Fred Kelsey
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1884-08-20 (77 years old)
Deathday
1961-09-02
Place of Birth
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Also known As
Fred Kelsy
F. A. Kelsey
F.A. Kelsey
Fred A. Kelsey
Fred. A. Kelsey
H. Kelsley
Frederick Alvin Kelsey
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.
Acting
1942
as Policeman (uncredited)
1950
as Sgt. Wallace
1937
as Cop (uncredited)
1926
as Murphy
1934
as Train Detective (uncredited)
1927
as The Police
1924
as Agent John J. Doyle
1949
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1931
as Detective Kearney
1929
as Carney
1923
as Decker
1935
as Sheriff Jenks
1939
as Police Officer (uncredited)
1920
as Bit Part (uncredited)
1918
as The Detective
1925
1932
as Police Sergeant
1945
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
1922
as The Other Man
1952
as First Gendarme
1922
as Starnes
1923
as Detective Hahn
1927
as Rent Collector
1934
as Bloodgood
1942
as Dickens
1944
1944
as Jerry (uncredited)
1951
as Townsman (uncredited)
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
1941
as Detective Dickens
1955
as Townsman (uncredited)
1943
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1952
as Barfly (uncredited)
1954
as Silversmith (uncredited)
1945
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1922
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
1949
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
1921
as Detective (uncredited)
1917
as The Deputy
1950
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
1945
as Detective
1932
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
1932
as Delaney
1942
as "Screw"
1941
as Wesley Dickens
1937
as Jailer
1937
as Abner Jenkins
1935
as Detective O'Brien
1930
as Murphy
1934
as Detective Blake
1934
as Dugan
1943
as Capt. Beal
1955
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1954
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
1945
as Harper (uncredited)
1936
as First Detective
1926
as Policeman
1928
as M. T. Flatt
1950
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
1955
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1931
as Sheriff Hornsby
1933
as Police Guard (uncredited)
1932
as Detective Duffy
1935
as Police Officer Riley
1934
as Policeman
1928
as Detective
1930
as Police Captain
1942
as Sam - Policeman
1943
as Police Chief
1930
as Detective
1930
as Casey
1930
as Policeman
1932
as Detective Duffy
1922
as Police Officer
1959
as Townsman (uncredited)
1914
as Silent Sandy
1935
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
1946
as Policeman
1942
as Policeman (uncredited)
1939
as Judge
1919
as Capt. von Hoffmeier
1942
as Bronson
1921
as Dugall
1918
as Max Kummich
1942
as Police Chief Hansen
1929
as Police Detective
1928
as Detective Simpson
1935
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
1928
as Mr. Lovewell
1942
as Police Officer Martin
1936
as Cop (uncredited)
1923
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
1932
as Corcoran
1946
as Det. Kelsey
1924
1934
as Insurance Adjustor
1937
as Officer
1938
as Hotel Detective
1938
as Police Band Leader
1934
as Sergeant at Border
1928
as Detective in Shadow Box
1939
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
1938
as Police Sergeant
1951
1931
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
1930
as The Conductor
1922
as Gomez
1927
as Mulligan
1954
as Audience Member (uncredited)
1930
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
1930
as Murphy (uncredited)
1933
as Cop (uncredited)
1923
as The Submarine Commander
1939
as Agitator
1939
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1937
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
1939
as Pete - Railroad Detective
1939
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
1939
as Policeman
1933
as Train Conductor
1925
1952
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
1946
as Bartender (uncredited)
1940
as Dickens
1940
as Dickens
1940
as Dickens
1940
as Policeman
1954
1940
as Bailiff
1953
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1945
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
1943
as Policeman
1925
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1945
1944
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
1933
as Cop
1936
as Desk Sergeant
1937
as Policeman
1934
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
1926
as Detective
1929
1940
as Bottles
1958
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
1932
as Policeman (uncredited)
1940
as Sgt. Murphy
1935
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
1937
as Smitty - Policeman
1942
as Sutro (uncredited)
1940
as Cop (uncredited)
1944
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
1940
as Capt. Thompson
1941
as Police Sergeant
1950
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
1943
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
1932
as Detective
1925
as Confederate
1950
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
1946
as Policeman (uncredited)
1937
as Oil Man at Well
1935
as Horsley's Secretary
1936
as Detective Costigan
1925
as Policeman
1941
as Detective Ryan
1926
as The Detective (uncredited)
1935
as Bit Part
1926
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
1942
as Jailer
1941
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
1928
as Clerk
1928
as Dugan
1945
as Detective
1943
1937
as Seaman at Auction
1938
as Cop at Racetrack
1940
as Jim - Detective
1937
as Conductor
1939
as Landlord
1941
as Officer McCloskey
1941
as Cop
1940
as Junk Man
1942
as Night Watchman
1942
as Drunk
1928
as Inspector
1931
as Collins
1938
as Train Conductor
1942
as Policeman
1943
as Detective Dickens
1943
as Joe (uncredited)
1946
1928
as Detective (uncredited)
1937
as Policeman
1938
as Cop
1938
as Bit Role
1939
as Hank Fidler
1943
as Cop (uncredited)
1943
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
1947
as Courtroom Spectator
1946
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub
1956
as Club Patron (uncredited)
1932
as Doorman
1918
as JIm Cox
1949
as Villager (uncredited)
1946
as Detective (uncredited)
1934
as Police Sgt. Murphy
1944
as Turnkey
1926
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
1949
as Deputy
1927
as Det. Shaw
1949
as Officer O'Brien
1949
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
1922
as Police Inspector
1952
as Store Detective
1931
as Policeman (uncredited)
1937
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
1948
as Cop (uncredited)
1927
as The Detective
1941
as Detective (uncredited)
1956
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
1921
as Bobs
1954
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
1934
as Detective
1919
as Captain Eric von Prohme
1951
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
1942
as Jailer (uncredited)
1950
as Guard (uncredited)
1932
as Det. Dugan
1952
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
1936
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
1937
as Policeman (uncredited)
1948
as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
1945
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
1936
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
1930
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
1925
as George Ketchem
1934
as Mulvaney
1911
1925
as Tom Horan
1935
as Hank Polk
1935
as Mike - Cop
1945
as Lefert
1938
as Finnegan
1941
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
1926
as Cop
1919
as Sgt. Powers
1930
as Ryan
1926
as Skipper Larsen
1923
as Fred
1929
as County Fair Manager
1926
as Store Detective (uncredited)
1947
as Turnkey (uncredited)
1946
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
1949
as Delivery Man
1953
as Sergeant-at-Arms
1949
as Counter Man
1946
as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
1953
as Sleeping patient in waiting room
1953
as Restaurant diner
1951
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1932
as Process Server
1927
as Police Sergeant
1930
as Self - Tour Guide
1922
as Karl Swartz
Production
1914
as Director
1914
as Director
1915
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Writer
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Director
1917
as Scenario Writer
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Director
1916
as Director
1916
as Director
1916
as Director
1915
as Director
1915
as Director
1917
as Director
1917
as Producer
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