel Detective
Safety in Numbers
1938 · Cop
Berth Quakes
1938 · Train Conductor
Night Spot
1938 · Police Band Leader
Everybody's Doing It
1938 · Police Sergeant
Love and Hisses
1937 · Officer
Borrowing Trouble
1937 · Policeman
That I May Live
1937 · Abner Jenkins
One Mile from Heaven
1937 · Smitty - Policeman
The Lady Escapes
1937 · Man on telephone (uncredited)
Wild and Woolly
1937 · Policeman (uncredited)
Super-Sleuth
1937 · Jailer
She Had to Eat
1937 · Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
Big Business
1937 · Oil Man at Well
Slave Ship
1937 · Seaman at Auction
Angel's Holiday
1937 · Conductor
Love Is News
1937 · Cop (uncredited)
Time Out for Romance
1937 · Policeman
High Tension
1936 · Desk Sergeant
Private Number
1936 · Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
The Witness Chair
1936 · Detective Costigan
At Sea Ashore
1936 · Cop (uncredited)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936 · First Detective
The Garden Murder Case
1936 · Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935 · Hank Polk
Hot Money
1935 · Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
The Public Menace
1935 · Mike - Cop
Diamond Jim
1935 · Horsley's Secretary
Atlantic Adventure
1935 · Police Officer Riley
Danger Ahead
1935 · Detective O'Brien
One Frightened Night
1935 · Sheriff Jenks
Death Flies East
1935 · Police Lieutenant O'Brien
Carnival
1935 · Bit Part
A Notorious Gentleman
1935 · Detective
Horses' Collars
1935 · Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
Lightning Strikes Twice
1934 · Dugan
Among the Missing
1934 · Police Sgt. Murphy
I'll Be Suing You
1934 · Insurance Adjustor
Twentieth Century
1934 · Train Detective (uncredited)
Rough Necking
1934 · Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
I'll Tell the World
1934 · Sergeant at Border
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
1934 · Policeman
School for Girls
1934 · Detective
The Crime Doctor
1934 · Bloodgood
Beloved
1934 · Mulvaney
The Moth
1934 · Detective Blake
Shadows of Sing Sing
1933 · Murphy
The Bowery
1933 · Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
1933 · Train Conductor
Gold Diggers of 1933
1933 · Detective Jones (uncredited)
Sailor's Luck
1933 · Cop
King of the Jungle
1933 · Cop (uncredited)
The Crime of the Century
1933 · Police Guard (uncredited)
Boys Will Be Boys
1932 · Doorman
If I Had a Million
1932 · Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Red Haired Alibi
1932 · Corcoran
Yoo-Hoo
1932 · Detective
Speak Easily
1932 · Process Server
The Iceman's Ball
1932 · Police Sergeant
Guilty as Hell
1932 · Detective Duffy
Huddle
1932 · Policeman (uncredited)
Love in High Gear
1932 · Detective Duffy
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932 · Cop (uncredited)
Shopping with Wifie
1932 · Det. Dugan
Discarded Lovers
1932 · Delaney
Side Show
1931 · Sheriff Hornsby
Young Donovan's Kid
1931 · Collins
Subway Express
1931 · Detective Kearney
Scandal Sheet
1931 · Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Naughty Flirt
1931 · Policeman (uncredited)
Going Wild
1930 · The Conductor
Only Saps Work
1930 · Murphy (uncredited)
She Got What She Wanted
1930
Men Without Law
1930 · Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Scarlet Pages
1930 · Murphy
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
1930 · Self - Tour Guide
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
1930 · Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
Road to Paradise
1930 · Casey
The Girl Said No
1930 · Policeman
Wide Open
1930 · Detective
Murder on the Roof
1930 · Ryan
The Woman Racket
1930 · Police Captain
Smiling Irish Eyes
1929 · County Fair Manager
The Donovan Affair
1929 · Carney
Wrong Again
1929
The Faker
1929 · Police Detective
The Last Warning
1928 · Inspector
Naughty Baby
1928 · Dugan
A Woman of Affairs
1928 · Detective (uncredited)
On Trial
1928 · Clerk
Plastered in Paris
1928
The Wright Idea
1928 · M. T. Flatt
A Midnight Adventure
1928 · Cassidy
Harold Teen
1928 · Mr. Lovewell
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928 · Detective
Tenderloin
1928 · Detective Simpson
While the City Sleeps
1928 · Detective in Shadow Box
The Gorilla
1927 · Mulligan
The 13th Juror
1927 · The Detective
The Thirteenth Hour
1927 · Det. Shaw
Soft Cushions
1927 · The Police
Jewish Prudence
1927 · Rent Collector
Held by the Law
1927 · Detective
Orchids and Ermine
1927 · Police Sergeant
There Ain't No Santa Claus
1926 · Store Detective (uncredited)
The Third Degree
1926 · Assistant Chief of Detectives
Atta Boy
1926 · Detective
Bromo and Juliet
1926 · The Detective (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox
1926 · Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
Say It with Babies
1926 · Policeman
The Social Highwayman
1926 · Chief of Police
The Mystery Pilot
1926 · Skipper Larsen
That's My Baby
1926 · Murphy
Dog Shy
1926 · Cop
The Uneasy Three
1925
Seven Sinners
1925 · Policeman
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925
Little Annie Rooney
1925 · Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Lawful Cheater
1925 · Tom Horan
Paths to Paradise
1925 · Confederate
Smooth as Satin
1925 · Kersey
Friendly Enemies
1925
Excuse Me
1925 · George Ketchem
Youth and Adventure
1925 · Red Mullin
Traffic in Hearts
1924 · Tim Tracy
The Yankee Consul
1924 · Agent John J. Doyle
The Night Hawk
1924
Lights Out
1923 · Decker
Bag and Baggage
1923 · Fred
The Eleventh Hour
1923 · The Submarine Commander
Souls for Sale
1923 · Detective Quinn (uncredited)
Lovebound
1923 · Detective Hahn
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922 · Gomez
Deserted at the Altar
1922 · The Other Man
Manslaughter
1922 · Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Don't Shoot
1922 · Police Officer
South of Suva
1922 · Karl Swartz
One Clear Call
1922 · Starnes
The Song of Life
1922 · Police Inspector
There Are No Villains
1921 · Dugall
The Match-Breaker
1921 · Detective
The Last Card
1921 · Detective (uncredited)
Puppets of Fate
1921 · Bobs
The Off-Shore Pirate
1921 · Sailor
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920 · Bit Part (uncredited)
The Third Generation
1920 · Brody
The Fire Flingers
1919 · Sgt. Powers
The Silk Lined Burglar
1919 · Capt. von Hoffmeier
The Light of Victory
1919 · Captain Eric von Prohme
The Yellow Dog
1918 · Max Kummich
A Society Sensation
1918 · JIm Cox
The Empty Cab
1918 · The Detective
The Purple Lily
1918 · Director
Six-Shooter Justice
1917 · Director
The Wrong Man
1917 · Director
The Golden Bullet
1917 · Director
The Mysterious Outlaw
1917 · Director
The Almost Good Man
1917 · Director
A 44-Calibre Mystery
1917 · Director
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917 · The Deputy, Director, Scenario Writer
Hair-Trigger Burke
1917 · Scenario Writer
The Fighting Gringo
1917 · Director
Goin' Straight
1917 · Director, Scenario Writer
The Drifter
1917 · Director
The Outlaw and the Lady
1917 · Director, Scenario Writer
The Fugitive
1917 · Director, Producer
The Bad Man of Cheyenne
1917 · Director, Writer
Blood Money
1917 · Director
The Black Terror
1916 · Director
Brothers Equal
1916 · Director
The Nymph
1916 · Director
The Pretender
1915 · Director
Station Content
1915 · Director
Her Buried Past
1915 · Director
The Exposure
1914 · Director
Over the Ledge
1914 · Director
Arms and the Gringo
1914
Silent Sandy
1914 · Silent Sandy
A Left Hook
1911
