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Personal Info

Known Credits 263

Gender Male

Birthdate 1884-08-20 (141 Y.O)

Place Of Birth Sandusky, Ohio, USA

Also Known For Fred Kelsy F. A. Kelsey F.A. Kelsey Fred A. Kelsey Fred. A. Kelsey H. KelsleyFrederick 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 ...

Known For

Westbound

Auntie Mame

The Opposite Sex

Serenade

Illegal

Acting

1959 -- Westbound | Townsman (uncredited)

1958 -- Auntie Mame | Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

1956 -- The Opposite Sex | Club Patron (uncredited)

1956 -- Serenade | Opera Attendee (uncredited)

1955 -- Illegal | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1955 -- To Catch a Thief | Party Guest (uncredited)

1955 -- Tall Man Riding | Townsman (uncredited)

1954 -- Outlaw's Son |

1954 -- The Silver Chalice | Silversmith (uncredited)

1954 -- So You Want to Know Your Relatives | Mr. Watson (uncredited)

1954 -- A Star Is Born | Audience Member (uncredited)

1954 -- Lucky Me | Passerby on Street (uncredited)

1953 -- So You Think You Can't Sleep | Sleeping patient in waiting room

1953 -- Crime Wave | Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)

1953 -- Murder Without Tears | Sergeant-at-Arms

1953 -- So You Want to Be a Musician | Restaurant diner

1952 -- Hans Christian Andersen | First Gendarme

1952 -- Springfield Rifle | Barfly (uncredited)

1952 -- O. Henry's Full House | Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

1952 -- So You Want to Enjoy Life | Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)

1952 -- My Six Convicts | Store Detective

1952 -- Room for One More |

1951 -- Goodbye, My Fancy | Party Guest (Uncredited)

1951 -- The Enforcer |

1951 -- Storm Warning | Townsman (uncredited)

1950 -- Revenue Agent | Sgt. Wallace

1950 -- So You Want a Raise |

1950 -- The Flame and the Arrow | Guard (uncredited)

1950 -- So You Want to Hold Your Husband | Lamb - Curry's Partner

1950 -- The Damned Don't Cry | Man on Dock (uncredited)

1950 -- So You Think You're Not Guilty | Police Turnkey (uncredited)

1950 -- Backfire | Fight Fan (uncredited)

1949 -- The Inspector General | Villager (uncredited)

1949 -- So You Want to Be an Actor | Counter Man

1949 -- Dancing in the Dark | Deputy

1949 -- So You Want to Be a Muscle Man | Delivery Man

1949 -- The Fountainhead | Old Watchman (uncredited)

1949 -- Colorado Territory | (uncredited)

1949 -- Flamingo Road | Train Conductor (uncredited)

1949 -- Homicide | Officer O'Brien

1948 -- The Noose Hangs High | Cop (uncredited)

1948 -- So You Want an Apartment | Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)

1947 -- The Unfaithful | Courtroom Spectator

1947 -- Nora Prentiss | Turnkey (uncredited)

1946 -- So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck | Fred

1946 -- The Man I Love | Mac the Doorman (uncredited)

1946 -- Andy Plays Hookey | Policeman

1946 -- Never Say Goodbye | Policeman (uncredited)

1946 -- So You Want to Play the Horses | Detective (uncredited)

1946 -- Night and Day | First-Nighter (uncredited)

1946 -- A Stolen Life | Bartender (uncredited)

1946 -- Hiss and Yell | Policeman (uncredited)

1946 -- Three Strangers | Man on the Street / Man in Pub

1946 -- Detour to Danger | Det. Kelsey

1945 -- How DOooo You Do | Detective

1945 -- Frontier Days | Mayor Stone (uncredited)

1945 -- Saratoga Trunk | Train Conductor (uncredited)

1945 -- Mildred Pierce | Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

1945 -- Come Out Fighting | Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)

1945 -- If a Body Meets a Body | Detective

1945 -- Christmas in Connecticut | Harper (uncredited)

1945 -- Snooper Service |

1945 -- The Strange Mr. Gregory | Lefert

1944 -- Crime by Night | Dad Martin (uncredited)

1944 -- Make Your Own Bed | Turnkey

1944 -- Trial by Trigger | Jerry (uncredited)

1944 -- Mr. Skeffington | Cop in Raid (uncredited)

1944 -- Roaring Guns |

1943 -- A Gem of a Jam | Police Chief

1943 -- True to Life | Cop (uncredited)

1943 -- Old Acquaintance | Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

1943 -- Food and Magic |

1943 -- Northern Pursuit | Train Conductor (uncredited)

1943 -- Thank Your Lucky Stars | Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)

1943 -- Murder on the Waterfront | Capt. Beal

1943 -- Here Comes Mr. Zerk | Policeman

1943 -- Action in the North Atlantic | Joe (uncredited)

1943 -- One Dangerous Night | Detective Dickens

1942 -- Gentleman Jim | Sutro (uncredited)

1942 -- X Marks the Spot | Police Officer Martin

1942 -- Dear! Deer! | Policeman

1942 -- Counter-Espionage | Dickens

1942 -- The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady | Policeman (uncredited)

1942 -- Spy Ship | Night Watchman

1942 -- In This Our Life | Jailer (uncredited)

1942 -- Larceny, Inc. | Bronson

1942 -- Murder in the Big House | "Screw"

1942 -- I Was Framed | Drunk

1942 -- My Favorite Blonde | Sam - Policeman

1942 -- Lady Gangster | Policeman (uncredited)

1942 -- Bullet Scars | Police Chief Hansen

1942 -- Wild Bill Hickok Rides | Jailer

1941 -- Pacific Blackout | Cop

1941 -- The Man Who Came to Dinner | Detective (uncredited)

1941 -- They Died with Their Boots On | Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

1941 -- At the Stroke of Twelve | Police Sergeant

1941 -- Secrets of the Lone Wolf | Wesley Dickens

1941 -- One Foot in Heaven | Train Conductor (uncredited)

1941 -- Invisible Ghost | Detective Ryan

1941 -- Mr. District Attorney | Officer McCloskey

1941 -- The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance | Detective Dickens

1940 -- Misbehaving Husbands | Sgt. Murphy

1940 -- The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date | Dickens

1940 -- Mexican Spitfire Out West | Jim - Detective

1940 -- The Green Archer | Capt. Thompson

1940 -- The Golden Fleecing | Cop (uncredited)

1940 -- Deadwood Dick | Bottles

1940 -- The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady | Dickens

1940 -- Mutiny in the County | Policeman

1940 -- High School | Junk Man

1940 -- The Lone Wolf Strikes | Dickens

1940 -- The Man Who Wouldn't Talk | Bailiff

1939 -- Too Busy to Work | Hank Fidler

1939 -- Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence | Pete - Railroad Detective

1939 -- Charlie Chan at Treasure Island | Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

1939 -- Chicken Wagon Family | Policeman

1939 -- Charlie Chan in Reno | Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1939 -- Tell No Tales | Policeman at School (uncredited)

1939 -- Moving Vanities | Police Officer (uncredited)

1939 -- Clock Wise | Landlord

1939 -- Rough Riders' Round-up | Agitator

1939 -- Tiny Troubles | Judge

1938 -- Down on the Farm | Bit Role

1938 -- Straight, Place and Show | Cop at Racetrack

1938 -- Many Sappy Returns | Finnegan

1938 -- Josette | Hotel Detective

1938 -- Safety in Numbers | Cop

1938 -- Berth Quakes | Train Conductor

1938 -- Night Spot | Police Band Leader

1938 -- Everybody's Doing It | Police Sergeant

1937 -- Love and Hisses | Officer

1937 -- Borrowing Trouble | Policeman

1937 -- That I May Live | Abner Jenkins

1937 -- One Mile from Heaven | Smitty - Policeman

1937 -- The Lady Escapes | Man on telephone (uncredited)

1937 -- Wild and Woolly | Policeman (uncredited)

1937 -- Super-Sleuth | Jailer

1937 -- She Had to Eat | Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)

1937 -- Big Business | Oil Man at Well

1937 -- Slave Ship | Seaman at Auction

1937 -- Angel's Holiday | Conductor

1937 -- Love Is News | Cop (uncredited)

1937 -- Time Out for Romance | Policeman

1936 -- High Tension | Desk Sergeant

1936 -- Private Number | Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)

1936 -- The Witness Chair | Detective Costigan

1936 -- At Sea Ashore | Cop (uncredited)

1936 -- The Little Red Schoolhouse | First Detective

1936 -- The Garden Murder Case | Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

1935 -- The Sagebrush Troubadour | Hank Polk

1935 -- Hot Money | Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)

1935 -- The Public Menace | Mike - Cop

1935 -- Diamond Jim | Horsley's Secretary

1935 -- Atlantic Adventure | Police Officer Riley

1935 -- Danger Ahead | Detective O'Brien

1935 -- One Frightened Night | Sheriff Jenks

1935 -- Death Flies East | Police Lieutenant O'Brien

1935 -- Carnival | Bit Part

1935 -- A Notorious Gentleman |

1935 -- Horses' Collars | Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

1934 -- Lightning Strikes Twice | Dugan

1934 -- Among the Missing | Police Sgt. Murphy

1934 -- I'll Be Suing You | Insurance Adjustor

1934 -- Twentieth Century | Train Detective (uncredited)

1934 -- Rough Necking | Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.

1934 -- I'll Tell the World | Sergeant at Border

1934 -- Strictly Fresh Yeggs | Policeman

1934 -- School for Girls | Detective

1934 -- The Crime Doctor | Bloodgood

1934 -- Beloved | Mulvaney

1934 -- The Moth | Detective Blake

1933 -- Quiet Please! | Train Conductor

1933 -- Sailor's Luck | Cop

1933 -- King of the Jungle | Cop (uncredited)

1933 -- The Crime of the Century | Police Guard (uncredited)

1932 -- Boys Will Be Boys | Doorman

1932 -- If I Had a Million | Prison Jailer (uncredited)

1932 -- Red Haired Alibi | Corcoran

1932 -- Yoo-Hoo | Detective

1932 -- The Iceman's Ball | Police Sergeant

1932 -- Guilty as Hell | Detective Duffy

1932 -- Huddle | Policeman (uncredited)

1932 -- Love in High Gear | Detective Duffy

1932 -- Shopping with Wifie | Det. Dugan

1932 -- Discarded Lovers | Delaney

1931 -- Side Show | Sheriff Hornsby

1931 -- Young Donovan's Kid | Collins

1931 -- Subway Express | Detective Kearney

1931 -- Scandal Sheet | Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy

1931 -- The Naughty Flirt | Policeman (uncredited)

1930 -- Going Wild | The Conductor

1930 -- Only Saps Work | Murphy (uncredited)

1930 -- She Got What She Wanted |

1930 -- Men Without Law | Deputy Sheriff Jeff

1930 -- Scarlet Pages | Murphy

1930 -- The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case | Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

1930 -- Road to Paradise | Casey

1930 -- The Girl Said No | Policeman

1930 -- Wide Open | Detective

1930 -- Murder on the Roof | Ryan

1930 -- The Woman Racket | Police Captain

1929 -- Smiling Irish Eyes | County Fair Manager

1929 -- The Donovan Affair | Carney

1929 -- Wrong Again |

1929 -- The Faker | Police Detective

1928 -- The Last Warning | Inspector

1928 -- Naughty Baby | Dugan

1928 -- A Woman of Affairs | Detective (uncredited)

1928 -- On Trial | Clerk

1928 -- The Wright Idea | M. T. Flatt

1928 -- Harold Teen | Mr. Lovewell

1928 -- Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath | Detective

1928 -- Tenderloin | Detective Simpson

1928 -- While the City Sleeps | Detective in Shadow Box

1927 -- The 13th Juror | The Detective

1927 -- The Gorilla | Mulligan

1927 -- The Thirteenth Hour | Det. Shaw

1927 -- Soft Cushions | The Police

1927 -- Jewish Prudence | Rent Collector

1926 -- There Ain't No Santa Claus | Store Detective (uncredited)

1926 -- The Third Degree | Assistant Chief of Detectives

1926 -- Atta Boy | Detective

1926 -- Bromo and Juliet | The Detective (uncredited)

1926 -- Crazy Like a Fox | Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)

1926 -- Say It with Babies | Policeman

1926 -- The Mystery Pilot | Skipper Larsen

1926 -- That's My Baby | Murphy

1926 -- Dog Shy | Cop

1925 -- The Uneasy Three |

1925 -- Seven Sinners | Policeman

1925 -- Seven Keys to Baldpate |

1925 -- Little Annie Rooney | Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1925 -- The Lawful Cheater | Tom Horan

1925 -- Paths to Paradise | Confederate

1925 -- Friendly Enemies |

1925 -- Excuse Me | George Ketchem

1924 -- The Yankee Consul | Agent John J. Doyle

1924 -- The Night Hawk |

1923 -- Lights Out | Decker

1923 -- Bag and Baggage | Fred

1923 -- The Eleventh Hour | The Submarine Commander

1923 -- Souls for Sale | Detective Quinn (uncredited)

1923 -- Lovebound | Detective Hahn

1922 -- Captain Fly-by-Night | Gomez

1922 -- Deserted at the Altar | The Other Man

1922 -- Manslaughter | Member of the Jury (uncredited)

1922 -- Don't Shoot | Police Officer

1922 -- One Clear Call | Starnes

1922 -- The Song of Life | Police Inspector

1921 -- There Are No Villains | Dugall

1921 -- The Last Card | Detective (uncredited)

1921 -- Puppets of Fate | Bobs

1920 -- Alias Jimmy Valentine | Bit Part (uncredited)

1919 -- The Fire Flingers | Sgt. Powers

1919 -- The Silk Lined Burglar | Capt. von Hoffmeier

1919 -- The Light of Victory | Captain Eric von Prohme

1918 -- The Yellow Dog | Max Kummich

1918 -- A Society Sensation | JIm Cox

1918 -- The Empty Cab | The Detective

1917 -- The Honor of an Outlaw | The Deputy

1914 -- Arms and the Gringo |

1914 -- Silent Sandy | Silent Sandy

1911 -- A Left Hook |