Fred Kelsey
315 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 20, 1884
- Died
- Sep 2, 1961 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Sandusky, Ohio, USA
- Also known as
- Fred Kelsy · F. A. Kelsey · F.A. Kelsey · Fred A. 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.
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Known for
Fred Kelsey: movies and TV shows
Acting (293)
- 1959 Westbound
as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1958 Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
- 1957 The Helen Morgan Story
as Night Club Patron (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 Illegal
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1955 To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1955 Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1954
- 1954 The Silver Chalice
as Silversmith (uncredited)
- 1954 So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
- 1954 A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1954 Lucky Me
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
- 1954 Riding Shotgun
as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1954 Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
- 1954 Racing Blood
as Smithy
- 1953 So You Think You Can't Sleep
as Sleeping patient in waiting room
- 1953 Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
- 1953 Murder Without Tears
as Sergeant-at-Arms
- 1953 So You Want to Be a Musician
as Restaurant diner
- 1952 Hans Christian Andersen
as Gendarme #1
- 1952 Strop, Look and Listen
as Pierpont Alloy
- 1952 Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)
- 1952 O. Henry's Full House
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
- 1952 Carson City
as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1952 So You Want to Enjoy Life
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1952 My Six Convicts
as Store Detective
- 1952
- 1951 Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
- 1951 Goodbye, My Fancy
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
- 1951
- 1951
- 1951 Storm Warning
as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1950 Revenue Agent
as Sgt. Wallace
- 1950
- 1950 The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
- 1950 So You Want to Hold Your Husband
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
- 1950 The Damned Don't Cry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
- 1950 So You Think You're Not Guilty
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
- 1950 Backfire
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
- 1949 The Inspector General
as Villager (uncredited)
- 1949 So You Want to Be an Actor
as Counter Man
- 1949 Dancing in the Dark
as Deputy
- 1949 So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
as Delivery Man
- 1949 The Fountainhead
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
- 1949 Colorado Territory
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
- 1949 Flamingo Road
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1949 Homicide
as Officer O'Brien
- 1948 Silver River
as Townsman (uncredited)
- 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
- 1946 The Man I Love
as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
- 1946 Andy Plays Hookey
as Policeman
- 1946
- 1946 Never Say Goodbye
as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1946 So You Want to Play the Horses
as Detective (uncredited)
- 1946 Night and Day
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
- 1946 Monkey Businessmen
as Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
- 1946 A Stolen Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1946 Hiss and Yell
as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1946 Three Strangers
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
- 1946 Detour to Danger
as Det. Kelsey
- 1945 How DOooo You Do
as Detective
- 1945 Frontier Days
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
- 1945 Saratoga Trunk
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1945 Mildred Pierce
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
- 1945 Come Out Fighting
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
- 1945 If a Body Meets a Body
as Detective
- 1945 Christmas in Connecticut
as Harper (uncredited)
- 1945
- 1945 The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Lefert
- 1944 Crime by Night
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
- 1944 Make Your Own Bed
as Turnkey
- 1944 Trial by Trigger
as Jerry (uncredited)
- 1944 Mr. Skeffington
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
- 1944 Shine on Harvest Moon
as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
- 1944
- 1943 A Gem of a Jam
as Police Chief
- 1943 True to Life
as Cop (uncredited)
- 1943 Old Acquaintance
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
- 1943
- 1943 Northern Pursuit
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
- 1943 Murder on the Waterfront
as Capt. Beal
- 1943 Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Policeman
- 1943 Action in the North Atlantic
as Joe (uncredited)
- 1943 One Dangerous Night
as Detective Dickens
- 1942 Gentleman Jim
as Sutro (uncredited)
- 1942 X Marks the Spot
as Police Officer Martin
- 1942 Dear! Deer!
as Policeman
- 1942 Counter-Espionage
as Dickens
- 1942 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1942 Spy Ship
as Night Watchman
- 1942 In This Our Life
as Jailer (uncredited)
- 1942 Larceny, Inc.
as Bronson
- 1942 Murder in the Big House
as "Screw"
- 1942 I Was Framed
as Drunk
- 1942 My Favorite Blonde
as Sam - Policeman
- 1942 Lady Gangster
as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1942 Bullet Scars
as Police Chief Hansen
- 1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Jailer
- 1941 Pacific Blackout
as Cop
- 1941 The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Detective (uncredited)
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
- 1941 At the Stroke of Twelve
as Police Sergeant
- 1941 Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Wesley Dickens
- 1941 One Foot in Heaven
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1941 Invisible Ghost
as Detective Ryan
- 1941 Mr. District Attorney
as Officer McCloskey
- 1941 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Detective Dickens
- 1940 Misbehaving Husbands
as Sgt. Murphy
- 1940 The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Dickens
- 1940 Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Jim - Detective
- 1940 The Green Archer
as Capt. Thompson
- 1940 The Golden Fleecing
as Cop (uncredited)
- 1940 Deadwood Dick
as Bottles
- 1940 The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Dickens
- 1940 Mutiny in the County
as Policeman
- 1940 The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Dickens
- 1940 High School
as Junk Man
- 1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Bailiff
- 1939 Too Busy to Work
as Hank Fidler
- 1939 Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Pete - Railroad Detective
- 1939 Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
- 1939 Chicken Wagon Family
as Policeman
- 1939 Charlie Chan in Reno
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1939 Tell No Tales
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
- 1939 Moving Vanities
as Police Officer (uncredited)
- 1939 Clock Wise
as Landlord
- 1939 Rough Riders' Round-up
as Agitator
- 1939 Tiny Troubles
as Judge
- 1938 Down on the Farm
as Bit Role
- 1938 Straight, Place and Show
as Cop at Racetrack
- 1938 Many Sappy Returns
as Finnegan
- 1938 Josette
as Hotel Detective
- 1938 Safety in Numbers
as Cop
- 1938 Berth Quakes
as Train Conductor
- 1938 Night Spot
as Police Band Leader
- 1938 Everybody's Doing It
as Police Sergeant
- 1937 Love and Hisses
as Officer
- 1937 Borrowing Trouble
as Policeman
- 1937 That I May Live
as Abner Jenkins
- 1937 One Mile from Heaven
as Smitty - Policeman
- 1937 The Lady Escapes
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
- 1937 Wild and Woolly
as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1937 Super-Sleuth
as Jailer
- 1937 She Had to Eat
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
- 1937 Big Business
as Oil Man at Well
- 1937 Slave Ship
as Seaman at Auction
- 1937 Angel's Holiday
as Conductor
- 1937 Love Is News
as Cop (uncredited)
- 1937 Time Out for Romance
as Policeman
- 1936 High Tension
as Desk Sergeant
- 1936 Private Number
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
- 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 The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Hank Polk
- 1935 Hot Money
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
- 1935 The Public Menace
as Mike - Cop
- 1935 Diamond Jim
as Horsley's Secretary
- 1935 Atlantic Adventure
as Police Officer Riley
- 1935 Danger Ahead
as Detective O'Brien
- 1935 One Frightened Night
as Sheriff Jenks
- 1935 Death Flies East
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
- 1935 Carnival
as Bit Part
- 1935 A Notorious Gentleman
as Detective
- 1935 Horses' Collars
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
- 1934 Lightning Strikes Twice
as Dugan
- 1934 Among the Missing
as Police Sgt. Murphy
- 1934 I'll Be Suing You
as Insurance Adjustor
- 1934 Twentieth Century
as Train Detective (uncredited)
- 1934 Rough Necking
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
- 1934 I'll Tell the World
as Sergeant at Border
- 1934 Strictly Fresh Yeggs
as Policeman
- 1934 School for Girls
as Detective
- 1934 The Crime Doctor
as Bloodgood
- 1934 Beloved
as Mulvaney
- 1934 The Moth
as Detective Blake
- 1933 Shadows of Sing Sing
as Murphy
- 1933 The Bowery
as Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
- 1933 Quiet Please!
as Train Conductor
- 1933 Gold Diggers of 1933
as Detective Jones (uncredited)
- 1933 Sailor's Luck
as Cop
- 1933 King of the Jungle
as Cop (uncredited)
- 1933 The Crime of the Century
as Police Guard (uncredited)
- 1932 Boys Will Be Boys
as Doorman
- 1932 If I Had a Million
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
- 1932 Red Haired Alibi
as Corcoran
- 1932 Yoo-Hoo
as Detective
- 1932 Speak Easily
as Process Server
- 1932 The Iceman's Ball
as Police Sergeant
- 1932 Guilty as Hell
as Detective Duffy
- 1932 Huddle
as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1932 Love in High Gear
as Detective Duffy
+ 93 more credits
Behind the camera (24)
- 1918 The Purple Lily
Director
- 1917 Six-Shooter Justice
Director
- 1917 The Wrong Man
Director
- 1917 The Golden Bullet
Director
- 1917 The Mysterious Outlaw
Director
- 1917 The Almost Good Man
Director
- 1917 A 44-Calibre Mystery
Director
- 1917 The Honor of an Outlaw
Director, Scenario Writer
- 1917 Hair-Trigger Burke
Scenario Writer
- 1917 The Fighting Gringo
Director
- 1917 Goin' Straight
Director, Scenario Writer
- 1917 The Drifter
Director
- 1917 The Outlaw and the Lady
Director, Scenario Writer
- 1917 The Fugitive
Director, Producer
- 1917 The Bad Man of Cheyenne
Director, Writer
- 1917 Blood Money
Director
- 1916 The Black Terror
Director
- 1916 Brothers Equal
Director
- 1916 The Nymph
Director
- 1915 The Pretender
Director
- 1915 Station Content
Director
- 1915 Her Buried Past
Director
- 1914 The Exposure
Director
- 1914 Over the Ledge
Director
Talk shows and appearances (1)
- 1930