Fred Kelsey

Personal Info

Birthday

August 20, 1884

Day of Death

1961-09-02

(77 years old)

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.

Known For

Among the Missing

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

To Catch a Thief

Strangers on a Train

Colorado Territory

A Star Is Born

Mildred Pierce

The Golden Fleecing

Filmography

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