Fred Kelsey

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

She Got What She Wanted

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

Policeman (uncredited)

Cop (uncredited)

Twentieth Century

Train Detective (uncredited)

The Yankee Consul

Agent John J. Doyle

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Detective Kearney

The Donovan Affair

One Frightened Night

Moving Vanities

Police Officer (uncredited)

Alias Jimmy Valentine

Bit Part (uncredited)

Friendly Enemies

The Iceman's Ball

Police Sergeant

Mayor Stone (uncredited)

Deserted at the Altar

Hans Christian Andersen

Jewish Prudence

The Crime Doctor

Counter-Espionage

So You Want a Raise

Trial by Trigger

Jerry (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

Detective Dickens

Tall Man Riding

Townsman (uncredited)

Northern Pursuit

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Springfield Rifle

Barfly (uncredited)

The Silver Chalice

Silversmith (uncredited)

Train Conductor (uncredited)

Member of the Jury (uncredited)

Colorado Territory

Train Engineer (uncredited)

Detective (uncredited)

The Honor of an Outlaw

So You Think You're Not Guilty

Police Turnkey (uncredited)

If a Body Meets a Body

If I Had a Million

Prison Jailer (uncredited)

Discarded Lovers

Murder in the Big House

Secrets of the Lone Wolf

Seven Keys to Baldpate

That I May Live

Detective O'Brien

Detective Blake

Lightning Strikes Twice

Arms and the Gringo

Murder on the Waterfront

To Catch a Thief

Party Guest (uncredited)

Passerby on Street (uncredited)

Christmas in Connecticut

Harper (uncredited)

The Little Red Schoolhouse

First Detective

Say It with Babies

The Wright Idea

Fight Fan (uncredited)

Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

Sheriff Hornsby

The Crime of the Century

Police Guard (uncredited)

Love in High Gear

Detective Duffy

Atlantic Adventure

Police Officer Riley

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath

The Woman Racket

My Favorite Blonde

Sam - Policeman

A Notorious Gentleman

The Girl Said No

Road to Paradise

Detective Duffy

Townsman (uncredited)

Death Flies East

Police Lieutenant O'Brien

Andy Plays Hookey

Policeman (uncredited)

The Silk Lined Burglar

Capt. von Hoffmeier

There Are No Villains

Police Chief Hansen

Police Detective

Detective Simpson

Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)

X Marks the Spot

Police Officer Martin

Cop (uncredited)

Detective Quinn (uncredited)

Red Haired Alibi

Detour to Danger

Room for One More

I'll Be Suing You

Insurance Adjustor

Love and Hisses

Hotel Detective

I'll Tell the World

Sergeant at Border

Police Band Leader

While the City Sleeps

Detective in Shadow Box

Policeman at School (uncredited)

Everybody's Doing It

Police Sergeant

Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy

Captain Fly-by-Night

Audience Member (uncredited)

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

Murphy (uncredited)

King of the Jungle

Cop (uncredited)

The Eleventh Hour

The Submarine Commander

Rough Riders' Round-up

Charlie Chan in Reno

Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

The Lady Escapes

Man on telephone (uncredited)

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

Pete - Railroad Detective

Chicken Wagon Family

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

Train Conductor

The Uneasy Three

O. Henry's Full House

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

Bartender (uncredited)

The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date

The Lone Wolf Strikes

The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady

Mutiny in the County

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)

Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

Little Annie Rooney

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Snooper Service

Dad Martin (uncredited)

Time Out for Romance

Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.

Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Misbehaving Husbands

Horses' Collars

Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

One Mile from Heaven

Smitty - Policeman

Sutro (uncredited)

The Golden Fleecing

Cop (uncredited)

Mr. Skeffington

Cop in Raid (uncredited)

The Green Archer

At the Stroke of Twelve

Police Sergeant

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

Lamb - Curry's Partner

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)

Paths to Paradise

The Damned Don't Cry

Man on Dock (uncredited)

Never Say Goodbye

Policeman (uncredited)

Oil Man at Well

Horsley's Secretary

The Witness Chair

Detective Costigan

Invisible Ghost

Bromo and Juliet

The Detective (uncredited)

Crazy Like a Fox

Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)

Wild Bill Hickok Rides

They Died with Their Boots On

Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

How DOooo You Do

Seaman at Auction

Straight, Place and Show

Cop at Racetrack

Mexican Spitfire Out West

Jim - Detective

Angel's Holiday

Mr. District Attorney

Officer McCloskey

Pacific Blackout

The Last Warning

Young Donovan's Kid

Train Conductor

One Dangerous Night

Detective Dickens

Action in the North Atlantic

Joe (uncredited)

So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck

A Woman of Affairs

Detective (uncredited)

Borrowing Trouble

Safety in Numbers

Down on the Farm

Too Busy to Work

Cop (uncredited)

Old Acquaintance

Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)

Courtroom Spectator

Three Strangers

Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)

The Opposite Sex

Club Patron (uncredited)

Boys Will Be Boys

A Society Sensation

The Inspector General

Villager (uncredited)

So You Want to Play the Horses

Detective (uncredited)

Among the Missing

Police Sgt. Murphy

Make Your Own Bed

The Third Degree

Assistant Chief of Detectives

Dancing in the Dark

The Thirteenth Hour

Officer O'Brien

The Fountainhead

Old Watchman (uncredited)

The Song of Life

Police Inspector

My Six Convicts

Store Detective

The Naughty Flirt

Policeman (uncredited)

Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)

The Noose Hangs High

Cop (uncredited)

The Man Who Came to Dinner

Detective (uncredited)

Opera Attendee (uncredited)

Puppets of Fate

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

Mr. Watson (uncredited)

School for Girls

The Light of Victory

Captain Eric von Prohme

Goodbye, My Fancy

Party Guest (Uncredited)

In This Our Life

Jailer (uncredited)

The Flame and the Arrow

Guard (uncredited)

Shopping with Wifie

So You Want to Enjoy Life

Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)

Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)

Wild and Woolly

Policeman (uncredited)

So You Want an Apartment

Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)

Come Out Fighting

Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)

The Garden Murder Case

Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

Men Without Law

Deputy Sheriff Jeff

The Lawful Cheater

The Sagebrush Troubadour

The Public Menace

The Strange Mr. Gregory

Many Sappy Returns

One Foot in Heaven

Train Conductor (uncredited)

The Fire Flingers

Murder on the Roof

The Mystery Pilot

Bag and Baggage

Smiling Irish Eyes

County Fair Manager

There Ain't No Santa Claus

Store Detective (uncredited)

Turnkey (uncredited)

First-Nighter (uncredited)

So You Want to Be a Muscle Man

Murder Without Tears

Sergeant-at-Arms

So You Want to Be an Actor

Mac the Doorman (uncredited)

So You Think You Can't Sleep

Sleeping patient in waiting room

So You Want to Be a Musician

Restaurant diner

Strangers on a Train

Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)

Orchids and Ermine

Police Sergeant

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

Self - Tour Guide

Plastered in Paris

Shine on Harvest Moon

Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)

Youth and Adventure

Townsman (uncredited)

Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend

Barfly (uncredited)

Townsman (uncredited)

Held by the Law

Townsman (uncredited)

Detective Kelsey (uncredited)

The Helen Morgan Story

Night Club Patron (uncredited)

The Off-Shore Pirate

The Match-Breaker

The Trial of Vivienne Ware

Cop (uncredited)