Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1884-08-20
- Day of Death1961-09-02 (77 years)
- Place of BirthSandusky, Ohio, USA
- Also Known AsFred Kelsy F. A. Kelsey F.A. Kelsey Fred A. Kelsey Fred. A. Kelsey H. KelsleyFrederick Alvin Kelsey
Fred 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...Read More
Acting Career
- 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
A Star Is Born
As: Audience Member (uncredited)
1954Lucky Me
As: Passerby on Street (uncredited)
1953Crime Wave
As: Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)
1953Murder Without Tears
As: Sergeant-at-Arms
1952Hans Christian Andersen
As: First Gendarme
1952Springfield Rifle
As: Barfly (uncredited)
1952O. Henry's Full House
As: Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
1952My Six Convicts
As: Store Detective
- 1951
Strangers on a Train
As: Tennis Match Spectator / Carnival Attendee (uncredited)
1951Goodbye, My Fancy
As: Party Guest (Uncredited)
1951The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
As: Doc Jones (uncredited)
1951Storm Warning
As: Townsman (uncredited)
1950Revenue Agent
As: Sgt. Wallace
1950The Flame and the Arrow
As: Guard (uncredited)
1950The Damned Don't Cry
As: Man on Dock (uncredited)
1950Backfire
As: Fight Fan (uncredited)
1949The Inspector General
As: Villager (uncredited)
1949Dancing in the Dark
As: Deputy
1949The Fountainhead
As: Old Watchman (uncredited)
1949Colorado Territory
As: Train Engineer (uncredited)
1949Flamingo Road
As: Train Conductor (uncredited)
1949Homicide
As: Officer O'Brien
1948The Noose Hangs High
As: Cop (uncredited)
1947The Unfaithful
As: Courtroom Spectator
1947Nora Prentiss
As: Turnkey (uncredited)
1946So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
As: Fred
1946The Man I Love
As: Mac the Doorman (uncredited)
1946Never Say Goodbye
As: Policeman (uncredited)
1946Night and Day
As: First-Nighter (uncredited)
1946A Stolen Life
As: Bartender (uncredited)
1946Hiss and Yell
As: Policeman (uncredited)
1946Three Strangers
As: Man on the Street / Man in Pub
1946Detour to Danger
As: Det. Kelsey
1945How DOooo You Do
As: Detective
1945Frontier Days
As: Mayor Stone (uncredited)
1945Saratoga Trunk
As: Train Conductor (uncredited)
- 1945
Mildred Pierce
As: Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)
1945Come Out Fighting
As: Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)
1945If a Body Meets a Body
As: Detective
- 1945
Christmas in Connecticut
As: Harper (uncredited)
1945The Strange Mr. Gregory
As: Lefert
1944Crime by Night
As: Dad Martin (uncredited)
1944Make Your Own Bed
As: Turnkey
1944Trial by Trigger
As: Jerry (uncredited)
1944Mr. Skeffington
As: Cop in Raid (uncredited)
1943A Gem of a Jam
As: Police Chief
1943True to Life
As: Cop (uncredited)
1943Old Acquaintance
As: Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)
1943Northern Pursuit
As: Train Conductor (uncredited)
1943Thank Your Lucky Stars
As: Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)
1943Murder on the Waterfront
As: Capt. Beal
1943Here Comes Mr. Zerk
As: Policeman
1943Action in the North Atlantic
As: Joe (uncredited)
1943One Dangerous Night
As: Detective Dickens
1942Gentleman Jim
As: Sutro (uncredited)
1942X Marks the Spot
As: Police Officer Martin
1942Counter-Espionage
As: Dickens
1942Spy Ship
As: Night Watchman
1942In This Our Life
As: Jailer (uncredited)
1942Larceny, Inc.
As: Bronson
1942Murder in the Big House
As: "Screw"
1942I Was Framed
As: Drunk
1942My Favorite Blonde
As: Sam - Policeman
1942Lady Gangster
As: Policeman (uncredited)
1942Bullet Scars
As: Police Chief Hansen
1942Wild Bill Hickok Rides
As: Jailer
1941Pacific Blackout
As: Cop
1941The Man Who Came to Dinner
As: Detective (uncredited)
1941They Died with Their Boots On
As: Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)
1941At the Stroke of Twelve
As: Police Sergeant
1941Secrets of the Lone Wolf
As: Wesley Dickens
1941One Foot in Heaven
As: Train Conductor (uncredited)
1941Invisible Ghost
As: Detective Ryan
1941Mr. District Attorney
As: Officer McCloskey
1941The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
As: Detective Dickens
1940Misbehaving Husbands
As: Sgt. Murphy
1940The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
As: Dickens
1940Mexican Spitfire Out West
As: Jim - Detective
1940The Green Archer
As: Capt. Thompson
1940The Golden Fleecing
As: Cop (uncredited)
1940Deadwood Dick
As: Bottles
1940The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
As: Dickens
1940The Lone Wolf Strikes
As: Dickens
1940High School
As: Junk Man
1940The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
As: Bailiff
1939Too Busy to Work
As: Hank Fidler
1939Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
As: Pete - Railroad Detective
1939Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
As: Detective - in Cab and at Theatre
1939Chicken Wagon Family
As: Policeman
1939Charlie Chan in Reno
As: Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1939Tell No Tales
As: Policeman at School (uncredited)
1939Moving Vanities
As: Police Officer (uncredited)
1939Clock Wise
As: Landlord
1939Rough Riders' Round-up
As: Agitator
1939Tiny Troubles
As: Judge
1938Down on the Farm
As: Bit Role
1938Straight, Place and Show
As: Cop at Racetrack
1938Many Sappy Returns
As: Finnegan
1938Josette
As: Hotel Detective
1938Safety in Numbers
As: Cop
1938Night Spot
As: Police Band Leader
1938Everybody's Doing It
As: Police Sergeant
1937Love and Hisses
As: Officer
1937Borrowing Trouble
As: Policeman
1937That I May Live
As: Abner Jenkins
1937One Mile from Heaven
As: Smitty - Policeman
1937The Lady Escapes
As: Man on telephone (uncredited)
1937Wild and Woolly
As: Policeman (uncredited)
1937Super-Sleuth
As: Jailer
1937She Had to Eat
As: Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)
1937Big Business
As: Oil Man at Well
1937Slave Ship
As: Seaman at Auction
1937Angel's Holiday
As: Conductor
1937Love Is News
As: Cop (uncredited)
1937Time Out for Romance
As: Policeman
1936High Tension
As: Desk Sergeant
1936Private Number
As: Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)
1936The Witness Chair
As: Detective Costigan
1936At Sea Ashore
As: Cop (uncredited)
1936The Little Red Schoolhouse
As: First Detective
1936The Garden Murder Case
As: Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)
1935The Sagebrush Troubadour
As: Hank Polk
1935The Public Menace
As: Mike - Cop
1935Diamond Jim
As: Horsley's Secretary
1935Atlantic Adventure
As: Police Officer Riley
1935Danger Ahead
As: Detective O'Brien
1935One Frightened Night
As: Sheriff Jenks
1935Death Flies East
As: Police Lieutenant O'Brien
1935Carnival
As: Bit Part
1935Horses' Collars
As: Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)
1934Lightning Strikes Twice
As: Dugan
1934Among the Missing
As: Police Sgt. Murphy
1934Twentieth Century
As: Train Detective (uncredited)
1934Rough Necking
As: Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.
1934I'll Tell the World
As: Sergeant at Border
1934School for Girls
As: Detective
1934The Crime Doctor
As: Bloodgood
1934Beloved
As: Mulvaney
1934The Moth
As: Detective Blake
1933Sailor's Luck
As: Cop
1933King of the Jungle
As: Cop (uncredited)
1933The Crime of the Century
As: Police Guard (uncredited)
1932If I Had a Million
As: Prison Jailer (uncredited)
1932Red Haired Alibi
As: Corcoran
1932Speak Easily
As: Process Server
1932Guilty as Hell
As: Detective Duffy
1932Huddle
As: Policeman (uncredited)
1932Love in High Gear
As: Detective Duffy
1932Discarded Lovers
As: Delaney
1931Side Show
As: Sheriff Hornsby
1931Young Donovan's Kid
As: Collins
1931Subway Express
As: Detective Kearney
1931Scandal Sheet
As: Detective Sgt. Vincent Molloy
1931The Naughty Flirt
As: Policeman (uncredited)
1930Going Wild
As: The Conductor
1930Only Saps Work
As: Murphy (uncredited)
1930Men Without Law
As: Deputy Sheriff Jeff
1930Scarlet Pages
As: Murphy
1930The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
As: Chief of Detectives (uncredited)
1930Road to Paradise
As: Casey
1930The Girl Said No
As: Policeman
1930Wide Open
As: Detective
1930Murder on the Roof
As: Ryan
1930The Woman Racket
As: Police Captain
1929Smiling Irish Eyes
As: County Fair Manager
1929The Donovan Affair
As: Carney
1929The Faker
As: Police Detective
1928The Last Warning
As: Inspector
1928Naughty Baby
As: Dugan
1928A Woman of Affairs
As: Detective (uncredited)
1928On Trial
As: Clerk
1928The Wright Idea
As: M. T. Flatt
1928Harold Teen
As: Mr. Lovewell
1928Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
As: Detective
1928Tenderloin
As: Detective Simpson
1928While the City Sleeps
As: Detective in Shadow Box
1927The Gorilla
As: Mulligan
1927The 13th Juror
As: The Detective
1927The Thirteenth Hour
As: Det. Shaw
1927Soft Cushions
As: The Police
1927Jewish Prudence
As: Rent Collector
1927Orchids and Ermine
As: Police Sergeant
1926There Ain't No Santa Claus
As: Store Detective (uncredited)
1926The Third Degree
As: Assistant Chief of Detectives
1926Atta Boy
As: Detective
1926Bromo and Juliet
As: The Detective (uncredited)
1926Crazy Like a Fox
As: Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)
1926Say It with Babies
As: Policeman
1926Dog Shy
As: Cop
1925Seven Sinners
As: Policeman
1925Little Annie Rooney
As: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
1925The Lawful Cheater
As: Tom Horan
1925Paths to Paradise
As: Confederate
1925Excuse Me
As: George Ketchem
1924The Yankee Consul
As: Agent John J. Doyle
1923Lights Out
As: Decker
1923Bag and Baggage
As: Fred
1923The Eleventh Hour
As: The Submarine Commander
1923Souls for Sale
As: Detective Quinn (uncredited)
1923Lovebound
As: Detective Hahn
1922Captain Fly-by-Night
As: Gomez
1922Deserted at the Altar
As: The Other Man
1922Manslaughter
As: Member of the Jury (uncredited)
1922Don't Shoot
As: Police Officer
1922South of Suva
As: Karl Swartz
1922One Clear Call
As: Starnes
1922The Song of Life
As: Police Inspector
1921There Are No Villains
As: Dugall
1921The Last Card
As: Detective (uncredited)
1920Alias Jimmy Valentine
As: Bit Part (uncredited)
1919The Fire Flingers
As: Sgt. Powers
1919The Silk Lined Burglar
As: Capt. von Hoffmeier
1919The Light of Victory
As: Captain Eric von Prohme
1918The Yellow Dog
As: Max Kummich
1918A Society Sensation
As: JIm Cox
1918The Empty Cab
As: The Detective