Acting
Fred Kelsey
EN, XX cinema · 316 credits
Born
20 August 1884
Died
2 September 1961 (aged 77)
Birthplace
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 (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
Filmography
Westbound
as Townsman (uncredited)
Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Serenade
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Illegal
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
as Silversmith (uncredited)
Lucky Me
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited)
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
1954
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
as Townsman (uncredited)
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Racing Blood
as Smithy
Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Murder Without Tears
as Sergeant-at-Arms
So You Think You Can't Sleep
1953
So You Think You Can't Sleep
as Sleeping patient in waiting room
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953
So You Want to Be a Musician
as Restaurant diner
Hans Christian Andersen
as Gendarme #1
Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
My Six Convicts
as Store Detective
So You Want to Enjoy Life
1952
So You Want to Enjoy Life
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
Carson City
as Townsman (uncredited)
Strop, Look and Listen
1952
Strop, Look and Listen
as Pierpont Alloy
Storm Warning
as Townsman (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
Revenue Agent
as Sgt. Wallace
So You Think You're Not Guilty
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Backfire
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
1950
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
The Damned Don't Cry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
Flamingo Road
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
The Inspector General
as Villager (uncredited)
Dancing in the Dark
as Deputy
Homicide
as Officer O'Brien
The Fountainhead
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
as Cop (uncredited)
So You Want an Apartment
1948
So You Want an Apartment
as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
Silver River
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
Nora Prentiss
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Hiss and Yell
as Policeman (uncredited)
Detour to Danger
as Det. Kelsey
A Stolen Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
Never Say Goodbye
as Policeman (uncredited)
Three Strangers
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
So You Want to Play the Horses
1946
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Detective (uncredited)
Night and Day
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
The Man I Love
as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
Monkey Businessmen
as Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
Frontier Days
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
If a Body Meets a Body
as Detective
Christmas in Connecticut
as Harper (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
How DOooo You Do
as Detective
Come Out Fighting
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Lefert
Trial by Trigger
as Jerry (uncredited)
Crime by Night
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Make Your Own Bed
as Turnkey
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Murder on the Waterfront
as Capt. Beal
A Gem of a Jam
as Police Chief
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Policeman
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
One Dangerous Night
as Detective Dickens
Action in the North Atlantic
as Joe (uncredited)
True to Life
as Cop (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
1942
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Policeman (uncredited)
Counter-Espionage
as Dickens
Murder in the Big House
as "Screw"
My Favorite Blonde
as Sam - Policeman
Lady Gangster
as Policeman (uncredited)
Larceny, Inc.
as Bronson
Bullet Scars
as Police Chief Hansen
X Marks the Spot
as Police Officer Martin
Gentleman Jim
as Sutro (uncredited)
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Jailer
Spy Ship
as Night Watchman
I Was Framed
as Drunk
Dear! Deer!
as Policeman
In This Our Life
as Jailer (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Detective Dickens
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Wesley Dickens
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Police Sergeant
Invisible Ghost
as Detective Ryan
They Died with Their Boots On
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Mr. District Attorney
as Officer McCloskey
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Detective (uncredited)
One Foot in Heaven
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Dickens
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Dickens
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Dickens
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Bailiff
Deadwood Dick
as Bottles
Misbehaving Husbands
as Sgt. Murphy
The Golden Fleecing
as Cop (uncredited)
The Green Archer
as Capt. Thompson
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Jim - Detective
High School
as Junk Man
Moving Vanities
as Police Officer (uncredited)
Tiny Troubles
as Judge
Tell No Tales
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Agitator
Charlie Chan in Reno
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Pete - Railroad Detective
Chicken Wagon Family
as Policeman
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Clock Wise
as Landlord
Too Busy to Work
as Hank Fidler
Josette
as Hotel Detective
Night Spot
as Police Band Leader
Everybody's Doing It
as Police Sergeant
Straight, Place and Show
as Cop at Racetrack
Berth Quakes
1938
Berth Quakes
as Train Conductor
Down on the Farm
as Bit Role
Many Sappy Returns
as Finnegan
Love Is News
as Cop (uncredited)
Super-Sleuth
as Jailer
That I May Live
as Abner Jenkins
Love and Hisses
as Officer
The Lady Escapes
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
Time Out for Romance
as Policeman
One Mile from Heaven
as Smitty - Policeman
Big Business
as Oil Man at Well
Slave Ship
as Seaman at Auction
Angel's Holiday
as Conductor
Borrowing Trouble
as Policeman
She Had to Eat
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
Wild and Woolly
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as First Detective
At Sea Ashore
as Cop (uncredited)
High Tension
as Desk Sergeant
The Witness Chair
as Detective Costigan
Private Number
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
The Garden Murder Case
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
One Frightened Night
as Sheriff Jenks
Danger Ahead
as Detective O'Brien
Atlantic Adventure
as Police Officer Riley
A Notorious Gentleman
as Detective
Death Flies East
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
Hot Money
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
Horses' Collars
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
as Horsley's Secretary
Carnival
as Bit Part
The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Hank Polk
The Public Menace
as Mike - Cop
Twentieth Century
as Train Detective (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor
as Bloodgood
The Moth
as Detective Blake
I'll Be Suing You
1934
I'll Be Suing You
as Insurance Adjustor
I'll Tell the World
as Sergeant at Border
Rough Necking
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
Among the Missing
as Police Sgt. Murphy
School for Girls
as Detective
Beloved
as Mulvaney
The Crime of the Century
as Police Guard (uncredited)
King of the Jungle
as Cop (uncredited)
Quiet Please!
1933
Quiet Please!
as Train Conductor
The Bowery
as Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
Shadows of Sing Sing
as Murphy
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Detective Jones (uncredited)
The Iceman's Ball
1932
The Iceman's Ball
as Police Sergeant
If I Had a Million
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
Discarded Lovers
as Delaney
Love in High Gear
as Detective Duffy
Guilty as Hell
as Detective Duffy
Red Haired Alibi
as Corcoran
Huddle
as Policeman (uncredited)
Yoo-Hoo
1932
Yoo-Hoo
as Detective
Speak Easily
as Process Server
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Cop (uncredited)
Subway Express
as Detective Kearney
Side Show
as Sheriff Hornsby
Scandal Sheet
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Young Donovan's Kid
as Collins
Naughty Flirt
as Policeman (uncredited)
Scarlet Pages
as Murphy
The Woman Racket
as Police Captain
Wide Open
as Detective
The Girl Said No
as Policeman
Road to Paradise
as Casey
Going Wild
as The Conductor
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
Only Saps Work
as Murphy (uncredited)
Men Without Law
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self - Tour Guide
The Donovan Affair
as Carney
The Faker
as Police Detective
Smiling Irish Eyes
as County Fair Manager
The Wright Idea
as M. T. Flatt
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as Detective
Tenderloin
as Detective Simpson
Harold Teen
as Mr. Lovewell
While the City Sleeps
as Detective in Shadow Box
On Trial
as Clerk
Naughty Baby
as Dugan
The Last Warning
as Inspector
A Woman of Affairs
as Detective (uncredited)
Soft Cushions
as The Police
Jewish Prudence
as Rent Collector
The Gorilla
as Mulligan
The Thirteenth Hour
as Det. Shaw
The 13th Juror
as The Detective
Orchids and Ermine
as Police Sergeant
Held by the Law
as Detective
Say It with Babies
as Policeman
Atta Boy
as Detective
Bromo and Juliet
as The Detective (uncredited)
Crazy Like a Fox
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
The Third Degree
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
Dog Shy
as Cop
The Mystery Pilot
1926
The Mystery Pilot
as Skipper Larsen
There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Store Detective (uncredited)
The Social Highwayman
as Chief of Police
Little Annie Rooney
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Paths to Paradise
as Confederate
Seven Sinners
as Policeman
Excuse Me
as George Ketchem
The Lawful Cheater
as Tom Horan
Youth and Adventure
as Red Mullin
Smooth as Satin
as Kersey
The Yankee Consul
as Agent John J. Doyle
Lights Out
as Decker
Lovebound
as Detective Hahn
Souls for Sale
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
The Eleventh Hour
as The Submarine Commander
Bag and Baggage
as Fred
Deserted at the Altar
as The Other Man
One Clear Call
as Starnes
Manslaughter
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Don't Shoot
as Police Officer
Captain Fly-by-Night
as Gomez
The Song of Life
as Police Inspector
South of Suva
as Karl Swartz
The Last Card
as Detective (uncredited)
There Are No Villains
as Dugall
The Off-Shore Pirate
as Sailor
The Match-Breaker
as Detective
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Bit Part (uncredited)
The Third Generation
as Brody
The Silk Lined Burglar
as Capt. von Hoffmeier
The Light of Victory
as Captain Eric von Prohme
The Fire Flingers
as Sgt. Powers
The Empty Cab
as The Detective
The Yellow Dog
as Max Kummich
A Society Sensation
as JIm Cox
The Honor of an Outlaw
1917
The Honor of an Outlaw
as The Deputy, Director, Scenario Writer
The Outlaw and the Lady
Director, Scenario Writer
Goin' Straight
1917
Goin' Straight
Director, Scenario Writer
Hair-Trigger Burke
1917
Hair-Trigger Burke
Scenario Writer
The Fugitive
1917
The Fugitive
Director, Producer
Silent Sandy
1914
Silent Sandy
as Silent Sandy