Cast
Fred Kelsey
Acting
Cast
Fred Kelsey
Known for
Acting
Born
1884-08-20
From
Sandusky, Ohio, USA
Died
1961-09-02
Also known as Fred Kelsy, F. A. Kelsey , F.A. 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.
Strangers on a Train
as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
Mildred Pierce
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Colorado Territory
as Train Engineer (uncredited)
A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited)
Riding Shotgun
as Townsman (uncredited)
Spy Ship
as Night Watchman
The Fountainhead
as Old Watchman (uncredited)
Mr. Skeffington
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
Illegal
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
The Silver Chalice
as Silversmith (uncredited)
Night and Day
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
The Opposite Sex
as Club Patron (uncredited)
Berth Quakes
as Train Conductor
The Faker
as Police Detective
Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
Private Number
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
Love and Hisses
as Officer
Tenderloin
as Detective Simpson
Time Out for Romance
as Policeman
Slave Ship
as Seaman at Auction
Backfire
as Fight Fan (uncredited)
Serenade
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut
as Harper (uncredited)
Manslaughter
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
Silver River
as Townsman (uncredited)
Friendly Enemies
O. Henry's Full House
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
Room for One More
They Died with Their Boots On
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
as Joe (uncredited)
Gentleman Jim
as Sutro (uncredited)
Storm Warning
as Townsman (uncredited)
Carson City
as Townsman (uncredited)
Gold Diggers of 1933
as Detective Jones (uncredited)
The Moth
as Detective Blake
Quiet Please!
as Train Conductor
Twentieth Century
as Train Detective (uncredited)
Clock Wise
as Landlord
Subway Express
as Detective Kearney
Scarlet Pages
as Murphy
Monkey Businessmen
as Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
A Stolen Life
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
In This Our Life
as Jailer (uncredited)
Three Strangers
as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
as "Screw"
The Inspector General
as Villager (uncredited)
Lucky Me
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
Yoo-Hoo
as Detective
If I Had a Million
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Detective (uncredited)
The Enforcer
Old Acquaintance
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
Atlantic Adventure
as Police Officer Riley
Never Say Goodbye
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Lady Escapes
as Man on telephone (uncredited)
Only Saps Work
as Murphy (uncredited)
Carnival
as Bit Part
Saratoga Trunk
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Beloved
as Mulvaney
Lady Gangster
as Policeman (uncredited)
Hans Christian Andersen
as First Gendarme
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
Counter-Espionage
as Dickens
Flamingo Road
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The Man I Love
as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
Angel's Holiday
as Conductor
Bullet Scars
as Police Chief Hansen
Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)
Sailor's Luck
as Cop
The Garden Murder Case
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
The Unfaithful
as Courtroom Spectator
Charlie Chan in Reno
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Woman Racket
as Police Captain
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Jailer
Pacific Blackout
as Cop
Invisible Ghost
as Detective Ryan
Westbound
as Townsman (uncredited)
Diamond Jim
as Horsley's Secretary
My Six Convicts
as Store Detective
Homicide
as Officer O'Brien
Tell No Tales
as Policeman at School (uncredited)
Speak Easily
as Process Server
Naughty Baby
as Dugan
Huddle
as Policeman (uncredited)
Excuse Me
as George Ketchem
Horses' Collars
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
Chicken Wagon Family
as Policeman
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
as Policeman
The Damned Don't Cry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)
My Favorite Blonde
as Sam - Policeman
Deadwood Dick
as Bottles
Silent Sandy
as Silent Sandy
Super-Sleuth
as Jailer
Nora Prentiss
as Turnkey (uncredited)
Lovebound
as Detective Hahn
Red Haired Alibi
as Corcoran
Orchids and Ermine
as Police Sergeant
Larceny, Inc.
as Bronson
Love Is News
as Cop (uncredited)
Josette
as Hotel Detective
Everybody's Doing It
as Police Sergeant
True to Life
as Cop (uncredited)
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as Policeman
Wrong Again
The Bowery
as Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
as Barfly (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps
as Detective in Shadow Box
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Cop (uncredited)
Deserted at the Altar
as The Other Man
Goodbye, My Fancy
as Party Guest (Uncredited)
The Golden Fleecing
as Cop (uncredited)
Little Annie Rooney
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
I Was Framed
as Drunk
The Lone Wolf Strikes
as Dickens
The Crime of the Century
as Police Guard (uncredited)
The 13th Juror
as The Detective
The Crime Doctor
as Bloodgood
Night Spot
as Police Band Leader
Down on the Farm
as Bit Role
High School
as Junk Man
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Jim - Detective
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as Detective
Rough Riders' Round-up
as Agitator
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Bailiff
Young Donovan's Kid
as Collins
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Pete - Railroad Detective
The Gorilla
as Mulligan
High Tension
as Desk Sergeant
Guilty as Hell
as Detective Duffy
A Woman of Affairs
as Detective (uncredited)
Among the Missing
as Police Sgt. Murphy
Scandal Sheet
as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
Moving Vanities
as Police Officer (uncredited)
The Strange Mr. Gregory
as Lefert
Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)
Dancing in the Dark
as Deputy
One Mile from Heaven
as Smitty - Policeman
The Eleventh Hour
as The Submarine Commander
The Noose Hangs High
as Cop (uncredited)
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
Souls for Sale
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
How DOooo You Do
as Detective
One Clear Call
as Starnes
One Foot in Heaven
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
Don't Shoot
as Police Officer
Love in High Gear
as Detective Duffy
Murder Without Tears
as Sergeant-at-Arms
The Girl Said No
as Policeman
Make Your Own Bed
as Turnkey
I'll Tell the World
as Sergeant at Border
Soft Cushions
as The Police
Rough Necking
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
On Trial
as Clerk
The Little Red Schoolhouse
as First Detective
Bromo and Juliet
as The Detective (uncredited)
South of Suva
as Karl Swartz
If a Body Meets a Body
as Detective
Atta Boy
as Detective
Paths to Paradise
as Confederate
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Donovan Affair
as Carney
Jewish Prudence
as Rent Collector
So You Think You're Not Guilty
as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
Going Wild
as The Conductor
Roaring Guns
The Empty Cab
as The Detective
Come Out Fighting
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
Men Without Law
as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
Too Busy to Work
as Hank Fidler
X Marks the Spot
as Police Officer Martin
Trial by Trigger
as Jerry (uncredited)
Tiny Troubles
as Judge
King of the Jungle
as Cop (uncredited)
A Society Sensation
as JIm Cox
Danger Ahead
as Detective O'Brien
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Detective Dickens
One Dangerous Night
as Detective Dickens
The Last Warning
as Inspector
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as Dickens
The People's Choice
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
as Self - Tour Guide
Dog Shy
as Cop
The Iceman's Ball
as Police Sergeant
Wide Open
as Detective
The Witness Chair
as Detective Costigan
Murder on the Roof
as Ryan
The Night Hawk
So You Want to Play the Horses
as Detective (uncredited)
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Wesley Dickens
The Light of Victory
as Captain Eric von Prohme
Mr. District Attorney
as Officer McCloskey
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Bit Part (uncredited)
Shadows of Sing Sing
as Murphy
One Frightened Night
as Sheriff Jenks
Traffic in Hearts
as Tim Tracy
The Green Archer
as Capt. Thompson
Borrowing Trouble
as Policeman
So You Want to Be an Actor
as Counter Man
The Match-Breaker
as Detective
Boys Will Be Boys
as Doorman
Revenue Agent
as Sgt. Wallace
Harold Teen
as Mr. Lovewell
Bag and Baggage
as Fred
Frontier Days
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
Smiling Irish Eyes
as County Fair Manager
Crazy Like a Fox
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
Dear! Deer!
as Policeman
Wild and Woolly
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Honor of an Outlaw
as The Deputy
Captain Fly-by-Night
as Gomez
Road to Paradise
as Casey
Side Show
as Sheriff Hornsby
Crime by Night
as Dad Martin (uncredited)
So You Want a Raise
The Public Menace
as Mike - Cop
The Last Card
as Detective (uncredited)
Detour to Danger
as Det. Kelsey
Lights Out
as Decker
So You Think You Can't Sleep
as Sleeping patient in waiting room
Safety in Numbers
as Cop
The Third Degree
as Assistant Chief of Detectives
Straight, Place and Show
as Cop at Racetrack
At the Stroke of Twelve
as Police Sergeant
Seven Sinners
as Policeman
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
Murder on the Waterfront
as Capt. Beal
The Song of Life
as Police Inspector
A Notorious Gentleman
as Detective
So You Want to Enjoy Life
as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
Strop, Look and Listen
as Pierpont Alloy
The Off-Shore Pirate
as Sailor
She Got What She Wanted
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
as Lamb - Curry's Partner
School for Girls
as Detective
Misbehaving Husbands
as Sgt. Murphy
That's My Baby
as Murphy
So You Want an Apartment
as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
Hiss and Yell
as Policeman (uncredited)
The Third Generation
as Brody
A Midnight Adventure
as Cassidy
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as Dickens
She Had to Eat
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
The Fire Flingers
as Sgt. Powers
At Sea Ashore
as Cop (uncredited)
A Left Hook
Hot Money
as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
The Naughty Flirt
as Policeman (uncredited)
There Are No Villains
as Dugall
The Yankee Consul
as Agent John J. Doyle
There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Store Detective (uncredited)
The Silk Lined Burglar
as Capt. von Hoffmeier
The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Hank Polk
Seven Keys to Baldpate
The Uneasy Three
Big Business
as Oil Man at Well
Puppets of Fate
as Bobs
That I May Live
as Abner Jenkins
The Lawful Cheater
as Tom Horan
Food and Magic
Snooper Service
The Social Highwayman
as Chief of Police
Death Flies East
as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
A Gem of a Jam
as Police Chief
The Yellow Dog
as Max Kummich
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
as Delivery Man
Andy Plays Hookey
as Policeman
Discarded Lovers
as Delaney
Outlaw's Son
The Mystery Pilot
as Skipper Larsen
Plastered in Paris
Mutiny in the County
as Policeman
Arms and the Gringo
Youth and Adventure
as Red Mullin
Lightning Strikes Twice
as Dugan
Smooth as Satin
as Kersey
Racing Blood
as Smithy
The Thirteenth Hour
as Det. Shaw
Held by the Law
as Detective
Say It with Babies
as Policeman
The Wright Idea
as M. T. Flatt
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
as Fred
I'll Be Suing You
as Insurance Adjustor
So You Want to Be a Musician
as Restaurant diner
Many Sappy Returns
as Finnegan
Shopping with Wifie
as Det. Dugan