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Fred Kelsey
Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

ActingBorn August 20, 1884Died September 2, 1961 (age 77)Sandusky, Ohio, USA

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.

Filmography

1959
Westbound

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1958
Auntie Mame

as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

Movie
1957
The Helen Morgan Story

as Night Club Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1957
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

as Barfly (uncredited)

Movie
1956
The Opposite Sex

as Club Patron (uncredited)

Movie
1956
Serenade

as Opera Attendee (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Illegal

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1955
To Catch a Thief

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Tall Man Riding

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1954Movie
1954
The Silver Chalice

as Silversmith (uncredited)

Movie
1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives

as Mr. Watson (uncredited)

Movie
1954
A Star Is Born

as Audience Member (uncredited)

Movie
1954
Lucky Me

as Passerby on Street (uncredited)

Movie
1954
Riding Shotgun

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1954
Phantom of the Rue Morgue

as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1954
Racing Blood

as Smithy

Movie
1953
So You Think You Can't Sleep

as Sleeping patient in waiting room

Movie
1953
Crime Wave

as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)

Movie
1953
Murder Without Tears

as Sergeant-at-Arms

Movie
1953
So You Want to Be a Musician

as Restaurant diner

Movie
1952
Hans Christian Andersen

as First Gendarme

Movie
1952
Strop, Look and Listen

as Pierpont Alloy

Movie
1952
Springfield Rifle

as Barfly (uncredited)

Movie
1952
O. Henry's Full House

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

Movie
1952
Carson City

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life

as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)

Movie
1952
My Six Convicts

as Store Detective

Movie
1951
Strangers on a Train

as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)

Movie
1951
Goodbye, My Fancy

as Party Guest (Uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

as Doc Jones (uncredited)

TV
1951Movie
1951
Storm Warning

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Revenue Agent

as Sgt. Wallace

Movie
1950
The Flame and the Arrow

as Guard (uncredited)

Movie
1950
So You Want to Hold Your Husband

as Lamb - Curry's Partner

Movie
1950
The Damned Don't Cry

as Man on Dock (uncredited)

Movie
1950
So You Think You're Not Guilty

as Police Turnkey (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Backfire

as Fight Fan (uncredited)

Movie
1949
The Inspector General

as Villager (uncredited)

Movie
1949Movie
1949Movie
1949Movie
1949
The Fountainhead

as Old Watchman (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Colorado Territory

as Train Engineer (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Flamingo Road

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Homicide

as Officer O'Brien

Movie
1948
Silver River

as Townsman (uncredited)

Movie
1948
The Noose Hangs High

as Cop (uncredited)

Movie
1948
So You Want an Apartment

as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)

Movie
1947
The Unfaithful

as Courtroom Spectator

Movie
1947
Nora Prentiss

as Turnkey (uncredited)

Movie
1946
The Man I Love

as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)

Movie
1946
Andy Plays Hookey

as Policeman

Movie
1946
Never Say Goodbye

as Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1946
So You Want to Play the Horses

as Detective (uncredited)

Movie
1946
Night and Day

as First-Nighter (uncredited)

Movie
1946
Monkey Businessmen

as Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)

Movie
1946
A Stolen Life

as Bartender (uncredited)

Movie
1946
Hiss and Yell

as Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1946
Three Strangers

as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)

Movie
1946
Detour to Danger

as Det. Kelsey

Movie
1945
How DOooo You Do

as Detective

Movie
1945
Frontier Days

as Mayor Stone (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Saratoga Trunk

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Mildred Pierce

as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

Movie
1945
Come Out Fighting

as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)

Movie
1945Movie
1945
Christmas in Connecticut

as Harper (uncredited)

Movie
1945Movie
1944
Crime by Night

as Dad Martin (uncredited)

Movie
1944Movie
1944
Trial by Trigger

as Jerry (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Mr. Skeffington

as Cop in Raid (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Shine on Harvest Moon

as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)

Movie
1944Movie
1943
A Gem of a Jam

as Police Chief

Movie
1943
True to Life

as Cop (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Old Acquaintance

as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Northern Pursuit

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Movie
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)

Movie
1943Movie
1943Movie
1943
Action in the North Atlantic

as Joe (uncredited)

Movie
1943
One Dangerous Night

as Detective Dickens

Movie
1942
Gentleman Jim

as Sutro (uncredited)

Movie
1942
X Marks the Spot

as Police Officer Martin

Movie
1942
Dear! Deer!

as Policeman

Movie
1942Movie
1942
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

as Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Spy Ship

as Night Watchman

Movie
1942
In This Our Life

as Jailer (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Larceny, Inc.

as Bronson

Movie
1942Movie
1942
I Was Framed

as Drunk

Movie
1942
My Favorite Blonde

as Sam - Policeman

Movie
1942
Lady Gangster

as Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1942
Bullet Scars

as Police Chief Hansen

Movie
1942Movie
1941Movie
1941
The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Detective (uncredited)

Movie
1941
They Died with Their Boots On

as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

Movie
1941
At the Stroke of Twelve

as Police Sergeant

Movie
1941
Secrets of the Lone Wolf

as Wesley Dickens

Movie
1941
One Foot in Heaven

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

Movie
1941
Invisible Ghost

as Detective Ryan

Movie
1941
Mr. District Attorney

as Officer McCloskey

Movie
1941
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

as Detective Dickens

Movie
1940
Misbehaving Husbands

as Sgt. Murphy

Movie
1940Movie
1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West

as Jim - Detective

Movie
1940
The Green Archer

as Capt. Thompson

Movie
1940
The Golden Fleecing

as Cop (uncredited)

Movie
1940
Deadwood Dick

as Bottles

Movie
1940Movie
1940Movie
1940Movie
1940
High School

as Junk Man

Movie
1940Movie
1939
Too Busy to Work

as Hank Fidler

Movie
1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

as Pete - Railroad Detective

Movie
1939
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

Movie
1939Movie
1939
Charlie Chan in Reno

as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Tell No Tales

as Policeman at School (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Moving Vanities

as Police Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1939
Clock Wise

as Landlord

Movie
1939Movie
1939Movie
1938
Down on the Farm

as Bit Role

Movie
1938
Straight, Place and Show

as Cop at Racetrack

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Josette

as Hotel Detective

Movie
1938Movie
1938
Berth Quakes

as Train Conductor

Movie
1938
Night Spot

as Police Band Leader

Movie
1938
Everybody's Doing It

as Police Sergeant

Movie
1937
Love and Hisses

as Officer

Movie
1937
Borrowing Trouble

as Policeman

Movie
1937
That I May Live

as Abner Jenkins

Movie
1937
One Mile from Heaven

as Smitty - Policeman

Movie
1937
The Lady Escapes

as Man on telephone (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Wild and Woolly

as Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Super-Sleuth

as Jailer

Movie
1937
She Had to Eat

as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)

Movie
1937
Big Business

as Oil Man at Well

Movie
1937
Slave Ship

as Seaman at Auction

Movie
1937
Angel's Holiday

as Conductor

Movie
1937
Love Is News

as Cop (uncredited)

Movie
1937Movie
1936
High Tension

as Desk Sergeant

Movie
1936
Private Number

as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Witness Chair

as Detective Costigan

Movie
1936
At Sea Ashore

as Cop (uncredited)

Movie
1936
The Little Red Schoolhouse

as First Detective

Movie
1936
The Garden Murder Case

as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Hot Money

as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)

Movie
1935
The Public Menace

as Mike - Cop

Movie
1935
Diamond Jim

as Horsley's Secretary

Movie
1935
Atlantic Adventure

as Police Officer Riley

Movie
1935
Danger Ahead

as Detective O'Brien

Movie
1935
One Frightened Night

as Sheriff Jenks

Movie
1935
Death Flies East

as Police Lieutenant O'Brien

Movie
1935
Carnival

as Bit Part

Movie
1935Movie
1935
Horses' Collars

as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

Movie
1934Movie
1934
Among the Missing

as Police Sgt. Murphy

Movie
1934
I'll Be Suing You

as Insurance Adjustor

Movie
1934
Twentieth Century

as Train Detective (uncredited)

Movie
1934
Rough Necking

as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.

Movie
1934
I'll Tell the World

as Sergeant at Border

Movie
1934Movie
1934
School for Girls

as Detective

Movie
1934
The Crime Doctor

as Bloodgood

Movie
1934
Beloved

as Mulvaney

Movie
1934
The Moth

as Detective Blake

Movie
1933Movie
1933
The Bowery

as Detective Kelsey (uncredited)

Movie
1933
Quiet Please!

as Train Conductor

Movie
1933
Gold Diggers of 1933

as Detective Jones (uncredited)

Movie
1933Movie
1933
King of the Jungle

as Cop (uncredited)

Movie
1933
The Crime of the Century

as Police Guard (uncredited)

Movie
1932Movie
1932
If I Had a Million

as Prison Jailer (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Red Haired Alibi

as Corcoran

Movie
1932
Yoo-Hoo

as Detective

Movie
1932
Speak Easily

as Process Server

Movie
1932
The Iceman's Ball

as Police Sergeant

Movie
1932
Guilty as Hell

as Detective Duffy

Movie
1932
Huddle

as Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Love in High Gear

as Detective Duffy

Movie
1932
The Trial of Vivienne Ware

as Cop (uncredited)

Movie
1932
Shopping with Wifie

as Det. Dugan

Movie
1932Movie
1931
Side Show

as Sheriff Hornsby

Movie
1931Movie
1931
Subway Express

as Detective Kearney

Movie
1931
Scandal Sheet

as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy

Movie
1931
The Naughty Flirt

as Policeman (uncredited)

Movie
1930
Going Wild

as The Conductor

Movie
1930
Only Saps Work

as Murphy (uncredited)

Movie
1930
Men Without Law

as Deputy Sheriff Jeff

Movie
1930
Scarlet Pages

as Murphy

Movie
1930Movie
1930
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

Movie
1930Movie
1930
The Girl Said No

as Policeman

Movie
1930
Wide Open

as Detective

Movie
1930Movie
1930
The Woman Racket

as Police Captain

Movie
1929
Smiling Irish Eyes

as County Fair Manager

Movie
1929Movie
1929Movie
1929
The Faker

as Police Detective

Movie
1928
The Last Warning

as Inspector

Movie
1928
Naughty Baby

as Dugan

Movie
1928
A Woman of Affairs

as Detective (uncredited)

Movie
1928
On Trial

as Clerk

Movie
1928
The Wright Idea

as M. T. Flatt

Movie
1928Movie
1928
Harold Teen

as Mr. Lovewell

Movie
1928Movie
1928
Tenderloin

as Detective Simpson

Movie
1928
While the City Sleeps

as Detective in Shadow Box

Movie
1927
The Gorilla

as Mulligan

Movie
1927
The 13th Juror

as The Detective

Movie
1927Movie
1927
Soft Cushions

as The Police

Movie
1927
Jewish Prudence

as Rent Collector

Movie
1927
Held by the Law

as Detective

Movie
1927
Orchids and Ermine

as Police Sergeant

Movie
1926
There Ain't No Santa Claus

as Store Detective (uncredited)

Movie
1926
The Third Degree

as Assistant Chief of Detectives

Movie
1926
Atta Boy

as Detective

Movie
1926
Bromo and Juliet

as The Detective (uncredited)

Movie
1926
Crazy Like a Fox

as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)

Movie
1926
Say It with Babies

as Policeman

Movie
1926
The Social Highwayman

as Chief of Police

Movie
1926
The Mystery Pilot

as Skipper Larsen

Movie
1926Movie
1926
Dog Shy

as Cop

Movie
1925
Seven Sinners

as Policeman

Movie
1925
Little Annie Rooney

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Movie
1925
The Lawful Cheater

as Tom Horan

Movie
1925
Paths to Paradise

as Confederate

Movie
1925Movie
1925
Excuse Me

as George Ketchem

Movie
1925
Youth and Adventure

as Red Mullin

Movie
1924
Traffic in Hearts

as Tim Tracy

Movie
1924
The Yankee Consul

as Agent John J. Doyle

Movie
1923
Lights Out

as Decker

Movie
1923Movie
1923
The Eleventh Hour

as The Submarine Commander

Movie
1923
Souls for Sale

as Detective Quinn (uncredited)

Movie
1923
Lovebound

as Detective Hahn

Movie
1922Movie
1922
Deserted at the Altar

as The Other Man

Movie
1922
Manslaughter

as Member of the Jury (uncredited)

Movie
1922
Don't Shoot

as Police Officer

Movie
1922
South of Suva

as Karl Swartz

Movie
1922
One Clear Call

as Starnes

Movie
1922
The Song of Life

as Police Inspector

Movie
1921Movie
1921
The Match-Breaker

as Detective

Movie
1921
The Last Card

as Detective (uncredited)

Movie
1921Movie
1921Movie
1920
Alias Jimmy Valentine

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Movie
1920Movie
1919
The Fire Flingers

as Sgt. Powers

Movie
1919
The Silk Lined Burglar

as Capt. von Hoffmeier

Movie
1919
The Light of Victory

as Captain Eric von Prohme

Movie
1918
The Yellow Dog

as Max Kummich

Movie
1918Movie
1918
The Empty Cab

as The Detective

Movie
1917Movie
1914
Silent Sandy

as Silent Sandy

Movie
1911Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayAugust 20, 1884
Day of DeathSeptember 2, 1961
Place of BirthSandusky, Ohio, USA
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