Fred Kelsey

Fred Kelsey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

20/08/1884

Day of Death

02/09/1961
(77) years old

Place of Birth

Sandusky, Ohio, USA

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 a... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1959

Westbound

as Townsman (uncredited)

1958

Auntie Mame

as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)

1956

The Opposite Sex

as Club Patron (uncredited)

1956

Serenade

as Opera Attendee (uncredited)

1955

Illegal

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

1955

To Catch a Thief

as Party Guest (uncredited)

1955

Tall Man Riding

as Townsman (uncredited)

1954

The Silver Chalice

as Silversmith (uncredited)

1954

So You Want to Know Your Relatives

as Mr. Watson (uncredited)

1954

A Star Is Born

as Audience Member (uncredited)

1954

Lucky Me

as Passerby on Street (uncredited)

1953

So You Think You Can't Sleep

as Sleeping patient in waiting room

1953

Crime Wave

as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)

1953

Murder Without Tears

as Sergeant-at-Arms

1953

So You Want to Be a Musician

as Restaurant diner

1952

Hans Christian Andersen

as First Gendarme

1952

Springfield Rifle

as Barfly (uncredited)

1952

O. Henry's Full House

as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Ma...

1952

So You Want to Enjoy Life

as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (u...

1952

My Six Convicts

as Store Detective

1951

Strangers on a Train

as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attend...

1951

Goodbye, My Fancy

as Party Guest (Uncredited)

1951

Storm Warning

as Townsman (uncredited)

1950

Revenue Agent

as Sgt. Wallace

1950

The Flame and the Arrow

as Guard (uncredited)

1950

So You Want to Hold Your Husband

as Lamb - Curry's Partner

1950

The Damned Don't Cry

as Man on Dock (uncredited)

1950

So You Think You're Not Guilty

as Police Turnkey (uncredited)

1950

Backfire

as Fight Fan (uncredited)

1949

The Inspector General

as Villager (uncredited)

1949

So You Want to Be an Actor

as Counter Man

1949

Dancing in the Dark

as Deputy

1949

The Fountainhead

as Old Watchman (uncredited)

1949

Colorado Territory

as Train Engineer (uncredited)

1949

Flamingo Road

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1949

Homicide

as Officer O'Brien

1948

The Noose Hangs High

as Cop (uncredited)

1948

So You Want an Apartment

as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncred...

1947

The Unfaithful

as Courtroom Spectator

1947

Nora Prentiss

as Turnkey (uncredited)

1946

The Man I Love

as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)

1946

Andy Plays Hookey

as Policeman

1946

Never Say Goodbye

as Policeman (uncredited)

1946

So You Want to Play the Horses

as Detective (uncredited)

1946

Night and Day

as First-Nighter (uncredited)

1946

A Stolen Life

as Bartender (uncredited)

1946

Hiss and Yell

as Policeman (uncredited)

1946

Three Strangers

as Man on the Street / Man in Pub

1946

Detour to Danger

as Det. Kelsey

1945

How DOooo You Do

as Detective

1945

Frontier Days

as Mayor Stone (uncredited)

1945

Saratoga Trunk

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1945

Mildred Pierce

as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)

1945

Come Out Fighting

as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)

1945

If a Body Meets a Body

as Detective

1945

Christmas in Connecticut

as Harper (uncredited)

1944

Crime by Night

as Dad Martin (uncredited)

1944

Make Your Own Bed

as Turnkey

1944

Trial by Trigger

as Jerry (uncredited)

1944

Mr. Skeffington

as Cop in Raid (uncredited)

1943

A Gem of a Jam

as Police Chief

1943

True to Life

as Cop (uncredited)

1943

Old Acquaintance

as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast...

1943

Northern Pursuit

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncred...

1943

Murder on the Waterfront

as Capt. Beal

1943

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

as Policeman

1943

Action in the North Atlantic

as Joe (uncredited)

1943

One Dangerous Night

as Detective Dickens

1942

Gentleman Jim

as Sutro (uncredited)

1942

X Marks the Spot

as Police Officer Martin

1942

Dear! Deer!

as Policeman

1942

Counter-Espionage

as Dickens

1942

The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady

as Policeman (uncredited)

1942

Spy Ship

as Night Watchman

1942

In This Our Life

as Jailer (uncredited)

1942

Larceny, Inc.

as Bronson

1942

I Was Framed

as Drunk

1942

My Favorite Blonde

as Sam - Policeman

1942

Lady Gangster

as Policeman (uncredited)

1942

Bullet Scars

as Police Chief Hansen

1941

The Man Who Came to Dinner

as Detective (uncredited)

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)

1941

At the Stroke of Twelve

as Police Sergeant

1941

Secrets of the Lone Wolf

as Wesley Dickens

1941

One Foot in Heaven

as Train Conductor (uncredited)

1941

Invisible Ghost

as Detective Ryan

1941

Mr. District Attorney

as Officer McCloskey

1941

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

as Detective Dickens

1940

Misbehaving Husbands

as Sgt. Murphy

1940

Mexican Spitfire Out West

as Jim - Detective

1940

The Green Archer

as Capt. Thompson

1940

The Golden Fleecing

as Cop (uncredited)

1940

Deadwood Dick

as Bottles

1940

Mutiny in the County

as Policeman

1940

The Lone Wolf Strikes

as Dickens

1940

High School

as Junk Man

1939

Too Busy to Work

as Hank Fidler

1939

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

as Pete - Railroad Detective

1939

Charlie Chan at Treasure Island

as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre

1939

Chicken Wagon Family

as Policeman

1939

Charlie Chan in Reno

as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1939

Tell No Tales

as Policeman at School (uncredited)

1939

Moving Vanities

as Police Officer (uncredited)

1939

Clock Wise

as Landlord

1939

Rough Riders' Round-up

as Agitator

1939

Tiny Troubles

as Judge

1938

Down on the Farm

as Bit Role

1938

Straight, Place and Show

as Cop at Racetrack

1938

Many Sappy Returns

as Finnegan

1938

Josette

as Hotel Detective

1938

Berth Quakes

as Train Conductor

1938

Night Spot

as Police Band Leader

1938

Everybody's Doing It

as Police Sergeant

1937

Love and Hisses

as Officer

1937

Borrowing Trouble

as Policeman

1937

That I May Live

as Abner Jenkins

1937

One Mile from Heaven

as Smitty - Policeman

1937

The Lady Escapes

as Man on telephone (uncredited)

1937

Wild and Woolly

as Policeman (uncredited)

1937

Super-Sleuth

as Jailer

1937

She Had to Eat

as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)

1937

Big Business

as Oil Man at Well

1937

Slave Ship

as Seaman at Auction

1937

Angel's Holiday

as Conductor

1937

Love Is News

as Cop (uncredited)

1937

Time Out for Romance

as Policeman

1936

High Tension

as Desk Sergeant

1936

Private Number

as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredit...

1936

The Witness Chair

as Detective Costigan

1936

At Sea Ashore

as Cop (uncredited)

1936

The Little Red Schoolhouse

as First Detective

1936

The Garden Murder Case

as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)

1935

The Sagebrush Troubadour

as Hank Polk

1935

Hot Money

as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey...

1935

The Public Menace

as Mike - Cop

1935

Diamond Jim

as Horsley's Secretary

1935

Atlantic Adventure

as Police Officer Riley

1935

Danger Ahead

as Detective O'Brien

1935

One Frightened Night

as Sheriff Jenks

1935

Death Flies East

as Police Lieutenant O'Brien

1935

Carnival

as Bit Part

1935

Horses' Collars

as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)

1934

Among the Missing

as Police Sgt. Murphy

1934

I'll Be Suing You

as Insurance Adjustor

1934

Twentieth Century

as Train Detective (uncredited)

1934

Rough Necking

as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.

1934

I'll Tell the World

as Sergeant at Border

1934

Strictly Fresh Yeggs

as Policeman

1934

School for Girls

as Detective

1934

The Crime Doctor

as Bloodgood

1934

Beloved

as Mulvaney

1934

The Moth

as Detective Blake

1933

Quiet Please!

as Train Conductor

1933

Sailor's Luck

as Cop

1933

King of the Jungle

as Cop (uncredited)

1933

The Crime of the Century

as Police Guard (uncredited)

1932

Boys Will Be Boys

as Doorman

1932

If I Had a Million

as Prison Jailer (uncredited)

1932

Red Haired Alibi

as Corcoran

1932

Yoo-Hoo

as Detective

1932

Speak Easily

as Process Server

1932

The Iceman's Ball

as Police Sergeant

1932

Guilty as Hell

as Detective Duffy

1932

Huddle

as Policeman (uncredited)

1932

Love in High Gear

as Detective Duffy

1932

Shopping with Wifie

as Det. Dugan

1932

Discarded Lovers

as Delaney

1931

Side Show

as Sheriff Hornsby

1931

Young Donovan's Kid

as Collins

1931

Subway Express

as Detective Kearney

1931

Scandal Sheet

as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy

1931

The Naughty Flirt

as Policeman (uncredited)

1930

Going Wild

as The Conductor

1930

Only Saps Work

as Murphy (uncredited)

1930

Men Without Law

as Deputy Sheriff Jeff

1930

Scarlet Pages

as Murphy

1930

Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1

as Self - Tour Guide

1930

The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case

as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)

1930

Road to Paradise

as Casey

1930

The Girl Said No

as Policeman

1930

Wide Open

as Detective

1930

The Woman Racket

as Police Captain

1929

Smiling Irish Eyes

as County Fair Manager

1929

The Donovan Affair

as Carney

1929

The Faker

as Police Detective

1928

The Last Warning

as Inspector

1928

Naughty Baby

as Dugan

1928

A Woman of Affairs

as Detective (uncredited)

1928

On Trial

as Clerk

1928

The Wright Idea

as M. T. Flatt

1928

Harold Teen

as Mr. Lovewell

1928

Tenderloin

as Detective Simpson

1928

While the City Sleeps

as Detective in Shadow Box

1927

The Gorilla

as Mulligan

1927

The 13th Juror

as The Detective

1927

The Thirteenth Hour

as Det. Shaw

1927

Soft Cushions

as The Police

1927

Jewish Prudence

as Rent Collector

1927

Orchids and Ermine

as Police Sergeant

1926

There Ain't No Santa Claus

as Store Detective (uncredited)

1926

The Third Degree

as Assistant Chief of Detectives

1926

Atta Boy

as Detective

1926

Bromo and Juliet

as The Detective (uncredited)

1926

Crazy Like a Fox

as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)

1926

Say It with Babies

as Policeman

1926

The Mystery Pilot

as Skipper Larsen

1926

That's My Baby

as Murphy

1926

Dog Shy

as Cop

1925

Seven Sinners

as Policeman

1925

Little Annie Rooney

as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1925

The Lawful Cheater

as Tom Horan

1925

Paths to Paradise

as Confederate

1925

Excuse Me

as George Ketchem

1924

The Yankee Consul

as Agent John J. Doyle

1923

Lights Out

as Decker

1923

Bag and Baggage

as Fred

1923

The Eleventh Hour

as The Submarine Commander

1923

Souls for Sale

as Detective Quinn (uncredited)

1923

Lovebound

as Detective Hahn

1922

Deserted at the Altar

as The Other Man

1922

Manslaughter

as Member of the Jury (uncredited)

1922

Don't Shoot

as Police Officer

1922

South of Suva

as Karl Swartz

1922

One Clear Call

as Starnes

1922

The Song of Life

as Police Inspector

1921

The Last Card

as Detective (uncredited)

1921

Puppets of Fate

as Bobs

1920

Alias Jimmy Valentine

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1919

The Fire Flingers

as Sgt. Powers

1919

The Silk Lined Burglar

as Capt. von Hoffmeier

1919

The Light of Victory

as Captain Eric von Prohme

1918

The Yellow Dog

as Max Kummich

1918

A Society Sensation

as JIm Cox

1918

The Empty Cab

as The Detective

1917

The Honor of an Outlaw

as The Deputy

1914

Silent Sandy

as Silent Sandy

Crew

1917

Six-Shooter Justice

as Director

1917

The Wrong Man

as Director

1917

The Golden Bullet

as Director

1917

The Mysterious Outlaw

as Director

1917

The Almost Good Man

as Director

1917

A 44-Calibre Mystery

as Director

1917

The Honor of an Outlaw

as Director

1917

The Honor of an Outlaw

as Scenario Writer

1917

Hair-Trigger Burke

as Scenario Writer

1917

The Fighting Gringo

as Director

1917

Goin' Straight

as Director

1917

Goin' Straight

as Scenario Writer

1917

The Drifter

as Director

1917

The Outlaw and the Lady

as Scenario Writer

1917

The Fugitive

as Director

1917

The Fugitive

as Producer

1917

Blood Money

as Director

1916

The Black Terror

as Director

1916

Brothers Equal

as Director

1916

The Nymph

as Director

1915

The Pretender

as Director

1915

Station Content

as Director

1915

Her Buried Past

as Director

1914

The Exposure

as Director

1914

Over the Ledge

as Director