Name
Fred Kelsey
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1884-08-20
Deathday
1961-09-02 (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 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
The Enforcer
(117 Votes)
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After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to b...
Relase Date : 24 Feb, 1951
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Strangers on a Train
(1,930 Votes)
7.662
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can...
Relase Date : 27 Jun, 1951
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To Catch a Thief
(1,712 Votes)
7.262
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief...
Relase Date : 3 Aug, 1955
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Mr. Skeffington
(74 Votes)
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A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of...
Relase Date : 25 May, 1944
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Mildred Pierce
(464 Votes)
7.615
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a suc...
Relase Date : 20 Oct, 1945
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Auntie Mame
(128 Votes)
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Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nep...
Relase Date : 4 Dec, 1958
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Love Is News
(11 Votes)
6.3
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, sh...
Relase Date : 26 Feb, 1937
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A Star Is Born
(338 Votes)
7.1
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his o...
Relase Date : 1 Oct, 1954
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Gentleman Jim
(72 Votes)
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As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules ...
Relase Date : 14 Nov, 1942
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A Stolen Life
(58 Votes)
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When a woman’s twin sister is drowned, she assumes her identity in order to be close to ...
Relase Date : 1 May, 1946
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Movies
Tv Shows
- 1930 She Got What She Wanted
- 1942 The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1950 Revenue Agent as Sgt. Wallace
- 1937 Love Is News as Cop (uncredited)
- 1926 That's My Baby as Murphy
- 1934 Twentieth Century as Train Detective (uncredited)
- 1927 Soft Cushions as The Police
- 1924 The Yankee Consul as Agent John J. Doyle
- 1949 Flamingo Road as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1931 Subway Express as Detective Kearney
- 1929 The Donovan Affair as Carney
- 1923 Lights Out as Decker
- 1935 One Frightened Night as Sheriff Jenks
- 1939 Moving Vanities as Police Officer (uncredited)
- 1920 Alias Jimmy Valentine as Bit Part (uncredited)
- 1918 The Empty Cab as The Detective
- 1925 Friendly Enemies
- 1932 The Iceman's Ball as Police Sergeant
- 1945 Frontier Days as Mayor Stone (uncredited)
- 1922 Deserted at the Altar as The Other Man
- 1952 Hans Christian Andersen as Gendarme #1
- 1922 One Clear Call as Starnes
- 1923 Lovebound as Detective Hahn
- 1927 Jewish Prudence as Rent Collector
- 1934 The Crime Doctor as Bloodgood
- 1942 Counter-Espionage as Dickens
- 1950 So You Want a Raise
- 1944 Roaring Guns
- 1944 Trial by Trigger as Jerry (uncredited)
- 1951 Storm Warning as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1946 Hiss and Yell as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1941 The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance as Detective Dickens
- 1955 Tall Man Riding as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1943 Northern Pursuit as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1952 Springfield Rifle as Barfly (uncredited)
- 1954 The Silver Chalice as Silversmith (uncredited)
- 1945 Saratoga Trunk as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1922 Manslaughter as Member of the Jury (uncredited)
- 1949 Colorado Territory as Train Engineer (uncredited)
- 1921 The Last Card as Detective (uncredited)
- 1917 The Honor of an Outlaw as The Deputy
- 1950 So You Think You're Not Guilty as Police Turnkey (uncredited)
- 1945 If a Body Meets a Body as Detective
- 1932 If I Had a Million as Prison Jailer (uncredited)
- 1932 Discarded Lovers as Delaney
- 1942 Murder in the Big House as "Screw"
- 1941 Secrets of the Lone Wolf as Wesley Dickens
- 1925 Seven Keys to Baldpate
- 1937 Super-Sleuth as Jailer
- 1937 That I May Live as Abner Jenkins
- 1935 Danger Ahead as Detective O'Brien
- 1930 Scarlet Pages as Murphy
- 1934 The Moth as Detective Blake
- 1934 Lightning Strikes Twice as Dugan
- 1914 Arms and the Gringo
- 1943 Murder on the Waterfront as Capt. Beal
- 1955 To Catch a Thief as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1954 Lucky Me as Passerby on Street (uncredited)
- 1945 Christmas in Connecticut as Harper (uncredited)
- 1936 The Little Red Schoolhouse as First Detective
- 1926 Say It with Babies as Policeman
- 1928 The Wright Idea as M. T. Flatt
- 1950 Backfire as Fight Fan (uncredited)
- 1955 Illegal as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- 1931 Side Show as Sheriff Hornsby
- 1933 The Crime of the Century as Police Guard (uncredited)
- 1932 Love in High Gear as Detective Duffy
- 1935 Atlantic Adventure as Police Officer Riley
- 1934 Strictly Fresh Yeggs as Policeman
- 1928 Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath as Detective
- 1930 The Woman Racket as Police Captain
- 1942 My Favorite Blonde as Sam - Policeman
- 1935 A Notorious Gentleman as Detective
- 1943 A Gem of a Jam as Police Chief
- 1930 Wide Open as Detective
- 1930 The Girl Said No as Policeman
- 1930 Road to Paradise as Casey
- 1922 Don't Shoot as Police Officer
- 1932 Guilty as Hell as Detective Duffy
- 1959 Westbound as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1914 Silent Sandy as Silent Sandy
- 1935 Death Flies East as Police Lieutenant O'Brien
- 1946 Andy Plays Hookey as Policeman
- 1942 Lady Gangster as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1919 The Silk Lined Burglar as Capt. von Hoffmeier
- 1939 Tiny Troubles as Judge
- 1942 Larceny, Inc. as Bronson
- 1921 There Are No Villains as Dugall
- 1918 The Yellow Dog as Max Kummich
- 1942 Bullet Scars as Police Chief Hansen
- 1929 The Faker as Police Detective
- 1928 Tenderloin as Detective Simpson
- 1935 Hot Money as Police Officer Kelsey (as Fred A. Kelsey)
- 1928 Harold Teen as Mr. Lovewell
- 1942 X Marks the Spot as Police Officer Martin
- 1936 At Sea Ashore as Cop (uncredited)
- 1923 Souls for Sale as Detective Quinn (uncredited)
- 1932 Red Haired Alibi as Corcoran
- 1946 Detour to Danger as Det. Kelsey
- 1952 Room for One More
- 1924 The Night Hawk
- 1934 I'll Be Suing You as Insurance Adjustor
- 1937 Love and Hisses as Officer
- 1938 Josette as Hotel Detective
- 1934 I'll Tell the World as Sergeant at Border
- 1938 Night Spot as Police Band Leader
- 1928 While the City Sleeps as Detective in Shadow Box
- 1939 Tell No Tales as Policeman at School (uncredited)
- 1938 Everybody's Doing It as Police Sergeant
- 1951 The Enforcer
- 1931 Scandal Sheet as Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
- 1930 Going Wild as The Conductor
- 1922 Captain Fly-by-Night as Gomez
- 1927 The Gorilla as Mulligan
- 1954 A Star Is Born as Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1930 The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
- 1930 Only Saps Work as Murphy (uncredited)
- 1933 King of the Jungle as Cop (uncredited)
- 1923 The Eleventh Hour as The Submarine Commander
- 1939 Rough Riders' Round-up as Agitator
- 1939 Charlie Chan in Reno as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1937 The Lady Escapes as Man on telephone (uncredited)
- 1939 Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence as Pete - Railroad Detective
- 1939 Chicken Wagon Family as Policeman
- 1939 Charlie Chan at Treasure Island as Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
- 1933 Quiet Please! as Train Conductor
- 1925 The Uneasy Three
- 1952 O. Henry's Full House as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
- 1946 A Stolen Life as Bartender (uncredited)
- 1940 The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date as Dickens
- 1940 The Lone Wolf Strikes as Dickens
- 1940 The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady as Dickens
- 1940 Mutiny in the County as Policeman
- 1954 Outlaw's Son
- 1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk as Bailiff
- 1953 Crime Wave as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
- 1945 Mildred Pierce as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
- 1943 Here Comes Mr. Zerk as Policeman
- 1925 Little Annie Rooney as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1945 Snooper Service
- 1944 Crime by Night as Dad Martin (uncredited)
- 1933 Sailor's Luck as Cop
- 1936 High Tension as Desk Sergeant
- 1937 Time Out for Romance as Policeman
- 1934 Rough Necking as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
- 1926 Atta Boy as Detective
- 1929 Wrong Again
- 1940 Deadwood Dick as Bottles
- 1958 Auntie Mame as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
- 1932 Huddle as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1940 Misbehaving Husbands as Sgt. Murphy
- 1935 Horses' Collars as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
- 1937 One Mile from Heaven as Smitty - Policeman
- 1942 Gentleman Jim as Sutro (uncredited)
- 1940 The Golden Fleecing as Cop (uncredited)
- 1944 Mr. Skeffington as Cop in Raid (uncredited)
- 1940 The Green Archer as Capt. Thompson
- 1941 At the Stroke of Twelve as Police Sergeant
- 1950 So You Want to Hold Your Husband as Lamb - Curry's Partner
- 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
- 1932 Yoo-Hoo as Detective
- 1925 Paths to Paradise as Confederate
- 1950 The Damned Don't Cry as Man on Dock (uncredited)
- 1946 Never Say Goodbye as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1937 Big Business as Oil Man at Well
- 1935 Diamond Jim as Horsley's Secretary
- 1936 The Witness Chair as Detective Costigan
- 1925 Seven Sinners as Policeman
- 1941 Invisible Ghost as Detective Ryan
- 1926 Bromo and Juliet as The Detective (uncredited)
- 1935 Carnival as Bit Part
- 1926 Crazy Like a Fox as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
- 1942 Wild Bill Hickok Rides as Jailer
- 1941 They Died with Their Boots On as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
- 1928 On Trial as Clerk
- 1928 Naughty Baby as Dugan
- 1945 How DOooo You Do as Detective
- 1943 Food and Magic
- 1937 Slave Ship as Seaman at Auction
- 1938 Straight, Place and Show as Cop at Racetrack
- 1940 Mexican Spitfire Out West as Jim - Detective
- 1937 Angel's Holiday as Conductor
- 1939 Clock Wise as Landlord
- 1941 Mr. District Attorney as Officer McCloskey
- 1941 Pacific Blackout as Cop
- 1940 High School as Junk Man
- 1942 Spy Ship as Night Watchman
- 1942 I Was Framed as Drunk
- 1928 The Last Warning as Inspector
- 1931 Young Donovan's Kid as Collins
- 1938 Berth Quakes as Train Conductor
- 1942 Dear! Deer! as Policeman
- 1943 One Dangerous Night as Detective Dickens
- 1943 Action in the North Atlantic as Joe (uncredited)
- 1946 So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck as Fred
- 1928 A Woman of Affairs as Detective (uncredited)
- 1937 Borrowing Trouble as Policeman
- 1938 Safety in Numbers as Cop
- 1938 Down on the Farm as Bit Role
- 1939 Too Busy to Work as Hank Fidler
- 1943 True to Life as Cop (uncredited)
- 1943 Old Acquaintance as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
- 1947 The Unfaithful as Courtroom Spectator
- 1946 Three Strangers as Man on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
- 1956 The Opposite Sex as Club Patron (uncredited)
- 1932 Boys Will Be Boys as Doorman
- 1918 A Society Sensation as JIm Cox
- 1949 The Inspector General as Villager (uncredited)
- 1946 So You Want to Play the Horses as Detective (uncredited)
- 1934 Among the Missing as Police Sgt. Murphy
- 1944 Make Your Own Bed as Turnkey
- 1926 The Third Degree as Assistant Chief of Detectives
- 1949 Dancing in the Dark as Deputy
- 1927 The Thirteenth Hour as Det. Shaw
- 1949 Homicide as Officer O'Brien
- 1949 The Fountainhead as Old Watchman (uncredited)
- 1922 The Song of Life as Police Inspector
- 1952 My Six Convicts as Store Detective
- 1931 The Naughty Flirt as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1937 She Had to Eat as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
- 1948 The Noose Hangs High as Cop (uncredited)
- 1927 The 13th Juror as The Detective
- 1941 The Man Who Came to Dinner as Detective (uncredited)
- 1956 Serenade as Opera Attendee (uncredited)
- 1921 Puppets of Fate as Bobs
- 1954 So You Want to Know Your Relatives as Mr. Watson (uncredited)
- 1934 School for Girls as Detective
- 1919 The Light of Victory as Captain Eric von Prohme
- 1951 Goodbye, My Fancy as Party Guest (Uncredited)
- 1942 In This Our Life as Jailer (uncredited)
- 1950 The Flame and the Arrow as Guard (uncredited)
- 1932 Shopping with Wifie as Det. Dugan
- 1952 So You Want to Enjoy Life as Boat Salesman / Flugleman's Assistant (uncredited)
- 1936 Private Number as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
- 1937 Wild and Woolly as Policeman (uncredited)
- 1948 So You Want an Apartment as Apartment Manager with a Vacancy (uncredited)
- 1945 Come Out Fighting as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
- 1936 The Garden Murder Case as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
- 1930 Men Without Law as Deputy Sheriff Jeff
- 1925 Excuse Me as George Ketchem
- 1934 Beloved as Mulvaney
- 1911 A Left Hook
- 1925 The Lawful Cheater as Tom Horan
- 1935 The Sagebrush Troubadour as Hank Polk
- 1935 The Public Menace as Mike - Cop
- 1945 The Strange Mr. Gregory as Lefert
- 1938 Many Sappy Returns as Finnegan
- 1941 One Foot in Heaven as Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1926 Dog Shy as Cop
- 1919 The Fire Flingers as Sgt. Powers
- 1930 Murder on the Roof as Ryan
- 1926 The Mystery Pilot as Skipper Larsen
- 1923 Bag and Baggage as Fred
- 1929 Smiling Irish Eyes as County Fair Manager
- 1926 There Ain't No Santa Claus as Store Detective (uncredited)
- 1947 Nora Prentiss as Turnkey (uncredited)
- 1946 Night and Day as First-Nighter (uncredited)
- 1949 So You Want to Be a Muscle Man as Delivery Man
- 1953 Murder Without Tears as Sergeant-at-Arms
- 1949 So You Want to Be an Actor as Counter Man
- 1946 The Man I Love as Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
- 1953 So You Think You Can't Sleep as Sleeping patient in waiting room
- 1953 So You Want to Be a Musician as Restaurant diner
- 1951 Strangers on a Train as Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
- 1932 Speak Easily as Process Server
- 1927 Orchids and Ermine as Police Sergeant
- 1930 Screen Snapshots Series 10, No. 1 as Self - Tour Guide
- 1922 South of Suva as Karl Swartz
- 1928 Plastered in Paris
- 1944 Shine on Harvest Moon as Policeman in patrol car (uncredited)
- 1925 Youth and Adventure as Red Mullin
- 1952 Carson City as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1957 Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend as Barfly (uncredited)
- 1954 Riding Shotgun as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1927 Held by the Law as Detective
- 1948 Silver River as Townsman (uncredited)
- 1933 The Bowery as Detective Kelsey (uncredited)
- 1957 The Helen Morgan Story as Night Club Patron (uncredited)
- 1921 The Off-Shore Pirate as Sailor
- 1921 The Match-Breaker as Detective
- 1932 The Trial of Vivienne Ware as Cop (uncredited)
- 1946 The People's Choice
- 1933 Shadows of Sing Sing as Murphy
- 1920 The Third Generation as Brody
- 1954 Phantom of the Rue Morgue as Crowd Spectator (uncredited)
- 1954 Racing Blood as Smithy
- 1926 The Social Highwayman as Chief of Police
- 1924 Traffic in Hearts as Tim Tracy
- 1925 Smooth as Satin as Kersey
- 1928 A Midnight Adventure as Cassidy
- 1933 Gold Diggers of 1933 as Detective Jones (uncredited)
- 1946 Monkey Businessmen as Smiling Sam McGann (uncredited)
- 1952 Strop, Look and Listen as Pierpont Alloy
- 1951 The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok ( 1 episode ) as Doc Jones (uncredited)
