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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-08-20 (140 years old)

Place of Birth

Sandusky, Ohio, USA

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

Acting

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

Tall Man Riding as Townsman (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief as Party Guest (uncredited)
Illegal as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1954

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 as Mr. Watson (uncredited)

1953

Crime Wave as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
Murder Without Tears as Sergeant-at-Arms
So You Think You Can't Sleep as Sleeping patient in waiting room
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")
My Six Convicts as Store Detective
So You Want to Enjoy Life as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)

1951

Storm Warning as Townsman (uncredited)
Goodbye, My Fancy as Party Guest (Uncredited)
Strangers on a Train as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok as Doc Jones (uncredited)

1950

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 as Lamb - Curry's Partner
The Damned Don't Cry as Man on Dock (uncredited)
The Flame and the Arrow as Guard (uncredited)

1949

Flamingo Road as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Colorado Territory as Train Engineer (uncredited)
The Inspector General as Villager (uncredited)
Homicide as Officer O'Brien
The Fountainhead as Old Watchman (uncredited)

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

Hiss and Yell as Policeman (uncredited)
Andy Plays Hookey as Policeman
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
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)

1945

Frontier Days as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Saratoga Trunk as Train Conductor (uncredited)
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)

1944

Trial by Trigger as Jerry (uncredited)
Crime by Night as Dad Martin (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington as Cop in Raid (uncredited)

1943

Northern Pursuit as Train Conductor (uncredited)
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)

1942

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as Policeman (uncredited)
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)
Spy Ship as Night Watchman
I Was Framed as Drunk
Dear! Deer! as Policeman
In This Our Life as Jailer (uncredited)

1941

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)

1940

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

1939

Moving Vanities as Police Officer (uncredited)
Tiny Troubles as Judge
Tell No Tales as Policeman at School (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Reno as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Pete - Railroad Detective
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Clock Wise as Landlord
Too Busy to Work as Hank Fidler

1938

Night Spot as Police Band Leader
Josette as Hotel Detective
Everybody's Doing It as Police Sergeant
Straight, Place and Show as Cop at Racetrack
Berth Quakes as Train Conductor
Down on the Farm as Bit Role
Many Sappy Returns as Finnegan

1937

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)
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)

1936

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)

1935

One Frightened Night as Sheriff Jenks
Danger Ahead as Detective O'Brien
Atlantic Adventure as Police Officer Riley
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 Public Menace as Mike - Cop

1934

Twentieth Century as Train Detective (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor as Bloodgood
The Moth as Detective Blake
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

1933

The Crime of the Century as Police Guard (uncredited)
King of the Jungle as Cop (uncredited)
Quiet Please! as Train Conductor

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 as Detective
Shopping with Wifie as Det. Dugan
Speak Easily as Process Server

1931

Subway Express as Detective Kearney
Side Show as Sheriff Hornsby
Scandal Sheet as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
The Naughty Flirt as Policeman (uncredited)

1930

Scarlet Pages as Murphy
The Woman Racket as Police Captain
The Girl Said No as Policeman
Wide Open as Detective
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

1929

The Faker as Police Detective
Smiling Irish Eyes as County Fair Manager

1928

The Wright Idea as M. T. Flatt
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)

1927

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

1926

That's My Baby as Murphy
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 as Skipper Larsen
There Ain't No Santa Claus as Store Detective (uncredited)

1925

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

1924

The Yankee Consul as Agent John J. Doyle

1923

Lights Out as Decker
Lovebound as Detective Hahn
Souls for Sale as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
The Eleventh Hour as The Submarine Commander

1922

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
The Song of Life as Police Inspector

1921

The Last Card as Detective (uncredited)

1920

Alias Jimmy Valentine as Bit Part (uncredited)

1919

The Silk Lined Burglar as Capt. von Hoffmeier
The Light of Victory as Captain Eric von Prohme
The Fire Flingers as Sgt. Powers

1918

The Empty Cab as The Detective
The Yellow Dog as Max Kummich

1917

1914

Silent Sandy as Silent Sandy

1911

Directing

1917

The Drifter as Director
Goin' Straight as Director
Blood Money as Director
The Wrong Man as Director
The Golden Bullet as Director

1916

The Black Terror as Director
Brothers Equal as Director
The Nymph as Director

1915

Station Content as Director
The Pretender as Director
Her Buried Past as Director

1914

Over the Ledge as Director
The Exposure as Director

Writing

1917

The Outlaw and the Lady as Scenario Writer
Goin' Straight as Scenario Writer
Hair-Trigger Burke as Scenario Writer
The Honor of an Outlaw as Scenario Writer