Fred Kelsey
Acting
🎂 1884-08-20
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.
Cast credits(270)
Doc Jones (uncredited)
1951
Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1951
Detective Ryan
1941
Party Guest (uncredited)
1955
Cop (uncredited)
1948
Audience Member (uncredited)
1954
Policeman (uncredited)
1942
Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
1955
Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
1941
Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
1945
Club Patron (uncredited)
1956
Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
1958
Villager (uncredited)
1949
Joe (uncredited)
1943
Harper (uncredited)
1945
Townsman (uncredited)
1951
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
1952
Opera Attendee (uncredited)
1956
Old Watchman (uncredited)
1949
First-Nighter (uncredited)
1946
Guard (uncredited)
1950
First Gendarme
1952
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1949
1951
Train Engineer (uncredited)
1949
1952
Man on the Street / Man in Pub
1946
Silversmith (uncredited)
1954
Townsman (uncredited)
1955
Fight Fan (uncredited)
1950
Bit Part
1935
Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1953
Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
1939
Man on Dock (uncredited)
1950
Train Detective (uncredited)
1934
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1943
Sutro (uncredited)
1942
Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
1937
Townsman (uncredited)
1959
Detective (uncredited)
1941
Sergeant at Border
1934
Barfly (uncredited)
1952
Jailer (uncredited)
1942
Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
1943
Horsley's Secretary
1935
Bartender (uncredited)
1946
Prison Jailer (uncredited)
1932
Cop in Raid (uncredited)
1944
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1945
Police Sergeant
1941
Passerby on Street (uncredited)
1954
Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
1946
Tom Horan
1925
Deputy Sheriff Jeff
1930
Turnkey (uncredited)
1947
Bronson
1942
Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
1930
Courtroom Spectator
1947
Deputy
1949
Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
1943
Detective (uncredited)
1928
Police Sgt. Murphy
1934
Process Server
1932
Party Guest (Uncredited)
1951
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1925
Cop
1933
Jailer
1942
Cop (uncredited)
1943
Cop
1941
Policeman (uncredited)
1946
Detective Quinn (uncredited)
1923
Sam - Policeman
1942
Cop (uncredited)
1940
Detective Costigan
1936
Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
Officer McCloskey
1941
Dickens
1942
Capt. Thompson
1940
Train Conductor (uncredited)
1941
Detective
1932
Bit Part (uncredited)
1920
Agitator
1939
Policeman (uncredited)
1932
Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
1936
Store Detective
1952
"Screw"
1942
Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
1931
Self - Tour Guide
1930
Junk Man
1940
Cop (uncredited)
1933
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
1922
Mr. Lovewell
1928
Wesley Dickens
1941
Bailiff
1940
Sgt. Wallace
1950
1929
Officer
1937
Oil Man at Well
1937
Police Officer Martin
1942
Smitty - Policeman
1937
Officer O'Brien
1949
Policeman (uncredited)
1937
Turnkey
1944
Cop (uncredited)
1937
Night Watchman
1942
Mr. Watson (uncredited)
1954
George Ketchem
1925
Detective Duffy
1932
Police Band Leader
1938
Policeman
1937
Rent Collector
1927
Policeman
1930
Sheriff Hornsby
1931
Cop at Racetrack
1938
Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
1936
Mulligan
1927
Police Chief Hansen
1942
Sgt. Murphy
1940
Dickens
1940
Policeman at School (uncredited)
1939
Drunk
1942
Detective
1945
Policeman
1939
Detective
1934
Detective Dickens
1941
Sheriff Jenks
1935
Detective Kearney
1931
Detective Blake
1934
Seaman at Auction
1937
Murphy
1930
Jim - Detective
1940
Police Turnkey (uncredited)
1950
1935
Detective Hahn
1923
Hotel Detective
1938
Dad Martin (uncredited)
1944
Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
1935
Detective in Shadow Box
1928
Bottles
1940
Police Lieutenant O'Brien
1935
Dickens
1940
Man on telephone (uncredited)
1937
Police Chief
1943
The Conductor
1930
Sergeant-at-Arms
1953
Carney
1929
Assistant Chief of Detectives
1926
1925
Desk Sergeant
1936
Clerk
1928
Collins
1931
Police Officer Riley
1935
Detective
1945
Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
1945
Casey
1930
1925
Mulvaney
1934
Policeman (uncredited)
1931
Lamb - Curry's Partner
1950
Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
1935
Detective O'Brien
1935
Policeman
1926
Detective
1926
1943
Bit Role
1938
Inspector
1928
Doorman
1932
Murphy (uncredited)
1930
Conductor
1937
Dickens
1940
Police Captain
1930
Police Sergeant
1938
Police Guard (uncredited)
1933
Train Conductor
1933
Dugan
1934
Detective Dickens
1943
Capt. Beal
1943
Hank Polk
1935
Cop (uncredited)
1936
The Detective (uncredited)
1926
1944
Jailer
1937
Policeman (uncredited)
1942
1945
Mayor Stone (uncredited)
1945
Detective
1930
Cop
1938
Mike - Cop
1935
Insurance Adjustor
1934
Det. Shaw
1927
Decker
1923
Dugan
1928
The Detective
1927
Fred
1923
1911
Police Detective
1929
Delaney
1932
Detective Simpson
1928
Murphy
1926
JIm Cox
1918
Store Detective (uncredited)
1926
Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
1926
Hank Fidler
1939
Policeman
1940
Pete - Railroad Detective
1939
Policeman
1934
Jerry (uncredited)
1944
Cop
1926
Policeman
1925
Judge
1939
Detective (uncredited)
1921
Detective
1928
Gomez
1922
Karl Swartz
1922
1928
The Police
1927
Ryan
1930
Counter Man
1949
Max Kummich
1918
Delivery Man
1949
Confederate
1925
Detective Duffy
1932
Policeman
1946
Lefert
1945
Police Sergeant
1927
Agent John J. Doyle
1924
Corcoran
1932
Dugall
1921
Detective (uncredited)
1946
1924
1930
Police Sergeant
1932
Policeman
1937
Starnes
1922
1925
County Fair Manager
1929
Police Inspector
1922
Policeman (uncredited)
1946
Restaurant diner
1953
Police Officer
1922
Det. Kelsey
1946
Bloodgood
1934
Train Conductor
1938
Sleeping patient in waiting room
1953
Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
1948
Policeman
1943
Captain Eric von Prohme
1919
First Detective
1936
The Deputy
1917
The Detective
1918
Sgt. Powers
1919
Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
1952
Police Officer (uncredited)
1939
The Submarine Commander
1923
1954
Finnegan
1938
The Other Man
1922
Bobs
1921
Policeman
1942
1950
Landlord
1939
Abner Jenkins
1937
Capt. von Hoffmeier
1919
1914
Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
1934
Silent Sandy
1914
Fred
1946
M. T. Flatt
1928
Det. Dugan
1932
Skipper Larsen
1926
