Fred Kelsey
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Doc Jones (uncredited)
1951
Film
To Catch a Thief
Party Guest (uncredited)
1955
Film
Strangers on a Train
Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1951
Film
A Star Is Born
Audience Member (uncredited)
1954
Film
Mildred Pierce
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
1945
Film
Mr. Skeffington
Cop in Raid (uncredited)
1944
Film
Auntie Mame
Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
1958
Film
They Died with Their Boots On
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
1941
Film
The Fountainhead
Old Watchman (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Enforcer
1951
Film
Storm Warning
Townsman (uncredited)
1951
Film
Action in the North Atlantic
Joe (uncredited)
1943
Film
Night and Day
First-Nighter (uncredited)
1946
Film
Gentleman Jim
Sutro (uncredited)
1942
Film
Gold Diggers of 1933
Detective Jones (uncredited)
1933
Film
O. Henry's Full House
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
1952
Film
The Inspector General
Villager (uncredited)
1949
Film
The Opposite Sex
Club Patron (uncredited)
1956
Film
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Detective (uncredited)
1941
Film
Flamingo Road
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1949
Film
Riding Shotgun
Townsman (uncredited)
1954
Film
Crime Wave
Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1953
Film
In This Our Life
Jailer (uncredited)
1942
Film
Saratoga Trunk
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1945
Film
Christmas in Connecticut
Harper (uncredited)
1945
Film
The Damned Don't Cry
Man on Dock (uncredited)
1950
Film
Backfire
Fight Fan (uncredited)
1950
Film
Carson City
Townsman (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Flame and the Arrow
Guard (uncredited)
1950
Film
Twentieth Century
Train Detective (uncredited)
1934
Film
The Helen Morgan Story
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
1957
Film
If I Had a Million
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Silver Chalice
Silversmith (uncredited)
1954
Film
Springfield Rifle
Barfly (uncredited)
1952
Film
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
1939
Film
Westbound
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
Film
Three Strangers
Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
1946
Film
Love Is News
Cop (uncredited)
1937
Film
Silver River
Townsman (uncredited)
1948
Film
Larceny, Inc.
Bronson
1942
Film
A Stolen Life
Bartender (uncredited)
1946
Film
Nora Prentiss
Turnkey (uncredited)
1947
Film
Souls for Sale
Detective Quinn (uncredited)
1923
Film
The Man I Love
Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
1946
Film
Phantom of the Rue Morgue
Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
1954
Film
Dog Shy
Cop
1926
Film
Tall Man Riding
Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Film
Hans Christian Andersen
Gendarme #1
1952
Film
Diamond Jim
Horsley's Secretary
1935
Film
Illegal
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1955
Film
Colorado Territory
Train Engineer (uncredited)
1949
Film
School for Girls
Detective
1934
Film
Room for One More
1952
Film
Private Number
Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
1936
Film
Slave Ship
Seaman at Auction
1937
Film
Clock Wise
Landlord
1939
Film
The Unfaithful
Courtroom Spectator
1947
Film
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Bailiff
1940
Film
Old Acquaintance
Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
1943
Film
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
1943
Film
Northern Pursuit
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1943
Film
One Foot in Heaven
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1941
Film
Dancing in the Dark
Deputy
1949
Film
Huddle
Policeman (uncredited)
1932
Film
Super-Sleuth
Jailer
1937
Film
Goodbye, My Fancy
Party Guest (Uncredited)
1951
Film
My Favorite Blonde
Sam - Policeman
1942
Film
Harold Teen
Mr. Lovewell
1928
Film
Monkey Businessmen
Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
1946
Film
Love and Hisses
Officer
1937
Film
Mr. District Attorney
Officer McCloskey
1941
Film
Down on the Farm
Bit Role
1938
Film
Never Say Goodbye
Policeman (uncredited)
1946
Film
The Golden Fleecing
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Film
The Noose Hangs High
Cop (uncredited)
1948
Film
One Dangerous Night
Detective Dickens
1943
Film
The Witness Chair
Detective Costigan
1936
Film
Soft Cushions
The Police
1927
Film
The Bowery
Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
1933
Film
Wild and Woolly
Policeman (uncredited)
1937
Film
Murder in the Big House
"Screw"
1942
Film
Spy Ship
Night Watchman
1942
Film
Lady Gangster
Policeman (uncredited)
1942
Film
Tell No Tales
Policeman at School (uncredited)
1939
Film
Everybody's Doing It
Police Sergeant
1938
Film
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Cop (uncredited)
1932
Film
The Crime Doctor
Bloodgood
1934
Film
Serenade
Opera Attendee (uncredited)
1956
Film
Homicide
Officer O'Brien
1949
Film
Manslaughter
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
1922
Film
A Woman of Affairs
Detective (uncredited)
1928
Film
True to Life
Cop (uncredited)
1943
Film
Shine on Harvest Moon
Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Third Generation
Brody
1920
Film
Carnival
Bit Part
1935
Film
Night Spot
Police Band Leader
1938
Film
Racing Blood
Smithy
1954
Film
Crime by Night
Dad Martin (uncredited)
1944
Film
The Naughty Flirt
Policeman (uncredited)
1931
Film
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
1930
Film
Invisible Ghost
Detective Ryan
1941
Film
Lucky Me
Passerby on Street (uncredited)
1954
Film
Pacific Blackout
Cop
1941
Film
Only Saps Work
Murphy (uncredited)
1930
Film
Scandal Sheet
Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
1931
Film
I'll Tell the World
Sergeant at Border
1934
Film
I Was Framed
Drunk
1942
Film
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
Barfly (uncredited)
1957
Film
Make Your Own Bed
Turnkey
1944
Film
Mexican Spitfire Out West
Jim - Detective
1940
Film
King of the Jungle
Cop (uncredited)
1933
Film
Bullet Scars
Police Chief Hansen
1942
Film
Speak Easily
Process Server
1932
Film
Among the Missing
Police Sgt. Murphy
1934
Traffic in Hearts
Tim Tracy
1924
Film
Time Out for Romance
Policeman
1937
Film
The Lady Escapes
Man on telephone (uncredited)
1937
Film
X Marks the Spot
Police Officer Martin
1942
Film
Angel's Holiday
Conductor
1937
Film
Trial by Trigger
Jerry (uncredited)
1944
Film
Naughty Baby
Dugan
1928
Film
Shadows of Sing Sing
Murphy
1933
Film
Death Flies East
Police Lieutenant O'Brien
1935
Film
Captain Fly-by-Night
Gomez
1922
Film
The Crime of the Century
Police Guard (uncredited)
1933
Film
High School
Junk Man
1940
Film
Crazy Like a Fox
Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
1926
Film
The Eleventh Hour
The Submarine Commander
1923
Film
Little Annie Rooney
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1925
Film
Come Out Fighting
Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
1945
So You Want to Play the Horses
Detective (uncredited)
1946
Film
My Six Convicts
Store Detective
1952
Film
Wrong Again
1929
Film
Safety in Numbers
Cop
1938
Boys Will Be Boys
Doorman
1932
Film
Smiling Irish Eyes
County Fair Manager
1929
Film
Road to Paradise
Casey
1930
Film
The Green Archer
Capt. Thompson
1940
Film
Horses' Collars
Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
1935
Film
Revenue Agent
Sgt. Wallace
1950
Film
The Social Highwayman
Chief of Police
1926
Film
The Girl Said No
Policeman
1930
Film
The Yankee Consul
Agent John J. Doyle
1924
Film
Orchids and Ermine
Police Sergeant
1927
Film
Excuse Me
George Ketchem
1925
Film
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Pete - Railroad Detective
1939
Film
The Woman Racket
Police Captain
1930
Film
On Trial
Clerk
1928
Film
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Jailer
1942
Film
Charlie Chan in Reno
Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
Film
One Frightened Night
Sheriff Jenks
1935
A Left Hook
1911
Film
The Garden Murder Case
Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
1936
Film
Secrets of the Lone Wolf
Wesley Dickens
1941
Film
Deadwood Dick
Bottles
1940
Film
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Detective
1928
Film
Going Wild
The Conductor
1930
Film
Red Haired Alibi
Corcoran
1932
Film
Guilty as Hell
Detective Duffy
1932
Film
Side Show
Sheriff Hornsby
1931
Film
Too Busy to Work
Hank Fidler
1939
Film
Lovebound
Detective Hahn
1923
Film
One Mile from Heaven
Smitty - Policeman
1937
Film
The Yellow Dog
Max Kummich
1918
Film
Josette
Hotel Detective
1938
Film
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Store Detective (uncredited)
1926
Film
The Lawful Cheater
Tom Horan
1925
That's My Baby
Murphy
1926
Film
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
Dickens
1940
Film
Roaring Guns
1944
Film
She Had to Eat
Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
1937
Film
Beloved
Mulvaney
1934
Film
Atlantic Adventure
Police Officer Riley
1935
Film
Borrowing Trouble
Policeman
1937
Film
Food and Magic
1943
Film
Straight, Place and Show
Cop at Racetrack
1938
So You Want an Apartment
Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
1948
Film
One Clear Call
Starnes
1922
Film
If a Body Meets a Body
Detective
1945
So You Want to Know Your Relatives
Mr. Watson (uncredited)
1954
Film
The Faker
Police Detective
1929
Film
Scarlet Pages
Murphy
1930
Film
Murder on the Waterfront
Capt. Beal
1943
Film
Smooth as Satin
Kersey
1925
Film
Paths to Paradise
Confederate
1925
Film
Chicken Wagon Family
Policeman
1939
Film
Frontier Days
Mayor Stone (uncredited)
1945
Film
Tiny Troubles
Judge
1939
Film
The Match-Breaker
Detective
1921
Film
High Tension
Desk Sergeant
1936
Puppets of Fate
Bobs
1921
The People's Choice
1946
Film
Friendly Enemies
1925
Film
South of Suva
Karl Swartz
1922
Film
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
Detective Dickens
1941
Film
The Night Hawk
1924
So You Want to Be a Musician
Restaurant diner
1953
Film
Danger Ahead
Detective O'Brien
1935
Film
Murder Without Tears
Sergeant-at-Arms
1953
Film
Young Donovan's Kid
Collins
1931
Film
The Gorilla
Mulligan
1927
Film
The Last Warning
Inspector
1928
Film
Big Business
Oil Man at Well
1937
The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
Policeman (uncredited)
1942
Film
The Last Card
Detective (uncredited)
1921
Film
The Silk Lined Burglar
Capt. von Hoffmeier
1919
Film
Misbehaving Husbands
Sgt. Murphy
1940
Film
Snooper Service
1945
Film
Sailor's Luck
Cop
1933
Film
Wide Open
Detective
1930
Film
Rough Riders' Round-up
Agitator
1939
Film
The Sagebrush Troubadour
Hank Polk
1935
Film
Bromo and Juliet
The Detective (uncredited)
1926
Film
The Donovan Affair
Carney
1929
Film
At Sea Ashore
Cop (uncredited)
1936
Film
Subway Express
Detective Kearney
1931
Film
How DOooo You Do
Detective
1945
Film
The 13th Juror
The Detective
1927
Film
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
1950
So You Think You Can't Sleep
Sleeping patient in waiting room
1953
Film
While the City Sleeps
Detective in Shadow Box
1928
Film
Tenderloin
Detective Simpson
1928
Film
The Little Red Schoolhouse
First Detective
1936
Film
Hot Money
Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
1935
Berth Quakes
Train Conductor
1938
Plastered in Paris
1928
Film
Say It with Babies
Policeman
1926
Film
Detour to Danger
Det. Kelsey
1946
So You Want to Enjoy Life
Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
1952
Film
The Off-Shore Pirate
Sailor
1921
Film
The Third Degree
Assistant Chief of Detectives
1926
Andy Plays Hookey
Policeman
1946
Film
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
Dickens
1940
Film
Alias Jimmy Valentine
Bit Part (uncredited)
1920
Film
Murder on the Roof
Ryan
1930
Film
The Wright Idea
M. T. Flatt
1928
Film
At the Stroke of Twelve
Police Sergeant
1941
Film
A Gem of a Jam
Police Chief
1943
I'll Be Suing You
Insurance Adjustor
1934
Film
The Lone Wolf Strikes
Dickens
1940
Film
So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
Fred
1946
Film
Lights Out
Decker
1923
A Midnight Adventure
Cassidy
1928
The Honor of an Outlaw
The Deputy
1917
Film
The Strange Mr. Gregory
Lefert
1945
So You Want to Hold Your Husband
Lamb - Curry's Partner
1950
Film
Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1
Self - Tour Guide
1930
Film
There Are No Villains
Dugall
1921
Film
Counter-Espionage
Dickens
1942
Quiet Please!
Train Conductor
1933
Film
Rough Necking
Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
1934
Film
Don't Shoot
Police Officer
1922
Film
Here Comes Mr. Zerk
Policeman
1943
Film
Lightning Strikes Twice
Dugan
1934
Film
Hiss and Yell
Policeman (uncredited)
1946
So You Want to Be an Actor
Counter Man
1949
Film
Youth and Adventure
Red Mullin
1925
Film
Deserted at the Altar
The Other Man
1922
Film
The Uneasy Three
1925
Film
Men Without Law
Deputy Sheriff Jeff
1930
Film
That I May Live
Abner Jenkins
1937
Film
Held by the Law
Detective
1927
Film
The Public Menace
Mike - Cop
1935
Film
The Song of Life
Police Inspector
1922
So You Want to Be a Muscle Man
Delivery Man
1949
Film
Atta Boy
Detective
1926
Film
Discarded Lovers
Delaney
1932
Film
The Thirteenth Hour
Det. Shaw
1927
Film
Moving Vanities
Police Officer (uncredited)
1939
Film
Seven Sinners
Policeman
1925
Strictly Fresh Yeggs
Policeman
1934
Yoo-Hoo
Detective
1932
Film
Bag and Baggage
Fred
1923
Film
The Moth
Detective Blake
1934
Film
A Notorious Gentleman
Detective
1935
The Iceman's Ball
Police Sergeant
1932
So You Want a Raise
1950
Mutiny in the County
Policeman
1940
Film
The Empty Cab
The Detective
1918
Film
A Society Sensation
JIm Cox
1918
Film
Dear! Deer!
Policeman
1942
She Got What She Wanted
1930
Film
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1925
Silent Sandy
Silent Sandy
1914
The Mystery Pilot
Skipper Larsen
1926
Shopping with Wifie
Det. Dugan
1932
Strop, Look and Listen
Pierpont Alloy
1952
Film
The Fire Flingers
Sgt. Powers
1919
Film
The Light of Victory
Captain Eric von Prohme
1919
Film
Love in High Gear
Detective Duffy
1932
Film
Arms and the Gringo
1914
Film
Many Sappy Returns
Finnegan
1938
Film
Jewish Prudence
Rent Collector
1927
Film
Outlaw's Son
1954