Fred Kelsey
- Acting
- August 20, 1884 · Sandusky, Ohio, USA
- September 2, 1961
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
Filmography
- Westbound · Townsman (uncredited)
- Auntie Mame · Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
- The Helen Morgan Story · Night Club Patron (uncredited)
- Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend · Barfly (uncredited)
- The Opposite Sex · Club Patron (uncredited)
- Serenade · Opera Attendee (uncredited)
- Illegal · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- To Catch a Thief · Party Guest (uncredited)
- Tall Man Riding · Townsman (uncredited)
- Outlaw's Son
- The Silver Chalice · Silversmith (uncredited)
- So You Want to Know Your Relatives · Mr. Watson (uncredited)
- A Star Is Born · Audience Member (uncredited)
- Lucky Me · Passerby on Street (uncredited)
- Riding Shotgun · Townsman (uncredited)
- Phantom of the Rue Morgue · Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
- Racing Blood · Smithy
- So You Think You Can't Sleep · Sleeping patient in waiting room
- Crime Wave · Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
- Murder Without Tears · Sergeant-at-Arms
- So You Want to Be a Musician · Restaurant diner
- Hans Christian Andersen · Gendarme #1
- Strop, Look and Listen · Pierpont Alloy
- Springfield Rifle · Barfly (uncredited)
- O. Henry's Full House · Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
- Carson City · Townsman (uncredited)
- So You Want to Enjoy Life · Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
- My Six Convicts · Store Detective
- Room for One More
- Strangers on a Train · Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
- Goodbye, My Fancy · Party Guest (Uncredited)
- The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok · Doc Jones (uncredited)
- The Enforcer
- Storm Warning · Townsman (uncredited)
- Revenue Agent · Sgt. Wallace
- So You Want a Raise
- The Flame and the Arrow · Guard (uncredited)
- So You Want to Hold Your Husband · Lamb - Curry's Partner
- The Damned Don't Cry · Man on Dock (uncredited)
- So You Think You're Not Guilty · Police Turnkey (uncredited)
- Backfire · Fight Fan (uncredited)
- The Inspector General · Villager (uncredited)
- So You Want to Be an Actor · Counter Man
- Dancing in the Dark · Deputy
- So You Want to Be a Muscle Man · Delivery Man
- The Fountainhead · Old Watchman (uncredited)
- Colorado Territory · Train Engineer (uncredited)
- Flamingo Road · Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Homicide · Officer O'Brien
- Silver River · Townsman (uncredited)
- The Noose Hangs High · Cop (uncredited)
- So You Want an Apartment · Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
- The Unfaithful · Courtroom Spectator
- Nora Prentiss · Turnkey (uncredited)
- So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck · Fred
- The Man I Love · Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
- Andy Plays Hookey · Policeman
- The People's Choice
- Never Say Goodbye · Policeman (uncredited)
- So You Want to Play the Horses · Detective (uncredited)
- Night and Day · First-Nighter (uncredited)
- Monkey Businessmen · Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
- A Stolen Life · Bartender (uncredited)
- Hiss and Yell · Policeman (uncredited)
- Three Strangers · Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
- Detour to Danger · Det. Kelsey
- How DOooo You Do · Detective
- Frontier Days · Mayor Stone (uncredited)
- Saratoga Trunk · Train Conductor (uncredited)
- Mildred Pierce · Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
- Come Out Fighting · Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
- If a Body Meets a Body · Detective
- Christmas in Connecticut · Harper (uncredited)
- Snooper Service
- The Strange Mr. Gregory · Lefert
- Crime by Night · Dad Martin (uncredited)
- Make Your Own Bed · Turnkey
- Trial by Trigger · Jerry (uncredited)
- Mr. Skeffington · Cop in Raid (uncredited)
- Shine on Harvest Moon · Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)