Fred Kelsey
Age: N/A | From: Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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Aliases: Fred Kelsy , F. A. Kelsey , F.A. Kelsey , Fred A. Kelsey , Fred. A. Kelsey , H. Kelsley , Frederick Alvin Kelsey
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Sandusky, Ohio, USA
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Movie Involvements: 139
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
A Star Is Born
(1954) Audience Member (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
(1949) Old Watchman (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
(1945) Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
(1941) Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
O. Henry's Full House
(1952) Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Action in the North Atlantic
(1943) Joe (uncredited)
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
(1940) Bailiff
Crime Wave
(1953) Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Townsman (uncredited) | |
| 1956 | Club Patron (uncredited) | |
| Opera Attendee (uncredited) | ||
| 1955 | Courtroom Spectator (uncredited) | |
| Party Guest (uncredited) | ||
| Townsman (uncredited) | ||
| 1954 | N/A | |
| Silversmith (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Watson (uncredited) | ||
| Audience Member (uncredited) | ||
| Passerby on Street (uncredited) | ||
| 1953 | Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited) | |
| 1952 | First Gendarme | |
| Barfly (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi") | ||
| Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited) | ||
| Store Detective | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1951 | Party Guest (Uncredited) | |
| Townsman (uncredited) | ||
| 1950 | Sgt. Wallace | |
| N/A | ||
| Guard (uncredited) | ||
| Lamb - Curry's Partner | ||
| Police Turnkey (uncredited) | ||
| Fight Fan (uncredited) | ||
| 1949 | Villager (uncredited) | |
| Deputy | ||
| Old Watchman (uncredited) | ||
| (uncredited) | ||
| Train Conductor (uncredited) | ||
| Officer O'Brien | ||
| 1948 | Cop (uncredited) | |
| Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited) | ||
| 1947 | Courtroom Spectator | |
| 1946 | Fred | |
| Policeman | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Detective (uncredited) | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Man on the Street / Man in Pub | ||
| Det. Kelsey | ||
| 1945 | Detective | |
| Mayor Stone (uncredited) | ||
| Train Conductor (uncredited) | ||
| Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy) | ||
| Detective | ||
| Harper (uncredited) | ||
| Lefert | ||
| 1944 | Dad Martin (uncredited) | |
| Turnkey | ||
| Jerry (uncredited) | ||
| Cop in Raid (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1943 | Police Chief | |
| Cop (uncredited) | ||
| Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Train Conductor (uncredited) | ||
| Capt. Beal | ||
| Joe (uncredited) | ||
| Detective Dickens | ||
| 1942 | Sutro (uncredited) | |
| Police Officer Martin | ||
| Policeman | ||
| Dickens | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Night Watchman | ||
| Jailer (uncredited) | ||
| Bronson | ||
| "Screw" | ||
| Drunk | ||
| Sam - Policeman | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Police Chief Hansen | ||
| Jailer | ||
| Detective (uncredited) | ||
| 1941 | Cop | |
| Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited) | ||
| Police Sergeant | ||
| Wesley Dickens | ||
| Train Conductor (uncredited) | ||
| Detective Ryan | ||
| Officer McCloskey | ||
| Detective Dickens | ||
| 1940 | Sgt. Murphy | |
| Dickens | ||
| Jim - Detective | ||
| Capt. Thompson | ||
| Cop (uncredited) | ||
| Bottles | ||
| Dickens | ||
| Policeman | ||
| Dickens | ||
| Junk Man | ||
| Bailiff | ||
| 1939 | Hank Fidler | |
| Pete - Railroad Detective | ||
| Detective - in Cab and at Theatre | ||
| Policeman | ||
| Reno Desk Sergeant | ||
| Policeman at School (uncredited) | ||
| Police Officer (uncredited) | ||
| Landlord | ||
| Agitator | ||
| 1938 | Bit Role | |
| Cop at Racetrack | ||
| Finnegan | ||
| Hotel Detective | ||
| Cop | ||
| Train Conductor | ||
| Police Band Leader | ||
| Police Sergeant | ||
| 1937 | Officer | |
| Policeman | ||
| Abner Jenkins | ||
| Smitty - Policeman | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Jailer | ||
| Police Officer Tracy (uncredited) | ||
| Oil Man at Well | ||
| Seaman at Auction | ||
| Conductor | ||
| Cop (uncredited) | ||
| Policeman | ||
| 1936 | Desk Sergeant | |
| Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited) | ||
| Detective Costigan | ||
| Cop (uncredited) | ||
| First Detective | ||
| Heath's Assistant (Uncredited) | ||
| 1935 | Hank Polk | |
| Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey) | ||
| Mike - Cop | ||
| Horsley's Secretary | ||
| Police Officer Riley | ||
| Detective O'Brien | ||
| Sheriff Jenks | ||
| Police Lieutenant O'Brien | ||
| Bit Part | ||
| N/A | ||
| Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited) | ||
| 1934 | Dugan | |
| Police Sgt. Murphy | ||
| Insurance Adjustor | ||
| Train Detective (uncredited) | ||
| Joe Cuttlehammer Sr. | ||
| Sergeant at Border | ||
| Policeman | ||
| Detective | ||
| Bloodgood | ||
| Mulvaney | ||
| Detective Blake | ||
| 1933 | Train Conductor | |
| Cop | ||
| Cop (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1932 | Doorman | |
| Prison Jailer (uncredited) | ||
| Corcoran | ||
| Detective | ||
| Police Sergeant | ||
| Detective Duffy | ||
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Detective Duffy | ||
| Det. Dugan | ||
| Delaney | ||
| 1931 | Sheriff Hornsby | |
| Collins | ||
| Detective Kearney | ||
| Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy | ||
| 1930 | The Conductor | |
| Policeman (uncredited) | ||
| Murphy | ||
| N/A | ||
| Deputy Sheriff Jeff | ||
| Murphy | ||
| Chief of Detectives (uncredited) | ||
| Police Officer Casey | ||
| Policeman | ||
| Detective | ||
| Police Captain | ||
| 1929 | Carney | |
| N/A | ||
| Police Detective | ||
| 1928 | Inspector | |
| Dugan | ||
| Detective (uncredited) | ||
| Clerk | ||
| N/A | ||
| Mr. Lovewell | ||
| Detective | ||
| Detective Simpson | ||
| Detective in Shadow Box | ||
| 1927 | Mulligan | |
| The Detective | ||
| Det. Shaw | ||
| The Police | ||
| Rent Collector | ||
| 1926 | Assistant Chief of Detectives | |
| The Detective (uncredited) | ||
| Man with Badge on Train (uncredited) | ||
| Policeman | ||
| Murphy | ||
| Cop | ||
| 1925 | N/A | |
| Policeman | ||
| N/A | ||
| Desk Sergeant (uncredited) | ||
| Tom Horan | ||
| Confederate | ||
| N/A | ||
| George Ketchem | ||
| 1924 | Agent John J. Doyle | |
| N/A | ||
| 1923 | Decker | |
| The Submarine Commander | ||
| Detective Quinn (uncredited) | ||
| Detective Hahn | ||
| 1922 | Gomez | |
| The Other Man | ||
| Member of the Jury (uncredited) | ||
| Police Officer | ||
| Starnes | ||
| Police Inspector | ||
| 1921 | Dugall | |
| Detective (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1920 | Bit Part (uncredited) | |
| 1919 | Sgt. Powers | |
| Capt. von Hoffmeier | ||
| Captain Eric von Prohme | ||
| 1918 | Max Kummich | |
| JIm Cox | ||
| The Detective | ||
| 1917 | The Deputy | |
| 1914 | N/A | |
| Silent Sandy | ||
| 1911 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Director | |
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| 1915 | Director | |
| 1914 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1917 | Scenario Writer | |
| Scenario Writer | ||
| Scenario Writer | ||
| Scenario Writer | ||
| Writer | ||
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