Fred Kelsey
Acting
🎂 1884-08-20
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.
Cast credits(276)
Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
1958
Party Guest (uncredited)
1955
Doc Jones (uncredited)
1951
Night Watchman
1942
Townsman (uncredited)
1954
Silversmith (uncredited)
1954
Pete - Railroad Detective
1939
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
1945
Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1951
Clerk
1928
Officer O'Brien
1949
Detective Simpson
1928
Old Watchman (uncredited)
1949
Agent John J. Doyle
1924
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1955
Agitator
1939
Detective Costigan
1936
Townsman (uncredited)
1951
Fight Fan (uncredited)
1950
Detective
1935
Red Mullin
1925
Man on Dock (uncredited)
1950
Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1953
Hank Fidler
1939
Audience Member (uncredited)
1954
Assistant Chief of Detectives
1926
Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
1936
Police Sergeant
1927
Villager (uncredited)
1949
Harper (uncredited)
1945
Barfly (uncredited)
1952
Hotel Detective
1938
Jerry (uncredited)
1944
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
1941
Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Seaman at Auction
1937
Man on the Street / Man in Pub
1946
Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
1946
Courtroom Spectator
1947
Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
1944
Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
1943
Barfly (uncredited)
1957
Guard (uncredited)
1950
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
1952
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
1932
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Club Patron (uncredited)
1956
Party Guest (Uncredited)
1951
1944
Cop (uncredited)
1948
Police Officer Martin
1942
"Screw"
1942
Policeman (uncredited)
1946
Train Engineer (uncredited)
1949
Self - Tour Guide
1930
Jim - Detective
1940
Junk Man
1940
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1945
Detective Dickens
1943
Mayor Stone (uncredited)
1945
Policeman at School (uncredited)
1939
Desk Sergeant
1936
Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
1943
First-Nighter (uncredited)
1946
Turnkey
1944
Deputy
1949
Police Sergeant
1941
Detective
1932
Mulvaney
1934
Store Detective
1952
Man on telephone (uncredited)
1937
First Gendarme
1952
Turnkey (uncredited)
1947
Police Band Leader
1938
Police Captain
1930
Capt. Thompson
1940
Detective Dickens
1941
Wesley Dickens
1941
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1941
Policeman
1937
Detective Kearney
1931
Sutro (uncredited)
1942
Police Officer (uncredited)
1939
Opera Attendee (uncredited)
1956
Passerby on Street (uncredited)
1954
Cop
1941
Joe (uncredited)
1943
Cop in Raid (uncredited)
1944
Jailer
1942
Murphy
1926
1952
Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
1948
Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
1931
The Conductor
1930
Bartender (uncredited)
1946
Detective
1945
Policeman (uncredited)
1932
Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
1936
Dickens
1942
Police Sgt. Murphy
1934
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1943
Bloodgood
1934
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1925
Hank Polk
1935
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1949
Sergeant at Border
1934
Smitty - Policeman
1937
1928
Detective Duffy
1932
Bailiff
1940
Det. Kelsey
1946
Police Officer Riley
1935
Policeman (uncredited)
1946
Policeman (uncredited)
1942
George Ketchem
1925
Sam - Policeman
1942
Policeman
1925
Sheriff Hornsby
1931
Process Server
1932
First Detective
1936
1951
Mike - Cop
1935
Sgt. Murphy
1940
County Fair Manager
1929
Delaney
1932
Lefert
1945
Policeman (uncredited)
1942
Policeman
1939
Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
1939
Police Chief Hansen
1942
Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
1937
Horsley's Secretary
1935
Conductor
1937
Officer McCloskey
1941
Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
Police Guard (uncredited)
1933
Police Officer
1922
Policeman (uncredited)
1937
Police Lieutenant O'Brien
1935
Delivery Man
1949
Policeman
1930
Cop (uncredited)
1943
Detective Ryan
1941
Detective (uncredited)
1946
Cop (uncredited)
1933
Oil Man at Well
1937
Ryan
1930
Dickens
1940
1950
Jailer
1937
Bronson
1942
Cop at Racetrack
1938
Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
1935
Lamb - Curry's Partner
1950
Cop
1938
Cop (uncredited)
1936
Policeman
1937
Murphy
1930
Carney
1929
Policeman
1946
Dickens
1940
Dad Martin (uncredited)
1944
Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
1935
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
1950
Sleeping patient in waiting room
1953
Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
1930
Detective (uncredited)
1941
Policeman
1943
Detective in Shadow Box
1928
Mulligan
1927
Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
1945
Decker
1923
Sgt. Wallace
1950
Bottles
1940
JIm Cox
1918
Officer
1937
Sgt. Powers
1919
Policeman
1942
Det. Shaw
1927
Drunk
1942
Abner Jenkins
1937
Mr. Watson (uncredited)
1954
Detective
1930
Detective (uncredited)
1928
Counter Man
1949
Murphy (uncredited)
1930
Gomez
1922
Dickens
1940
Judge
1939
The Other Man
1922
Train Detective (uncredited)
1934
Starnes
1922
Bit Role
1938
Confederate
1925
Mr. Lovewell
1928
Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
1952
Policeman (uncredited)
1931
Policeman
1926
Restaurant diner
1953
Jailer (uncredited)
1942
Capt. Beal
1943
Police Sergeant
1938
Finnegan
1938
1945
Bit Part
1935
Bit Part (uncredited)
1920
Rent Collector
1927
Fred
1946
Cop (uncredited)
1937
M. T. Flatt
1928
Sergeant-at-Arms
1953
Casey
1930
Detective Hahn
1923
Policeman
1940
The Police
1927
Police Detective
1929
Max Kummich
1918
Captain Eric von Prohme
1919
Inspector
1928
Detective
1945
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
1922
1925
The Submarine Commander
1923
Dugall
1921
Karl Swartz
1922
Detective Quinn (uncredited)
1923
Police Inspector
1922
Detective
1934
Cop
1933
1930
Detective Duffy
1932
Dugan
1934
Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
1934
Detective (uncredited)
1921
Store Detective (uncredited)
1926
1929
Detective
1926
Detective Blake
1934
Bobs
1921
1954
Detective O'Brien
1935
1925
Corcoran
1932
Train Conductor
1933
The Detective (uncredited)
1926
1924
Dugan
1928
Skipper Larsen
1926
Police Chief
1943
Cop
1926
1914
1943
Insurance Adjustor
1934
Sheriff Jenks
1935
Doorman
1932
Collins
1931
1925
The Detective
1927
Deputy Sheriff Jeff
1930
Police Sergeant
1932
Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
1926
Landlord
1939
The Detective
1918
Capt. von Hoffmeier
1919
Silent Sandy
1914
Fred
1923
Detective
1928
The Deputy
1917
Policeman
1934
Tom Horan
1925
Train Conductor
1938
Det. Dugan
1932
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